Introduction:

Chronic heel pain is a frequent condition in foot pathology. These types of pictures are not caused by a single injury, but are the result of a combination of a series of clinical pictures, especially Baxter's neuropathy and plantar fasciitis. For several years and after analyzing a series of clinical cases, it has been observed that patients with chronic pain in the heel present with a process of plantar fasciosis, calcaneal bone edema or congestive calcaneal syndrome and Baxter nerve neuropathy. As a result of this finding, we conclude on a new clinical entity called thatalgic triad, which does not present previous bibliographic references in the scientific literature.

Patients and methods:

A series of cases of 10 patients who were diagnosed with a combination of 3 pathologies, called the thatalgic triad, has been carried out, with the appearance of plantar fasciosis, calcaneal bone edema (calcaneal congestion) and neuropathy Baxter compression. Each of these pathologies is treated independently with different therapies, such as plantar supports, infiltrations, drug treatment or surgery.

Results:

A total of 10 women with a mean age of 53 years were diagnosed with plantar fasciosis, calcaneal bone edema and Baxter's compressive neuropathy by different tests, such as ultrasound. These patients were treated by collagen infiltrations, removal of bloody fluid from the calcaneus, intratissular percutaneous electrolysis therapy, plantar supports, pharmacological treatment, and shock waves. 40 % of the sample was on sick leave due to the disabling pain of this triad and 10 % were in retirement.

Conclusions:

The thatalgic triad is an unknown clinical entity with a complex diagnosis that combines complementary tests with clinical diagnosis. Likewise, there are very few bibliographic references on this subject.

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