DDx ⬇
- Plantar fasciitis
- Enthesopathy due to seronegative spondyloarthropathy (eg, ankylosing spondylitis)
- Achilles tendinitis
- Pre-achilles bursitis
- Metatarsal stress fracture
- Heel pad syndrome (traumatic irritation of fat tisses)
- Retrocalcaneal bursitis
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Large bony heel spur
- Calcaneal stress fracture (runners)
- Genital herpes simplex (referred pain from sacral ganglion)
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