Less than 3% 1 of calcaneal fractures involve the tuberosity. As with rupture of the Achilles tendon, the mechanisms of injury are forced plantar flexion or abrupt dorsiflexion. Four types of ...

A 17-year-old boy presented with pain in his left foot that had progressed over a six-month period. He had no history of trauma or systemic illness. On examination, he was tender over the left ...

A 30-year-old man falls from a height of 20 feet. He sustains close fracture of both calcanei and an open fracture of the left tibia, and complains of pain in his lumbar area.

Luckily, heel fractures are not common outside of a traumatic event—like a car crash or falling from a ladder or other accident that causes so much pressure that the bone actually breaks.