What is the Calcaneus?

• The Calcaneus is the heel bone! It is a robust bone capable of dealing with higher forces and repetitive workloads.

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How is it commonly injured?

Heel fractures normally occur with trauma or accidents where people fall or jump and land with excessively high force on there heel directly.

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Classification and Signs and Symptoms of this injury

• Swelling

• Bruising

• Inability to bear weight not he foot

 

Xray and CT scan needed for assessment on whether to manage conservatively or surgically

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Current management techniques

• Boot use for a minimum of 6 weeks with crutches non-weightbearing through the foot.

• Rest Ice, Compression, Elevation: all these techniques help to control the swelling and pain.

• Minimisation of strength losses via specific exercises

• Minimisation of range of motion loss via specific exercises

• Rehabilitation is important as a lot of pain can develop and get worse quickly due to the number of steps we take each day

• If surgery needed there will be a period of at least 6 weeks non weightbearing followed by a. 12 week rehabilitation focus