Plantar fasciitis, reportedly the most common cause of pain in the inferior heel, is estimated to account for 11 to 15 percent of all foot symptoms requiring professional care among adults. 1,2 ...

Physical examination typically shows tenderness with palpation of the plantar fascia origin at the medial calcaneal tubercle. Patients may have decreased ankle dorsiflexion secondary to a tight ...

Entrapment of the first branch of the lateral plantar nerve is compression of a sensory motor nerve also known as the inferior calcaneal nerve or Baxter’s nerve.

The patient is usually tender around the medial calcaneal tuberosity or central heel pad. The presence of a calcaneal spur is usually a coincidental finding – they are seen in 20% of asymptomatic ...

Physical examination will typically reveal localized tenderness over the medial process of the tuberosity, localized swelling, and a tight thickened plantar fascia.

Eligibility criteria were a history of inferior heel pain for ≥8 weeks, heel pain of ≥20 mm on a 100-mm visual analog scale, pain on palpation of the medial calcaneal tubercle or the proximal ...

SEATTLE — At the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, a presenter said cavovarus reconstruction with a lateralizing calcaneal osteotomy by way of a medial approach posed ...

The plantar fascia, a band of fibrous connective tissue originating from the medial calcaneal tuberosity, fans out inserting into the plantar plates of the metatarso-phalangeal joints and flexor ...