What is Heel Pain? How to manage it? What are the precautions to be taken? What are the signs and symptoms? What is the cause of this disease? How to treat it? How can homeopathy help you? All of this answered, in this post and of course our doctors always there to help you. Just fill in your details in the form down below and we will answer all your questions for FREE!
What is heel pain?
Heel pain is the pain which occurs on the underside or the back of heel area that varies in severity and location i.e. right or left. Heel is the first bone that makes contact with ground when walking, running, jumping etc. it take full force impact , weight and shock while motion. Primarily it causes pain in heel on first step and can continue with walking or may subside with continuous motion depending on the severity of lessens.
Risk group:
-Adults above 40 years
-Engaging in strenuous exercise especially after jumping and running.
-Workout exercise without adequate rest
-People who are overweight or obese
-People who have standing jobs
-Children aged between 8years to 13years especially boys
-Women during pregnancy.
What are the causes of heel pain?
-prolonged standing may leads to heel pain
-Injury to heel/ fracture
-Running on hard surface or running too often
Tightness in calf muscle or the Achilles tendon
-Shoes with poor support or shock absorption
-Sudden inward or outward turning heel
-Landing hard or awkwardly on heel
-Rheumatoid arthritis
-Heel spur
-Stress fracture
-Haglund’s deformity
-Bursitis
-Bone tumor
-Osteomyelitis
What are the symptoms of heel pain?
-Excessive pain
-Inflammation
-Swelling
-Discomfort
-Tenderness on heel region
-Redness and heat
What happens if plantar fasciitis goes untreated?
If plantar fasciitis is left untreated, then it results in the small tears because of the inflammation and stress to the plantar fascia.
Can Plantar fasciitis go away on its own?
Plantar fasciitis usually goes away on its own within six weeks to 12 months. If pain persists even after six to eight weeks, consult a doctor.
What is heel pain a sign of?
Heel pain is most often caused by plantar fasciitis or sometimes due to heel spur. Other causes are also there which results in heel pain such as a stress fracture, tendonitis, arthritis, nerve irritation or, rarely, a cyst.
What are the investigations of heel pain?
-Complete case history
-Physical examination of feet/heel
-X-ray
What is the treatment of heel pain?
-Analgesics
-Ice packing
-Steroid’s
-Surgery in very few cases associated with other complications
What are the complication of heel pain?
-Achilles tendinitis
-Planter fasciitis
-Heel spur
-Heel bumps
-Sever’s disease (calcaneal apophusitis)
-Subcalaneal bursitis
-Trauma
What precautions to be taken during heel pain?
-Rest as much as possible
-Apply ice on painful areas
-Regular foot massage
-Avoid going barefoot
-Add calcium in diet
-diathermy
-A splint worn at night
-Checking posture and walking style
-Wear proper fitting shoes
-use heel cup/ heel pads to support feet if wearing heels.
-Maintains healthy weight which helps in reducing pressure on heels.
-A healthy balance diet can be beneficial
-Always stretch and warm-up before exercising
Homeopathic treatment for heel pain?
-Arnica Montana
-Ammonium carbonicum
-Calc flourica
-Causticum
-Cyclamen
-Lycopodium
