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Heel Pain in Children

Calcaneal apophysitis or Severs disease of the heel is a very common disorder in children and a whole episode of the video livestream, PodChatLive had been devoted to this issue. PodChatLive is a live talk stream that originally is broadcast through Facebook and is later published to YouTube. The audio version is additionally published as a podcast for the customary podcast platforms. With the livestream on calcaneal apophysitis, the 2 hosts, Craig Payne and Ian Griffiths spoke with Alicia James about the most up-to-date ideas on calcaneal apophysitis (Severs disease). Alicia has carried out a PhD on the ailment so was obviously a good choice of expert. They reviewed what is thought of the cause of the disorder and some of the more common therapies, in particular the role of knowledge and how to handle the expectations of the child and their parents. The ailment is largely self limiting and always comes right on its own, so it's usually a situation of taking care of lifestyle and sports activities during that period.

Alicia James has worked in public multidisciplinary clinics assessing and dealing with childrens foot and lower leg disorders. Alicia is at present the Head of Podiatry at Peninsula Health in Melbourne, Australia and a podiatrist at the Kingston Foot Clinic and Children’s Podiatry. Alicia has a quite strong commitment to the podiatry profession, having earlier been a director for the Australian Podiatry Association (Vic) board and a previous president of the Australian Podiatry Association (Vic) as well as being a past chairperson of the Victorian Paediatric Podiatry Special Interest group. Alicia was awarded the Jennifer O’Meara Award at the start of 2010 for her efforts. Alicia is also a credentialed Paediatric Podiatrist as given by the Australian Podiatry Council, being just one of the five podiatrists in Australia who have gained this so far. She was not long ago granted her PhD for carrying out a sizable clinical study of treatment methods for calcaneal apophysitis in youngsters.