{"id":30509,"date":"2016-11-22T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitetest19.striveenterprisetest.com\/2016\/11\/22\/child-severs-disease\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:08:20","slug":"child-severs-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitetest19.striveenterprisetest.com\/2016\/11\/22\/child-severs-disease","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Child Have Sever\u2019s Disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sever's<\/p>\n

My oldest son has been dealing with heel pain for the last month.\u00a0 He is a very active 9-year-old with soccer, basketball, baseball and running.\u00a0 Currently, he is playing soccer this fall.\u00a0 He is a classic example of a young boy or girl from 8-14 years old who commonly suffer from Sever’s Disease.\u00a0 I know the name sounds terrible and is misleading, but Sever\u2019s Disease is simply the name for a heel injury.<\/p>\n

Children have growth plates in the heel bone (calcaneous) that allow the bone to grow in length.\u00a0 Around the ages of 13 to 15 that growth plate closes, but until then can become irritated by repetitive injury or a sudden growth spurt.\u00a0 The Achilles tendon<\/a> is the strongest tendon in the body and attaches to the back of the heel.\u00a0 If a child has a sudden growth spurt it takes time for the tendon to lengthen and can put increase pull on the back of the heel. That increase pull can irritate the growth plate in the back of the heel and cause pain.\u00a0 In my son’s case, he grew about an inch over a two-month period this summer and subsequently started complaining of heel pain.<\/p>\n

If this sounds familiar for your child and you are wondering if they have Sever\u2019s Disease, here are some symptoms to look for:<\/p>\n