Haglund’s deformity is an enlarged part of bone behind the heel bone is a painful problem in runners and is often challenging to take care of. The bigger aspect of the heel bone rubs on the shoe creating a bursitis and also blisters. The bursitis may become very inflamed and painful. The swollen bursa is known as retrocalcaneal bursitis.
The only way to make the enlarged heel bone go away completely is using surgery and that surgical procedure might include detaching the Achilles tendon at the insertion to access the bone to clear out the enlarged bone and then reattaching the tendon to the calcaneous. That is a big deal and entails a great deal of rehab, therefore we prefer to keep away from that if practical. That being said, it's a quite wise course of action in the long run if this is a continuing difficulty and also the methods useful to help it aren't solving the issue.
The obvious way to manage a Haglunds issue of the heel bone is to remove pressure off the painful place and so the bursitis lump should go down. At times, a simple heel raise could be all that is needed in some cases because this could lift the painful place on the calcaneus bone away from the irritating part of the heel counter in the athletic shoes. Podiatry self-adhesive felt also can often be used to fashion a donut shaped felt pad which goes around the painful swelling. This pad can be adhered in the shoe or on the foot. Other types of padding may be able to be stuck within the heel counter in the running footwear to help keep the pressure off the swelling letting it heal. Generally if the pressure is reduced for long enough, the irritation with the bursitis should go down.
Concerning what is the ideal running shoe for a Haglunds condition on the heel bone, right now there probably not one, in spite of runners frequently questioning online for the best and getting a good amount of advice for particular running shoes. Most running footwear manufacturers make use of a different shaped last to manufacture their shoes on, therefore its a case of finding the footwear that best suits the shape of the back of your heel. Each and every runner's anatomy of their heel bone is different, which means that is a difficult job. A running shoe having a soft, flexible and pliable heel counter is going to be a lot better than one with a more inflexible heel counter.
A number of runners experiment with a higher drop and a lower drop running shoe and look for that one more than another does a better job at reducing pressure on the painful area. As each individual Haglund’s lump differs from the others it can be hard to offer specific guidance for an individual regarding what running shoe will probably suit them better. Quite a few athletes even try chopping a hole in the back of the heel counter in the running shoe so that there is no pressure on the painful area. In order to try this, it usually is a good plan to test it initially by using an older pair of running shoes in case something goes wrong.
