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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 04:12 PM
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what does a bone spur in the heel feel like?
Is anyone living with this problem? Please tell me how the pain feels.
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 04:14 PM
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1. Like hell...
Best thing, go to a Dr. so the Dr. can order an x-ray.. if its bad enough.. its surgery for you.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 04:16 PM
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3. does it hurt when you step on it?
or ache when you're not walking?

what?
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 04:14 PM
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2. It hurts worst first thing in the morning..
Edited on Sun Oct-12-08 04:15 PM by annabanana
like your skin is too small for your foot... pointing and flexing your foot up & down helps. .
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 04:16 PM
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4. can you walk it off?
or is it constant?
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 04:22 PM
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5. Read here
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 05:16 PM
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8. thanks -- that answered my questions
...about what it feels like. I suspect my shoes are all wrong; they put the heel lower than the toe.
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 04:24 PM
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6. Sounds like plantar faciitis
Hurts pretty bad, but it eventually goes away. Took mine about a year to completely clear up. They offered me cortisone shots, but I'm terribly afraid of that stuff, so I had an orthotic made and that helped considerably.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 05:17 PM
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9. That's what I was thinking...
hurts worst in the morning, after a night when your plantar fascia has had a chance to relax and contract. I had it from running years ago, and it took a long time away from training to get it to heal.

Sid
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wysi Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 04:43 PM
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7. See a podiatrist...
... to get orthotics fitted. I suffered for several months - feeling much of the time like a bone was poking through the bottom of my foot - until I did so. It cleared up after a couple of months using orthotics.
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juno jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 05:21 PM
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10. If you can get orthotics they are worth their weight in gold.
They will also help with any back, knee or hip issues you might have. My husband started wearing them last year for his abnormally high arches and they have been a miracle. They have lessened his heel pain and sciatica quite a bit.
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cloudythescribbler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-12-08 05:55 PM
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11. I've had several bone spurs and they vary -- but PUSH on the spot and it should hurt
a bit like a bad bruise, at the LEAST. Worse bone spurs can actually be felt, if only a little, up your tendons also
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