It occurs between the ages of 10 to 12 in boys, and younger in girls. The child complains of pain in the heel with running, and is tender over the heel at the insertion of the Achilles tendon. X-rays are not diagnostic, and treatment consists of using heel lifts to relieve the stress on the heel. Spontaneous resolution is the usual course. It occurs in the same age group as in Osgood-Sclatter disease, between 10 to 15 years of age.
Etiology is probably similar, and so is the outcome.
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