While injuries are unfortunately part of being an athlete, young athletes often encounter unique and age-specific injuries. The foot and ankle are common sources of these injuries. The most common ...

As a member of the American Podiatric Medical Association I want to remind everyone that the month of April is Foot Health Awareness Month. One of the most commonly overlooked causes of heel pain in ...

With children and teens under pressure to star on the playing field, sports injuries have become common. Here’s how to recognize and treat them. Roughly 30 million children and adolescents in the ...

You see a 14-year-old boy who plays tennis and rugby. He has been asked to attend an elite rugby academy, which involves two extra training sessions per week on top of his school rugby and tennis ...

This week we are going to discuss the topic of heel spurs or traction apophysitis of the heel/calcaneus bone. Traction apophysitis is a term for a spur that occurs at a tendon attachment as a result ...

An apophysis is a growth plate which does not contribute to linear growth of a child. It serves as a point of attachment for a ligament and contributes to the shape of the bone, not the length. In ...

It’s fall, which means a lot of children spend many hours running around in cleats. Soccer, field hockey, football, —whatever your sport of choice — wearing those spiky shoes often leads to heel pain.