image based Q.17- recurrent heel pain

Q. entrapment of which nerve may be in the differentil diagnosis of recurrent plantar fasciitis ?



1. Lateral plantar nerve
2. Medial plantar nerve
3. nerve to sinus tarsi
4. deep plantar nerve

Answer - 1


First branch of lateral plantar nerve (FBLPN)  when entrapped may give rise to pain similar to plantar fasciitis.
It should be ruled out in refractory heel pain.

It is also called Baxter's nerve.