Diagnosing Plantar Fascia Rupture

In brief

Though not frequently reported in the literature, plantar fascia tears or ruptures can occur in running and jumping sports. Misdiagnosis as an acute flare of the much more common plantar fasciitis is possible. Though the injury is initially quite disabling, athletes can-as in this case report-return within weeks to competition with proper diagnosis, intervention, and rehabilitation.

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Notes on contributors

Roger J. Kruse

Dr Kruse is head team physician and Mr Erickson is head basketball trainer at the University of Toledo. Dr McCoy is a sports medicine fellow at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Dr Kruse, a charter member of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine, was a physician for figure skating and speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Roger L. McCoy

Dr Kruse is head team physician and Mr Erickson is head basketball trainer at the University of Toledo. Dr McCoy is a sports medicine fellow at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Dr Kruse, a charter member of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine, was a physician for figure skating and speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Tim Erickson

Dr Kruse is head team physician and Mr Erickson is head basketball trainer at the University of Toledo. Dr McCoy is a sports medicine fellow at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Dr Kruse, a charter member of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine, was a physician for figure skating and speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.