apophysitis had similar foot postures to children without pain. This means, while some children have high arches or flat feet, not all will get calcaneal apophysitis. Treatment Parents can often use home treatments to resolve pain. Health professionals who also commonly treat this condition are podiatrists, physiotherapists, family medical doctors, paediatricians or orthopaedic surgeons. Treatment may consist of one or more of the following: Using ice on the area or an over the counter anti-inflammatory from the pharmacy (not aspirin). Load management including some sport substitution or lessening the amount, not playing for as long or having more frequent breaks. Heel raisers or heel cushions Foot orthotics If pain is present in some footwear more than others, consider changing footwear to increase support or cushioning Avoid being barefoot for long period of times while painful If doing a sport in barefoot, a heel cushion or taping may assist during the activity Recovery Sever's disease is not a serious condition and many children get better without needing health professional care. If use of home treatments like putting ice on the heels or changing sport don't work, children should be assessed by a health professionals to personalise the treatment and make sure it is really is calcaneal apophysitis. This condition does not have any long term foot or ankle problems. While pain from calcaneal apophysitis can go away quickly, it often comes back from time to time. It can appear until children are 12–15 years old. Eponym The correct term for this condition is calcaneal apophysitis. The term Sever's disease was coined after it was first described by James Warren Sever (1878–1964), an American orthopedic doctor, in 1912. Sever published The Principles of Orthopaedic Surgery in 1940 through the Macmillan Company. Sever described it as an apophyseal injury and given it is neither contagious or progressive, the disease label is being used less with time. See also List of childhood diseases References Further reading Foot Physicians - Pediatric Heel Pain External links Musculoskeletal disorders Medical terminology