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Insertional heel pain
Your health care provider may recommend the following treatments:
If these treatments don't work, your health care provider may inject a small amount of steroids into the bursa. If the condition is associated with Achilles tendonitis, casting the ankle for several weeks to keep it in from moving can be effective. Very rarely, surgery may be necessary to remove the inflamed bursa.
This condition usually gets better in several weeks with the proper treatment.
Complications are uncommon. If the bursitis is associated with tendonitis, tendon rupture is a possible complication. Tendon rupture may also occur with steroid injections, especially if they are given too often.
If you have heel pain or symptoms of retrocalcaneal bursitis that do not improve with rest, contact your health care provider for evaluation and treatment.
Aranow MS. Posterior heel pain (retrocalcaneal bursitis, insertional and noninsertional Achilles tendinopathy). Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2005;22:19-43.