Subject: Heel Pain

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The most common form of foot pain is heel pain. Some doctors also refer to heel pain as heel spur syndrome or plantar fasciitis. However, these other conditions can be present with or without an actual bony spur. Heel pain comes in many forms and levels of severity. Using recommended care and treatment can bring relief.

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Heel pain is a serious condition that sufferers should not and most of the time can not just ignore. Just stepping down on the foot, especially the first thing in the morning, can cause an immediate shooting pain in the heel region. Pressing harder on a sore heel, for instance when your foot has fallen asleep, only makes the painful symptoms worse.
 
The cause of heel pain can come from various sources. Heel pain can flare up when the plantar fascia ligament becomes inflamed. The plantar fascia ligament stretches from the heel to the ball of the foot. Eventually, calcium deposits may form on the heel bone. This will result in mild to serious heel pain when pressure is applied to the foot.
 
As is often the case, heel spurs and heel pain occur in people who have flat feet. This happens because when the arch of the foot starts to collapse, the band of ligament and muscle in the bottom of the foot absorbs the impact of pressure from standing or walking. This leads to it stretching beyond its limits. In turn, this can lead to tears in the muscle and bone spurs. To avoid heel pain, people with flat feet should make a special effort to wear support shoes with arch supports.
 
Sore heels are the result of the muscles in the foot tightening up overnight. The tightened muscles make the pull on the heel bone spur and ligaments even worse. You know you have heel pain if getting out of bed in the morning and stepping down makes you want to yell out. In fact, the medical term for heel pain, post-static dyskinesia, means "pain after rest."

There are some other techniques that you can use in order to help reduce heel pain and plantar fasciitis symptoms. Other heel pain treatment/ plantar fasciitis treatment techniques include wearing proper footwear for both everyday and sporting activities, the use of insoles that support the arch and reduce tension on the ligament, using heel cushions or slight heel lifts, correcting leg length discrepancy with an adjustable heel lift, giving the afflicted area an ice massage, stretching calf muscle to reduce tightness and maintaining length of the tight calf muscle with the use of a night splint.

In severe and chronic cases, heel spurs may require surgical correction. If heel pain is chronic and persists, see a podiatrist for specific heel pain treatment.

You can also do some further research about heel pain and related subjects. Below we have included some resources that we have found on the internet that you may be interested in.

plantar fasciitis, heel spur, heel pain
The internet reference for plantar fasciitis, heel spur, heel spurs, and heel pain.

Heel Pain - Complete Patient Education - podiatrychannel
Heel pain, commonly caused by plantar fasciitis, is explored in full, from causes and risk factors to treatment options.

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