Sever’s Disease: Relieving Heel Pain in Athletic Kids

“Deal with it.”
“You’ll grow out of it.”
“Play less soccer.”
Or: let’s acknowledge that many of our younger athletes are shouldering higher training demands without the necessary support around mobilization, nutrition, recovery, etc. Sever’s disease is just one way this can manifest. You - and your athlete child - are not helpless in this.
Soft tissue work, gua sha, compression - get it all on the table and empower the athlete to self-maintain. This singular lesson (agency) is one of the most vital to their long-term health, well-being, and performance.
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[@amirbiogene]

My future students will thank me/you for this!

[@yvonnew416]

Roll bottom of foot on a frozen pep bottle and ice packs on heels help. I like the reference to nutrition in this video.

[@WSHxSEA]

Thanks!

[@AatVandelay]

Thanks for identifying Apophysitis. I seem to have a mild version of that, though also have low arches and a history of pronation so don't think aspiring for barefoot works.

[@andrewschmutz6883]

Good stuff K-Star 👍

[@spencerdungan5382]

One of my soccer players had or has this

[@Viralclips22833]

I have had this for two years. It has made it hard for me to play football but i trying my best to fix t with stretching

[@RoastedChicken__]

Did that help at all?

[@Viralclips22833]

no bro i still have it 😔

[@RoastedChicken__]

I got mine a few months ago and it just started up again

[@kennedycubo7505]

Good information. My son running track 8yr old his under armour shoes rolled his ankles and heel pain happen. I think he growing crazy though. Why do tall kids walk on tiptoes while barefoot?

[@juanfedericobrunstein9008]

Actually, there isn't a correlation with height. It's more about posture and how it relates to their sprinting stance. He might need to re-learn how to walk. It's easy, just repeating the natural phases of walking slowly.

[@rachnaghai-pk7tk]

this happend to me and it hurts like crazy

[@ian_r_duncan]

very helpful!

[@garethbranthwaite1830]

My son has developed this over the last week or so. Bottom line is, nothing works for the pain relief.

[@TripleASFamily]

How's your son today? Did you find any new valuable information? My son plays basketball and has had to deal with this pain for the past year

[@somethingssomething-i7z]

@@TripleASFamily its been 4 years and im still suffering from it

[@Shade_xlm]

​@@somethingssomething-i7zsame but a little longer i do freerunning so its very annoying to have this

[@RoastedChicken__]

Shit goes away the Starts up again AS SOON AS you start doing what ever sport again.

[@drsev61]

Take Tylenol, ice it, stretch the Achilles and calf, soft tissue massage. Then tape it. Use heel cups in shoes. This will help alleviate pain.

[@Sfount]

My 8 Yr old daughter just started having problems with this. She is in soccer, gymnastics, and cheer.

[@daouduni6006]

Did she recover?

[@rachnaghai-pk7tk]

i have the same thing and it hurts like crazy

[@lifeinbronylandishard]

yeah it suckssss

[@juanfedericobrunstein9008]

Hey Dr. Kelly, thanks so much! Just one question... I know recovery times aren't set in stone like recipes, but the kids and dads always want to know how long they'll have to slow down or stop sports until they recover. I usually tell them the usual "it depends," but maybe you have some specific knowledge about it

[@OreoCookie29]

How long to keep the tape on? Ie Compression

[@dr.shrutikainth4258]

My son has problem of sever s disease I m in India how to join your program

[@Samurai_HK]

Hi.Can you please answer these questions of mine. If you have severs disease and you keep playing sports and you ignore it and keep playing sports then does severs stay for ever

[@acostathekid1690]

No it will not - once your bones fuse - you’re good - unfortunately it can be there for years - best is to try and mitigate the pain.

[@IANDUNHAM43]

What if both of those spots hurt?

[@andrewschwartz7056]

"Yanking on the tissues is going to irritate it more." My hope is that more of the general public can understand that.

[@rachnaghai-pk7tk]

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