Does that big bump on the back of your foot make it very difficult for you to fit into shoes? Do you have severe Achilles pain in the back of your foot all of the time? You may be affected by a condition called Haglund's deformity. This also goes by the name posterior calcaneal heel spur. This is a condition where the Achilles tendon at the point of where it inserts into the heel bone can become severely thickened and painful because of an overgrowth of the bursa thus in that area. The other causative factor of this is the growth of a spur from the back of the heel. While this condition can be treated nonsurgically with special types of shoes heel lifts, custom orthotics as well as anti-inflammatories these methods are not always going to get rid of all your pain. The nonsurgical methods will also not get rid of the spur and will not repair a torn fibers of the tendon. If one gets relief from those methods , that is excellent. However, some people do not get any relief and the way that this condition is treated at that point is surgically removing the spur. If you are affected with a Haglund's deformity do not hesitate to make an appointment today.
