severs disease
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hi there my daughter has been diagnosed with severs disease in both her feet, she is a very keen athlete,running 1500 metres and 3000 metres. she is aged 12. Our doctor has explained to us that she will do no long term damage,if she carries on but it will be very painful when ever she runs.Thus needing ibruphen all the time. Can you tell me if it would be better to take time out and if so how long would you suggest. Would buying quag heel supports help her and if so could she use them as a form of letting her run and not taking time off,as she is so upset at the thought of this. I would most appreciate your advice on this matter yours faithfully mrs m burnikell (ENGLAND)
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MRS BURNIKELL
Hi Therewe have been encouraged to let our daughter swim as she is an athlete and while she is not running she is also keeping fit as well as keeping her strength up for when she returns to athletics full time. We are going to see a proffesor about this condition in the next few weeks and we will let you no the out come. mrs burnikell
marino
my daughter also was diagnosed with severs. she has now turned 10 but last spring near the end of track season she developed the problem. being active in coaching I noticed the prolem occured after running on hard surfaces, and one particular track practice where a coach had her do 5 100m sprints in a row. the problem is over coaching where there is no need. unfortunately after a few months off in summer and no pain on starting training, she suddenly again has one sore heel, now the opposite heel from the spring, again, the soccer coach has been conducting 2 practices a week for 1.5 hours, quite a bit over coaching, instead of just light running as was promised obviously alot of running was taking place. In the spring, taping of the foot was done to let her participate in the final track meet but she still felt pain after running full out. I think the only cure once the problem occurs is rest. I’ve researched alot of sites and found that there is no magic instant cure for this condition, I would recommend against using pain killers because if theres no pain the damage can increase and the condition could lead to serious conditions from my research.As I mentioned after rest the condition went away, but now she has the other heel aggravated from over use. I have tried to purchase shoes with heel support, raised heel like good running shoes, but track spikes and especially soccer shoes do not come with much support even if advertised.From our experience in the spring of 2012,I noticed the condition would slowly get worse, even when the foot and heel were taped, and no activity occured for a few days, once she ran her first heat, she had minor pain, gradually increasing over the day.we might just point her into swimming until she has grown so that this condition does not keep reaccuring.
burnikell
: In the spring, taping of the foot was done to let her participate in the final track meet but she still felt pain after running full out.: I think the only cure once the problem occurs is rest. I’ve researched alot of sites and found that there is no magic instant cure for this condition, I would recommend against using pain killers because if theres no pain the damage can increase and the condition could lead to serious conditions from my research.: As I mentioned after rest the condition went away, but now she has the other heel aggravated from over use. : I have tried to purchase shoes with heel support, raised heel like good running shoes, but track spikes and especially soccer shoes do not come with much support even if advertised.: From our experience in the spring of 2012,I noticed the condition would slowly get worse, even when the foot and heel were taped, and no activity occured for a few days, once she ran her first heat, she had minor pain, gradually increasing over the day.: we might just point her into swimming until she has grown so that this condition does not keep reaccuring.hi therewe have found with our daughter since she has took time out her feet have been ok so we are letting her swim for the time being until such time she has growm out of it she also was doing a lot of training michelle
Steve
Quag heel inserts have helped a lot. They are excellent shock absorbers – they do not wear – we did lose one. My life is better since my soccer sons life is better.