Mine hurts badly. I have a dr appointment wednesday to get it checked out. I just wanna know what you did (if you did anything) to help you out? It hurts.
2007-12-15 19:51:50 · 4 answers · asked by J~Me 5 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
They are two different things. A heel spur is an overgrowth (or spur) of bone on the bottom of your calcaneus (heel bone). Plantar fascitis is an inflammation of the plantar fascia which runs from your heel to your forefoot, along your arch on the bottom. Without knowing which one you have, it's hard to give advice. There are some non surgical options for plantar fascitis (massage, soaks, anti-inflammatory medication, steroid injections, night braces). Heel spurs are a little trickier; they would normally need to go in surgically and shave off or file down the little piece of bone that is overgrown on your heel; not a big surgery though. Your doctor (hopefully a podiatrist or orthopedic surgeon) should be able to diagnose it and put you on a treatment plan fairly easily. Good luck.
2007-12-15 20:02:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anthony m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-25 14:14:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a nurse and have suffered from plantar pain for a couple of years. The docs just say take anti-inflammatories and analgesics for the pain, but I know this was just masking the symptoms.
Anyway, I got this guide and a couple of days of following it my pain is completely gone. And I know it's really gone cause I'm not on any meds so if there was any pain left I'd know it.
Get rid of your plantar fasciitis & foot pain?
2016-05-19 16:53:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a bone spur you most likely will have to have it shaved off. but if you do not have a spur and it is scar tissue you can treat it I have suffered from plantar fascitis for years (recuring) these are some of the things that have helped me I went to physio and this is what they told me to do. you have tendons on the bottom of your feet it is attached to the bottom of your heal bone when it shortens it can start to rip off of your heal bone and this will cause calcium buildup what we call a bone spur. there are some things that you can do to help. 1) get wedge high heal sandals and shoes you want to make sure that they support your feet. make sure that they are no higher than 2 inches. if one inch makes your feet feel better ware them. make sure that you ware them any time you are on your feet even in the house. this will stop your from tearing that tendon any more. 2) take an anti inflammatory your choice 3) stretching exercises use heat before hand to make sure that the tendons are soft. either use a heating pad or hot water bottle. use the heat for 10 to 15 min's the stretching you want to do are as follows A) while sitting on a chair bring your foot back so it is under the chair keeping your toes flat on the ground lift up your heal like you are taking a step make sure that you do not stretch too far (it should not hurt) hold for 15 sec's repeat 4 more times do this with both feet 3 times a day. B) using a tennis ball or a soup can (on it's side) put your foot on the can or ball in the arch of your foot again while sitting put some weight on it and roll it back and fourth. this will stretch out the tendon use ice 15 min's after stretching it will help with the swelling 4) use ice the best way is to get some of those small paper cups fill half full with water and freeze them. when you use them peel back the paper and rub on area make sure to keep it moving so you do not hurt the skin. 5) keep your feet up. and try to stay off them as much as possible. 6) go to the pharmacy and buy arch suports they will help also buy heal spur pads the ones that have a spot in the middle of the heal that you can take out this will help to releave pain. all of this will take months to make your pain to go away 7) if the above does not help you can go to your family doc and get an injection of cortazone in your heal. 8) if all else fails and the doc's do beleive that you do have a spur you will have to have it filed off. 9) to prevent this from happening in the future you will need to get good walking shoes ones that keep your heal slightly higher than the ball of your foot and have good arch suports.
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2016-04-14 09:09:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had one for a few years. yes it is very painful. somehow the spur went away on its own! i have heard that taking a rolling pin and rolling it on the area will help get rid of it. not all the time but i did try that and after a period of time the spur just went away. i havent had the problem for years now!! i hope you find a way to get relief from it. your dr. can also give you different remedies instead of surgery. good luck to you. i know what your going through!!!
2007-12-15 21:28:14 · answer #5 · answered by sherry s 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heel Spur Lithotripsey machine, shock wave therapy soon gets rid of the spur.
2007-12-16 10:28:34 · answer #6 · answered by gillianprowe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋