Heel pain

stubs
stubs Posts: 5,001
edited March 2011 in Health, fitness & training
This morning I was hobbling with a tearing pain in my heel. The pain is here
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It hasnt been too bad this afternoon but I had to wear walkingboots my normal shoes and trainers were killing me. Now I have finished work it is throbbing like a good un . Yesterday did a steady ride with not much climbing only 21 miles of mixed trail, bridleway and road. I havent crashed, twisted my ankle, stumbled or anything. Anyone got any ideas what I have done and what treatment should I do. Currently got my heel resting on an icepack raised up on a footstool.
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  • Uncle Bean
    Uncle Bean Posts: 1
    I've started having this problem, I was wondering if you’ve found a cure?
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Try wearing shoes in which you have inserted a really good set of arch supports. Like a running shoe insert. Don't wear shoes that are flat and with no arch support. Sounds like
    you have stressed the tendon on the bottom of your foot. This CAN cause heel pain because it's attached to your heel bone. In any case that's what happened to me. See the foot doctor if wearing arch supports doesn't give you some relief.
  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    Still got the heel pain. Got orthotic inserts made for my shoes plus had a course of physio it helps a lot but I still get trouble. Specialist is going to send me for a scan hopefully this will show something, Xray shows no bone damage.

    Dont let it fester get it seen to straight away proper orthotic inserts can help a lot if its just flat feet.

    Shop bought inserts are worse than useless and can cause lasting damage, get to your GP and get referred to people who know what they are doing. Wish I had taken my own advice last year.
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  • mbmitnick
    mbmitnick Posts: 1
    If you have tried various treatments and are still having pain, then you have to rule out other problems, the most common of which would be a plantarfascial tear. The only way to diagnose this is with an MRI.
    When people come into my office with heel pain, if they do not improve on a time schedule consistent with plantarfasciitis or even a heel spur, then I send them for an MRI to rule out other pathology including a fascial tear or even a fracture of the heel bone.
    http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/heelpain.html

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