How do i treat heel spears?

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I HAVE BURNING AND A LOT OF PAIN WHEN I STAND. iS THIS NORMAL?

Answer 1

Usually heel spurs can easily be treated by wearing a good arch supporting shoe or you can get arch supports made up for you. Wear them all the time in the house and out for a while, then you should be able to whear them as you normally would later.

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Heel spurs ( a.k.a. plantar fasciitis ) can really put a damper on your life. One of the worst things about a heel spur is that your friends and family may not understand how debilitating the pain for some heel spur victims. Foot pain can be unbearable and make your life miserable.

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Answer 4

Doing the stretches help but also get yourself a good pair of cross training shoes. I had a heel spur so bad that I almost couldn't walk. A friend told me that her podiatrist had told her to get the cross trainers for her heel spurs. I tried it and the relief was immediate.

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How do i treat heel spears?
I HAVE BURNING AND A LOT OF PAIN WHEN I STAND. iS THIS NORMAL?

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with whatever all you decide to do for spurs you need to also take magnesium. Spurs develop because of calcium not absorbing in your system and then builds up on your bones. Magnesium helps the absorption and even distribution of calcium

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Treatment of Primary Plantar Fasciitis
There are four main types of treatment options:

Biomechanical methods
Anti-inflammatory methods
Extracorporeal Shockwave therapy
Surgery
Fortunately for heel pain sufferers, the human body has an amazing ability to heal itself. In order for this to happen with plantar fasciitis, the amount of damage that is caused by loading throughout the day must be reduced so that the body can heal itself. Plantar fasciitis persists as long as the amount of damage incurred during the day exceeds the ability of the body to heal itself.

Biomechanical Methods
Plantar fasciitis is a mechanical condition. This is a fancy way of saying that plantar fasciitis results from forces exerted by the body as we walk. Mechanical conditions are often best treated with mechanical treatments.
An excellent example of a mechanical solution is to elevate the heel by wearing a 3/8 inch heal lift or wearing shoes with a higher heal or a wedged sole. Elevating the heel reduced the amount of tension on the CT band. It also changes the angle of the foot to the ground changing the way that the load is supported. This reduces the amount of damage to the plantar fascia during the day.

Stretching is another biomechanical method to help with heel pain is the stretch the calf muscle. Stretching the calf elongates the tissue in the CT band and reduces the amount of tension helping to re-balance the normal biomechanics of the foot and leg. This reduction is tension lowers the amount of damage created during normal walking activity.. Two great stretches are the Stair Stretch and our personal favorite the Wall Stretch. ( See the Section on Stretches for more explanations.) These stretches should be performed 6 times a day.

Other biomechanical methods include:


Stretching splints
Stretching slippers
Heel cups
Taping the arch ( see the section on taping the foot )
All these devices focus on changing the biomechanical properties of the CT band. While these devices may help provide very quick relief to the area, the key to rehabilitating plantar fasciitis is the address the entire CT band and not just the plantar fascia. To only focus on the plantar fascia is to only address the symptom versus correcting the problems within the CT band. It would be like taking aspirin to help deal with the pain of a broken bone but not mending the bone.

Stretches, heel lifts and rest, are often all that is needed for complete resolution of symptoms. That being said, arch supports can be used on a daily basis help support the arch and decrease the possibility of recurrence of plantar fasciitis.

Anti-Inflammatory Methods

Anti-inflammatory methods include steroid injections, oral anti-inflammatory medications such as aspirin, NSAID( Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatories) prescriptions, ultrasound, massage, topical medications and other methods to reduced inflammation.
The important thing to remember is that you are treating a problem that is caused by overuse or overloading. Anti-Inflammatories help us address the dull aching type that can progress throughout the day. They do not help with the sharp tearing pain (post dystatic pain )often experiences when you get out of bed.

Anti-Inflammatories deal primarily with the symptoms of pain and not the actually problem that is causing the pain. It is important to combine biomechanical methods of care with anti-inflammatory treatments.
Extracorporeal Shock Wave therapy( ESW )

This is a technique that has recently been developed to break the cycle of re-injury associated with plantar fasciitis. Shockwave therapy was originally developed to treat kidney stones non-invasively. Shockwave therapy revolutionized the Urology ( urinary system surgeons ) by giving surgeon the options of treating the kidney stones without:
Invasive surgery No cutting
Overnight hospital stays, before stone removal surgery require multiple days in the hospital
Less damage to the kidney area
A company called HMT ( High Medical Technology ) developed the OssaTron. HealthTronics SSI (Nasdaq symbol: HTRN ) distributes and operates the OssaTron in the United States and Canada. The HealthTronics' OssaTron(r) was the first high-energy ESW device in the U.S. approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The OssaTron is the only device in the U.S. approved to treat two chronic orthopaedic conditions, chronic plantar fasciitis and chronic lateral epicondylitis, more commonly referred to as tennis elbow. HealthTronics currently operates approximately 60 OssaTrons throughout the country and the Company has performed approximately 15,000 procedures since receiving FDA approval for its first indication in early 2001.If you have been suffering from heel pain for months and it just isn't getting better, you should contact HealthTronics - Click Here

Shockwave therapy uses a acoustic energy wave that is focused at the area of pain. It is believed that the shock wave causes micro-trauma to the area. This micro-trauma stimulates an intense focused inflammatory response that promotes healing at the insertion point of the plantar fascia.

Shock wave therapy requires a high level of energy and can be painful. Most patients in the U.S. have the procedure performed in an outpatient setting with twilight sedation ( MAC sedation). The procedure takes about 15 minutes to perform. Patients are able to walk on the foot the same day of treatment. Complications have been minimal. Most doctors advise continued stretching an limited activity for approximately 4 weeks after surgery.

The long term success of Shock Wave therapy has yet to be seen, although short term success rates have success rates of 65% -95%. The best success rates seem to result from treatments with high-energy shock waves. The OssaTron is a high-energy treatment option. ( December 2003 )

Recently, the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) and the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) have released a joint policy statement endorsing the use of extracorporeal shock waves (ESW) for the treatment of plantar fasciitis, more commonly known as heel spurs or heel pain syndrome. This policy statement acknowledges ESW as ``revolutionizing the treatment of chronic heel pain, much the same way the lithotripter did for kidney stones in 1984.''

Two articles published in Foot & Ankle International(r), a publication of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society, support the efficacy of shock wave surgery with the OssaTron(r) to treat chronic plantar fasciitis. The articles, titled ``Symptom Duration of Plantar Fasciitis and the Effectiveness of Orthotripsy(r)'' and ``Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Waves on Calcaneal Bone Spurs,'' were published in the December 2003 edition of Foot & Ankle International, Volume 24, Number 12.