If you are having difficulty getting those slingbacks on because of a bone growing on the back of your heel, you may have POSTERIOR CALCANEAL EXOSTOSIS, aka "pump bumps." This bony protrusion, which also goes by the name HAGLUND'S DEFORMITY, is characterized by enlargement of the large bone of the heel (calcaneus).
These pump bumps can be painful, particularly if you develop BURSITIS, an inflammation of the small fluid-filled sacs (bursa) that lubricate and cushion joints throughout the body, from repeatedly wearing shoes that put pressure on the backs of your feet. But they can be hereditary as well.
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