heel spurs

AR Transplant · #1 10/30/08, 10:22 PM

the boot thread made me think of this. I used to have bone spurs in both heels. They we so painful. My pediatrist showed me how to wrap them and they were immediately less painful and in about 8 weeks there was no pain at all. I know I could never explain how to wrap the heels but perhaps you could ask your doctor, or maybe even get lucky and find it on the internet.

It has been at least 5 years and I am totally pain free and I haven't wrapped my feet in at least 4 years.

just my .02

Callieslamb · #2 10/30/08, 10:30 PM

Did the spurs go away?

Common Tator · #3 10/30/08, 11:33 PM

Orthotics in the shoes works faster and better, and is a lot easier too!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006MZ0ZM?...0&linkCode=asn

These are what I have been using for about three years now. Very durable, and at $19.00 very reasonable!

Country Lady · #4 10/30/08, 11:46 PM

About 15 years ago DH had surgery for a heel spur. Close to a year ago, he started having the same problem in the other foot. He saw his doctor numerous times, did home exercises, took medication, went through two series of physical therapy at the Wellness Center, and the next option was surgery. We only have carpet in the bedrooms. The rest of the house is ceramic tile. DH just kept complaining about how his foot hurt, when it finally dawned on me that maybe his house shoes, which he wears almost all the time, might be part of the problem. He got some good fitting tennis shoes with the heel open. I think they're call Mules. The kind you just slip your feet into. Anyway, he wears them all the time in the house now , and hasn't had any problems in months now.

paulaswolfpack · #5 10/31/08, 07:42 AM

I have them in both heels. The right one a doctor did surgery in Texas back in 92. The left one I had surgery in 95 in Ark. The right one never gives me any pain,but the left on kills me every day I never go without shoes. One my left foot I know the docter did not do a good job just by what he said to me going into the operating room,he told me that he got paid more cash on a ingrown nail than what medicaid was paying him for my surgery and if I still had problems to come back in and he would operate again,needless to say I never went back to see a foot docter,Paula

anniew · #6 10/31/08, 07:54 AM

When I had them, I started wearing New Balance shoes and have not had problems since. A PT told me once that you should stand against a wall facing it, and with the foot/feet involved so close that you have to have the toes at a right angle (pointing up the wall) and push on it to stretch the tendons which are the initial problem in most cases. This helps to get the tendons back to their regular length rather than having them contract causing the pain.
I think mine started from gardening (a lot as I sell veggies) on my knees when I put my feet behind me so the feet are out flat and the tendons contract.

Helena · #7 10/31/08, 03:43 PM

Many years ago I thought I had injured my back. After many weeks of doctors visits just by chance my doctor wasn't in the day of my appointment..go figure ?? Anyways..this doctor look at the bottom of my feet and pushed on my heel. I almost went though the roof with the pain !! She said that I had a bone spur and gave me an injection right there probably a cortisone type of shot. Never had a problem with my back like that again. The bone spur was making me walk off balance somehow and was causing me back pain. So what do you know !! I wasn't having foot pain..but back pain. So I guess you can never tell for sure what is happening with your body.

MushCreek · #8 10/31/08, 03:51 PM

I have it in one foot. The problem is that I'm on my feet, on a concrete floor for 10 hours a day. I bought Z-Coils, and got instant relief. They're expensive and goofy looking, but they sure work for me. If I wear them too much, they make my knees hurt (How do women wear high heels?) so I only wear them when my foot acts up.http://www.ztech.com/

Linebacker · #9 10/31/08, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Helena

Many years ago I thought I had injured my back. After many weeks of doctors visits just by chance my doctor wasn't in the day of my appointment..go figure ?? Anyways..this doctor look at the bottom of my feet and pushed on my heel. I almost went though the roof with the pain !! She said that I had a bone spur and gave me an injection right there probably a cortisone type of shot. Never had a problem with my back like that again. The bone spur was making me walk off balance somehow and was causing me back pain. So what do you know !! I wasn't having foot pain..but back pain. So I guess you can never tell for sure what is happening with your body.

Back in the 80's they gave me a series of cortisone shots to get rid of mine. I don't think they give the injections anymore. I do know how bad they hurt and feel sorry for people suffering from them.

THETOOLMAN · #10 10/31/08, 08:35 PM

My wife had a big one on her heel. the Dr wanted to cut her acilies tendon & remove the spur.
She went to a place called peachtree natural foods on line & bought some pills & 10 weeks mow it is almost disolved!!& pain is ZERO!! beats the stew out of getting cut on!!

Ravenlost · #11 10/31/08, 09:13 PM

About 15 years ago I developed heel spurs in both heels. It hurt SOOO bad that some nights I crawled up the stairs and into bed. I was also shown how to wrap them and told to get new shoes...the tennis shoes I was wearing to work had soft soles. I got hiking boots, wrapped my feet and it was miraculous how quickly my feet stopped hurting. I can't remember how long I wrapped them now, but I've never had any problems with them since then.

Unfortunately, I have bone spurs on my elbows and on the underside of my kneecaps. No way to wrap those! Fortunately, cortisone shots helped both.

AR Transplant · #12 11/02/08, 09:12 PM

Was it hydrangia root that your wife took? I have heard that this might work.

I don't know if my bone spurs left because I never got them x-rayed.

I do know that I had one in my elbow and am getting surgery on my shoulder to fix the bone spur there. I must have been prone to them.

I agree, wish there was a way to wrap all of the spurs.

thanks

ar