Condition, Sever

Inflammation of the growth plate of the calcaneus, the bone at the back of the heel.

The inflammation is at the point where the Achilles tendon attaches.</P> Sever condition occurs mainly in adolescent or older children, particularly active boys.

It can be very painful.

It is one of those conditions often dismissed as 'growing pains'.</P> When Sever condition flares up, it is treated with activity limitation, medication, shoe inserts, heel lifts, and sometimes casting when it becomes especially severe.</P> Sever condition is usually self-limited and disappears as the child ages.</P> Other names for Sever condition include apophysitis of the calcaneus and apophysitis calcaneus.