The heel in sport.

The various causes of posterior and inferior heel pain in the athlete have been presented. Various examples of athletes who have had the various problems and discussed their outcome have been discussed. This article primarily has tried to educate the reader as to the different types of heel pain and has stressed the need for conservative care. Ninety-five percent of patients who have inferior heel pain will recover with appropriate conservative care. Therefore, surgery should be done only after conservative care has been exhausted and adequate time has passed.