A bruised heel is an injury to the fat pad that protects the heel bone (calcaneus). It can develop from repeated impact ...

A heel spur, or calcaneal spur, is a bony growth of calcium deposits on the back or bottom of the heel bone that often has a hooked, pointy, or shelf-like shape. Heel spurs develop when strain or ...

Figure 1 summarises the age and gender distribution of the participants. In total we report data from 598,757 heel scans for women, and 173,326 scans for men over the age of 20 years. The number ...

Pain after a calcaneal fracture is common, with many potential sites and causes for continued pain. In any one patient, there may be more than one cause of pain. Continued severe pain may be due ...