What’s wrong with a child’s heel pain?

Heel pain in children can be seen in excessive exercise, but also may be heel bursitis, Achilles tendon periostitis and other diseases, the patient should consult a doctor in time to clarify the cause of the disease after treatment.
1. Physiological conditions: If the heel pain occurs after long-distance running or walking, it should be considered as heel pain caused by excessive exercise, and this group of people should pay attention to rest and stretching, and generally do not need special treatment.
2. Post-heel bursitis: heel pain in children may also be caused by aseptic inflammation of the bursa of the heel, such children should buy more comfortable, loose shoes, and if necessary, bursa fluid extraction can be carried out under the guidance of a doctor.
3. Achilles peritendinitis: chronic aseptic inflammation of the Achilles tendon and its surrounding soft tissues, patients will have heel pain, localized pressure pain and localized palpable hard knots, such people should pay attention to rest, local massage.