Definition

Heel Spurs or heels pur syndrome are most often the result of stress onthemusckes and fascia of thefoot. This stress may form a spur on the bottom of the heel. While many spurs are painless others may produce chronic pain.

Cause

While injury, overuse or other temporary, medianical causes an bring on discomfort in the heel, apainful heel also accompany a more serious condition, such as gout, arthritis, psoriasis, collagendisorders etc illnesses like these and others must be diagnosed and treated separately.

Treatment

It self-care measures do not relieve the pain, the podiatric surgeon may recommend various treatmentto reduce inflammation like oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, cortisone injections, foottaping and padding, physical therapy, custom orthosis.

Prevention

Unfortunately, prevention is not always possible. if pain is related to too much activity or any abnormal foot structure (such as flat feet or high arches), modifying the daily routine to exclude activities that are stressful on the feet should be considered. For example, ioging should be replaced with biking and/orswimming. If symptoms of heel pain develop, icing the foot should begin immediately.