PERSISTENT FOOT AND ANKLE PAIN IN YOUNG ATHLETES

When young athletes experience persistent foot or ankle pain, the diff erential diagnosis includes overuse syndromes, exacerbated chronic or congenital conditions, and poor healing of earlier acute injuries. Oft en, prompt diagnosis and treatment of an acute injury might have preve nted a chronic condition. Conditions discussed in this article include distal fibular epiphyseal fracture, lateral ligament sprain, tibiofib ular ligament sprain, peroneal tendon dislocation, Achilles tendinitis , Sever's disease, talar dome osteochondral fracture, and tarsal coali tion.