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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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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

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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