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9 year old boy (hockey player who wears hockey skates) has a large lump on the back of his heel. bump is tender, firm, but squishy. red?
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Bmp n hel n athlete: You are describing what seems like a soft tissue injury to your son's heel. He may be wearing the wrong size skates. Get that checked out too. Probably not hard tissue (bony) damage. Go to a sports medicine doc!
Answered 1/16/2017
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