heel pain -- suggestions from people who walk a lot

[yoda291]

Hey guys, recently, I've been having really bad pain in my heels when I walk. It's a sharp pain in either heel whenever I put ANY weight on it which progresses to dull ache if I don't remove the weight. I'm not particularly overweight, could stand to lose a few, but not that bad. I've been to a doctor who told me it was prolly stress on something in there. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas and suggestions on what to do. I'm getting tired of walking on the balls of my feet.

 

[Garion]

I have heard of people who had similar symptoms that turned out to be bone spurs. There's a wealth of reading on heel pain on the Internet - This is the first site that came up when I googled for "heel bone spurs". Even if that's not it, the site has a lot of good info. Best of luck and I hope it gets better!

- G

 

[Heisenberg]

Could also be a stress fracture. A quick x-ray might help clear things up, but sometimes those won't show up real well.

 

[Siddhartha]

GO TO A DOCTOR!

 

[Matt]

I'd say heel bone spur if you've been doing a lot of walking. Stress fractures are more common if you do a lot of jogging or high impact sports. Go check it up.

/Matt, MD

 

[yoda291]

I jog daily so I think you guys are right. Thanks people.

I'll see the doctor tomorrow again anyways and I'll get something for my shoes...or maybe just new shoes.

 

[AnimeKnight]

Originally posted by: Matt
I'd say heel bone spur if you've been doing a lot of walking. Stress fractures are more common if you do a lot of jogging or high impact sports. Go check it up.

/Matt, MD

woah.. didn't know about stress fractures... I wonder if samething is happening to me... been playing a lot of basketball 3-5 hrs every other days and 2 hrs days between... and now I have to ice my ankle everytime I am done playing... mm..
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