Medial Calcaneal Nerve Entrapment

Heel pain is common in clinical practice. Medial calcaneal nerve entrapment in the superficial posterior foot can mimic more common conditions such as plantar fasciitis or pain referred from the back or proximal leg, which can present with similar pain but are treated differently. A patient with a previous diagnosis of “plantar fasciitis” who has failed all conservative management may have an entrapment neuropathy of the medial calcaneal nerve and may respond to nerve injections and neurolytic techniques.