Hindfoot Disorders
A 32-year-old female runner presents with 8 months of posterior heel pain, worse when wearing stiff-backed shoes. On examination, there is a prominent posterosuperior calcaneal tuberosity with overlying skin irritation and tenderness medial to the Achilles tendon insertion. The parallel pitch lines on lateral radiograph show the calcaneal tuberosity projecting above the superior line. Regarding Haglund's deformity:
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Haglund's deformity is characterized by a prominent posterosuperior calcaneal tuberosity causing imp...
The retrocalcaneal bursa is the primary structure affected, located between the anterior Achilles te...
MRI is mandatory before initiating treatment; insertional Achilles tendinopathy never coexists with ...
Non-operative management includes open-back shoes, heel lifts, NSAIDs, eccentric exercises, and avoi...
Surgical treatment involves resection of the posterosuperior calcaneal prominence through open or en...
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