Managing the patient with heel pain.

There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

Abstract

Heel pain presents frequently to primary care, commonly affecting athletic and elderly patients. Its presentation can be a common source of confusion for clinicians given the wide variety of differential diagnoses and the similarities in presenting symptoms and signs. This review classifies heel pain according to site of pain and explores the common pathologies clinicians may encounter. A brief summary of common imaging modalities used is provided. The literature is reviewed to guide evidence-based practice and to provide a framework to help clinicians investigate and manage heel pain before onward referral for specialist intervention. A linked article detailing the imaging of heel pain is included in this issue ( https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2019.80.4.192 ).

Related collections

Author and article information

Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Br J Hosp Med (Lond)

Title: British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)

Publisher: Mark Allen Group

ISSN: 1750-8460

ISSN (Print): 1750-8460

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 02 2019

Volume: 80

Issue: 4

Affiliations

[1 ] ST6 Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Blackburn BB2 3HH.

[2 ] Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Department of Radiology, East Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Blackburn and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire, Preston.

[3 ] Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Blackburn.

Article

DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2019.80.4.196

PubMed ID: 30951414

SO-VID: c1c9d09d-3901-4cd8-bfa7-a552356b10ab

History

Data availability:

Comments

Comment on this article

scite_

Cited by 4

See all cited by