Plantar heel pain (Pod med) Flashcards
Stress fracture corresponds to a change in the bone’s 1 resulting from application of 2
- Mechanical integrity
- Unusual Repetitive stress
Epidemiolgy: Occurs in 1 of general population 2 of college sports 3 of all forefoot of the foot are 4
- 1% 2. 2-8% 3. 20% 4. Calcaneus
Different type of fractures are: 1. 2.
- Fatigue fracture 2. Insufficiency fracture
Fatigue fracture: 1 normal but abnormal 2 and 3 e.g. new activity or too much of repeated activity
- Bone 2. Muscle stress 3. Fatigue
Insufficiency fracture 1 weak Most commonly seen in women with 2 but also seen in 3 and 4
- Bone 2. OP 3. post-menopausal 4. amenorrhea
Pathomechanical theory??
Calcaneus is an interface for A and B
A: weight transmission
B: torque
What are the pathogenesis for the pathomechanics theory?
A
Increased B
Weakness of C
Rather than a compressive force a D would occur perpendicular to primary trabuculae
A: over activity
B: mechanical advantage
C: one of tethering structures
D: shearing force
what are the risk factors for Calcaneal stress fracture:
1: gender ?
2: ?
3: bone condition?
Prior 4?
Low level of 5?
6?
7? food related
8 ? merphology
9? struture
10? 11? 12?
- female (39% of all FF)
- Obesity, long distance runners and army recruits
- Osteopenia/osteoprosis
- Prior stresst fracture
- Low level of physical fitness
- Hormonal
- Nutrition - calorie intake, calcium deficiency
- Arch morphology e.g. Pes cavus
- Biomechanical like overpronation, genu valgum
- Physiological bone turn over 11. muscle flexibility 12. joint ROM
what are the clinical presentation for calcaneal stress fracture?
1? pain : onset ? days
can initially be a 2? type pain which radiates
3? pain on weight-bearing
Focal 4? and mild5?
Tenderness 6? of wall of calcaneus
Can be without 7?
Previous history of 8?
Sudden increase in 9?
Increase in 10?
- Prodromal pain, 7-10 days
- mechanical type pain
- diffuse
- oedema 5. warmth
- medially and laterally
- oedema
- high impact exercise
- training program features
- body weight
what is the clinical assessment for calcaneal stress fracture?
1 ?compression of heel
2? normal within first 3? weeks
MRI may show 4? if present ( may be negative especially if there is poor blood supply as it will not demonstrate 5?)
6? scan useful in special situations
Screen for 7?
- Medial to lateral
- x-rays 3. 2-3 weeks
- oedema in bone and soft tissue 5. oedema
- CT scan
- intrinsic and extrinsic factors
Clacaneal stress fracture
whilst x-ray and MRI are definitive 1? should be performed routinely as part of plantar heel presentation.
- Ultrasound
Management of calcaneal stress fracture
1? for upto 8 weeks encouraged
2? to achieve pain relief
3? insoles to prevent fracture
4? cast, can be used to achieve pain releif and protect
Severe case may require 5?
6? activities encouraged
Assess risk of 7?
- Rest and ice
- strapping and accomodaive shoes
- shock absorbing insoles
- short leg cast
- NWB cast with crutches
- NWB e.g. swimming
- Non-union
Nerves
15-20% of neural heel pain is the 1? nerve (Alshami)
2? is the most reported cause of heel pain
- baxters
- Media calcaneal nerve
Look closely at the image and remember the structure?
what are the clinical presentation for Neural origin?
Pain- described as 1?
Pain is worst with 2?
Pain may be present at 3?
Post static 4?
5? disturbances
- sharp, shooting, burning, localised and radiating
- activity (during and after) and improves with rest
- night result of venostosis
- dsykinesia
- sensory distrubnaces: tingling, numbness around medial and plantar ascpect of heel