Heel Pain

What is Heel Pain

Many conditions, including plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinitis, cause heel pain. A sore heel is a common foot and ankle complaint. Rest, orthotics and stretching ease pain over time. If you ignore and don’t treat heel pain, you may develop chronic problems that require a longer recovery. Heel pain rarely needs surgery.

Symptoms & Diagnosis

• Stiffness and pain along the Achilles tendon that worsens with activity and is present in the morning.
• Severe pain the day after exercising.
• Thickening of the tendon.
• Bone spurs.
• Constant swelling that gets worse throughout the day with activity.
• A sudden”pop” in the back of your calf or heel.
  

Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis can cause workouts to be disrupted.
Continued participation in some activities might aggravate heel discomfort, however sitting about and avoiding activity is not useful.

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Plantar fasciitis is seen

• Sportsperson who runs a lot. E.g.
• Tennis & football player, marathon runner
• After heavy work out in gym
• Housewife who stands for prolonged hours in kitchen
• Overweight + standing —-two deadly combinations
• Prolonged standing & sitting
• Flat foot or high arch foot

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Why plantar fasciitis develops?

The plantar fascia is a thick band that takes the load of entire body weight & maintains foot arch. It attaches to toes at one end & heel bone (calcaneum) at another end. Plantar fascia in different positions of foot

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Treatment

New Japanese Treatment For Heel Pain

After taking all non surgical treatment, patient still feels heel pain. It affects on her quality of life. In this situation its very important to get rid of heel pain. This Japanese technique , invented by dr yuji okuno, interventional radiologist from japan has given long lasting relief from heel pain.His concept is simple that at site of heel pain, there is chronic inflammatory process going on. So do angiography & find out site of chronic inflammation & embolize neoangiogenesis so it stops releasing inflammatory markers like cytokines. This will reduces pain.

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HOW DO I TREAT HEEL PAIN?

Heel pain is very common is society. Most common reason of heel pain is excessive use of foot, obesity, Foot ware , Flat foot etc. Most common treatment for heel pain is physiotherapy but what if physio does not work? What if heel pain continue after long physiotherapy treatment….? There is no other option of treatment available for patients. As surgery does not give good results in heel pain. So what to do next? We have treated many patients with plantar artery embolization for heel pain. This technique is non surgical technique & eliminating root cause of disease. Lets have a look how I treat heel pain.

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HOW DO I TREAT HEEL PAIN?

Treatment of plantar fasciitis begins with first-line strategies, which you can begin at home

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If you still have pain after several weeks, see your foot and ankle surgeon, who may add one or more of these treatment approaches

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