Definition

The fatigue of the calcaneal tuber fracture, often considered a fatigue fracture, is relatively common. This type of fracture which essentially concerned the military, in which she was often described, appears today in the old woman of about 50 years and has practiced a unusually long and tiring March. The symptoms of patients with fracture of fatigue of the calcaneal tuber are:

• An unusual talalgie, that is a pain in the heel, which most often makes impossible the support of the foot and usually appears after an unusual effort.

Complementary examinations include scanning and radiography that appears usually normal at the beginning. THE I.R.M. also to the diagnosis. For medical imaging specialists it damage before any condensante, linear and with sometimes thickening périosté. The scanner also allows to direct the diagnosis. The treatment The rest leads to the multilaterally in about three months. The ice application can sometimes reduce the pain and the use of analgesics (painkillers) when they are supported. The resumption of activity physical, very progressive, is that after three months that is after the bone consolidation that is visible with x-rays. In a few patientles pain nevertheless continue to persist. The correction of the factors that may promote the occurrence of fractures is important to consider. Relatively rarely of the calcaneal tuber fatigue fractures require surgery because spontaneous consolidation, that is of itself over time, is not always possible.