10 Symptoms and Treatments for Sever's Disease

4. Symptoms that gradually develop

Typically, the first sign of Sever's disease appears as a pain at the back of the heel or right beneath the heel. When the child runs or jumps this pain increases in intensity. After a while, these kinds of activities become so painful that he or she will have to stop taking part in school sports. The diseased heel also starts to feel incredibly tender to the touch. It becomes painful to squeeze it. As the disease takes hold the heel might swell and any use of the ankle causes the kid pain.