Calcaneal Apophysitis patients are children who come to us reporting heel pain. If they are diagnosed with Sever's Disease, their pain is caused by an inflammation of the heel’s growth plate.
Sever’s disease occurs when the growth of the heel bone rapidly outpaces the growth of the leg muscles and tendons. This can happen during the growth spurts brought on by puberty, usually hitting girls between 8-13 years and boys between ages 10-15.
Dr. Bob Baravaria DPM, FACFAS is a Board-Certified Podiatric Foot and Ankle Specialist. He is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine and serves as Director of University Foot and Ankle Institute.
Dr. Baravarian has been involved in athletics his entire life and played competitive tennis in high school and college. He has an interest in sports medicine, arthritis therapy, and trauma/reconstructive surgery of the foot and ankle. He is also fluent in five languages (English, French, Spanish, Farsi, and Hebrew),