Is it possible to cure heel spurs at home? Why does heel pain occur and should I see a doctor? From time to time we ask similar questions, because today “spur” is a fairly common ailment.
Most often, intense pain in the heels begins to bother you in the second half of life. Overweight people suffer from this disease several times more often than slim people. Lovers of high heels or shoes with very low heels are much less likely to forget about pain in the foot area than those who prefer heels with a height of 2 to 4 cm.
Most often in medicine, heel spurs mean plantar fasciitis, when for one reason or another the powerful fascia of the sole, which stretches from the heel to the toes (more precisely, from the heel tubercle to the heads of the metatarsal bones), becomes inflamed. If the process goes too far, then impregnation of the inflamed area with calcium salts (calcinosis) and the growth of small bone formations - osteophytes - may occur.
Under normal conditions, when walking, the plantar surface of the foot experiences maximum load. In this case, about half of all impacts occur precisely on the heel tubercle and the section of the above-mentioned fascia attached to it, on which microscopic cracks and tears form. As a rule, they heal on their own, but if a lot of them form, the plantar fascia becomes very inflamed and the person begins to feel pain.
Excess weight and high-heeled shoes increase the load on the heel tubercle (for this reason, women suffer from heel pain more often than men). Also, flat feet and various curvatures of the spine can change gait and redistribute weight on the feet, increasing the impact on the heel tubercle.
Chronic latent infections, diseases of a rheumatic nature or accompanied by metabolic disorders (for example, chlamydia, rheumatoid arthritis and gout) can contribute to the occurrence of plantar fasciitis, even in cases where the foot is not subject to increased stress.
Sometimes heel spurs can be observed among sports enthusiasts (especially track and field athletes) if they wear uncomfortable shoes.
If inflammation of the fascia lasts for a long time, then reactive bone formations (osteophytes) or simply the deposition of calcium salts (calcification) may appear.
If the inflammation is relatively minor, then a person may feel pain in the heels, especially when taking the first steps after waking up. During the day, this pain may disappear, and in the evening it may appear again. These symptoms may be the first signs of a heel spur, so you should immediately see a doctor to determine the exact cause of these pains (heel spur formation, arthritis, etc.)
If the inflammation progresses, the pain intensifies and the person complains that it is as if “a nail was driven into his heel” and begins to limp (spares the sore leg). If heel spurs occur on both lower extremities at once, then the patient cannot walk at all, except perhaps on his toes.
The first thing that is best to do is consult a doctor in order to clarify and eliminate the cause of pain in the heel area. To do this, it is sometimes necessary to take an x-ray of the foot or undergo an ultrasound examination. If you have rheumatoid arthritis, chlamydia or gout, you will most likely need to undergo a blood test.
In official medicine, heel spurs are treated with compresses with medications, which rarely give a positive result, or with surgery. Therefore, many people suffering from this disease resort to treatment with folk remedies, since they are safer and often give the fastest effect.
Dissolve 1 kg of table salt in 5 liters of hot water. Bring water to a boil. When the water becomes tolerably hot, lower your feet into the bucket and steam them until the water cools. A course of 10 procedures, do not change the solution, but only warm it up. It is quite possible that the disease will leave you after 4-5 procedures, but we still recommend completing the course.
The method is similar to the previous one, only instead of salt water you need to take hot whey.
Pour alcohol into a frying pan and heat over low heat, being careful not to let it catch fire. You need to immerse your feet in heated alcohol for 15-20 minutes. After the procedure, do not wipe your feet.
A heel spur is sometimes confused with the plantar wart, which is very similar in appearance. So if none of the remedies we described give the desired effect, perhaps you are treating the wrong thing.
This folk remedy for treating heel spurs is much simpler and more economical than the previous one. It is necessary to pour 100 g of moonshine, which contains fusel oils, into a cup, set it on fire and warm the soles of both feet over this flame (even if the spur is only on one heel, there is a high probability that it begins to develop on the other). Warm the soles while the moonshine burns. After this, do a five-minute heel massage, rolling corn cobs with your feet, which, as you know, are sometimes used to plug bottles of moonshine or a special massager.
Grate the garlic and make a compress from the pulp for 3-4 hours. Repeat the procedure until the pain completely disappears. If the burning sensation is severe, stop the procedure and switch to other, more gentle means of treating the spur.
To reduce the strength of garlic, you can add a little vegetable oil to the pulp or lubricate the skin with a rich cream before applying a compress.
It is advisable to apply such a compress during the day or evening, since you can get a severe burn on your heel while sleeping.
For the next recipe, in addition to garlic, we will need chalk. We rub the first ingredient, crush the second, and then mix in a 1:1 ratio. We steam the legs and apply the resulting paste to the spur. After a few sessions, your heel will be as good as new.
At night, grate 200 g of onion, put it in a bag and put your foot in it. Wrap the compress on top with a warm cloth. In the morning, wipe your foot, but do not wash it. Perform the procedure 2-3 times.
Grate the radish with its skin on a fine grater and apply the resulting pulp to the spur overnight. In the morning, rinse the heel with warm water. Usually three procedures are enough to get rid of the disease.
Pass the horseradish root through a meat grinder and apply a compress of the pulp to the heel overnight. Sometimes once is enough
Take 40 g of animal bile, 20 g of vodka, 5 g of laundry soap shavings. At night, steam your feet and apply a compress to your heels, bandaging them. After the first procedure, relief will appear. And after 3 days the pain goes away.
You can make such a compress from bile alone, without mixing with other components.
Mix 100 g of melted lard, 1 fresh egg with shell and 100 ml of 70% vinegar. Keep the mixture covered for 3 weeks, stirring occasionally. Then steam the heel, wipe it and apply a thin layer of ointment. Cover with cotton wool and secure with adhesive tape. It's better to do this at night. If it burns too much, you can wipe off the ointment. After 3-4 times the spur will go away. This folk remedy sometimes helps from the first procedure. If the spur does not go away, and the skin is damaged by vinegar treatment, we recommend taking a break, waiting for the skin to harden, and carrying out the treatment again
Grate the potatoes together with the peel on a fine grater, pour onto gauze and apply to the sore spot, covering the top with plastic wrap. Do not take off for a day. Change the bandage daily for a week. In addition to heel spurs, this folk remedy will remove all calluses and corns from the heels.
In addition to the mono recipe, potatoes can be used in conjunction with kerosene. Boil a potato in its jacket, crush it and mix it while hot with 1 tsp. kerosene. Quickly place it on polyethylene and bandage it to the heel. Put a sock on top.
In this recipe, kerosene acts as an excellent organic solvent, and the potatoes serve to heat, soften and absorb dissolved salts. With their help, the spur will resolve after 3-10 procedures.
Place 2 tbsp on a piece of gauze. fresh cottage cheese, attach to the sore spot before bed. Carry out the procedure 3 nights in a row.
Steam your feet in hot water with the addition of baking soda, apply a piece of kombucha to the sore spot, secure on top with a bandage and plaster. After a day, change the compress.
Grind May nettle in a meat grinder. Place the resulting pulp on a burdock leaf and make a compress overnight. For a speedy recovery, you can walk with this compress during the day. Within a week there will be no trace left of your spur.
Pour red pepper into your sock under your heel and walk like that all day.
Pick knotweed (knotweed), put it in socks or shoes if you go without socks in the summer, and walk like this all day. On the second day add a new portion, and so on. After 2-3 weeks the spurs go away. Instead of knotweed, you can take woodlice.
Apply a plantain leaf (unwashed) “inside out” to the heel; when it dries, replace it with a new one. The first 3-4 days there may be severe pain, but you have to be patient, because the result is worth it - in two weeks the spur will leave you.
Take a crust of black bread, spread it with tar and attach it to the spur, wrap it in polyethylene and warm cloth, and then go to bed. While using this folk remedy, all joints and sores may ache, but you must be patient for 5-7 hours. Repeat 3 times. During treatment, you should not stand up or cool down.
Make compresses from turpentine or ammonia at night (alternate every other day): moisten gauze with undiluted liquid, squeeze and apply to the heel, cover with wax paper and cotton wool, put on a sock.
Take a white linen napkin, soap it with laundry soap and apply it to the heel. Place a plastic bag on your leg and tie a warm cloth over it. In summer, instead of a linen napkin in this recipe, it is better to use a burdock leaf. Lather the fleecy side of the leaf with soap - the one that faces the ground.
Heat 1 kg of coarse salt and pour it onto a flat surface. Place your foot on tolerably hot salt and “walk” on the salt with your bare heel for 15 minutes. This folk remedy helps get rid of spurs in 2-3 procedures.
Rub your feet on a washboard, placing emphasis on your heels - as if you are washing your feet. The session should last at least 15 minutes. Be warned: your feet will burn. Do this 2 times a day until the spurs disappear. After three days the pain will subside.
Steam your feet, then hit the sore spot with an aspen log. First 5-10 times, then increase the number of strikes to 100.
Fill a three-liter saucepan with small potatoes along with peelings, cook until tender, transfer to a basin and knead it all with your feet until it cools down. Wipe your feet, apply iodine in the form of a mesh to the soles and put on socks. The course of treatment is 7 procedures. If you salt the potatoes thoroughly when cooking, the effect of this folk remedy will increase many times over.
By the way, you can read about the treatment of heel spurs with iodine in our separate article.
In addition to proven folk remedies, various therapeutic exercises can also provide feasible assistance in the treatment of heel spurs.
Before starting gymnastics, we recommend that you first stretch the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles.
Approach the wall at a distance of 35 cm and rest your palms against it. The healthy leg should be placed forward, and the sick leg should be left behind. Having taken this position, begin to squat - it is important that your heels do not leave the floor. After you feel the tension in the back of the muscles of the sore leg, freeze in this position for 15 seconds and then straighten up.
It is recommended to carry out this exercise 15 times.
Perhaps the easiest exercise. For this you will need an orthopedic ball or, failing that, a bottle of water. Place your foot on the apparatus and simply roll it along the arch of your foot.
In this exercise you don't even have to stand. While in a sitting position, try to grab various small objects previously scattered on the floor with your toes: pencils, spoons, peas, pebbles. Once the item is hooked, drag it into a pre-prepared container. And so on until there is nothing left on the floor.
Don’t worry, you won’t have to step on hot coals like yogis - you can limit yourself to small pebbles, peas or beans.
In addition, it will be useful to try to spring on your toes when climbing stairs, rather than lowering your entire foot.
The diet for heel spurs involves, first of all, drinking plenty of fluids - up to 2.5-3 liters per day. In addition to regular water, you can take green tea, mineral water or rosehip decoction. Cucumbers and watermelons are also useful for maintaining fluid balance in the body.
Lean on porridges, vegetable or cereal soups, egg dishes, fruits (apples, peaches, oranges, pears, apricots, plums) and vegetables (carrots, cabbage, zucchini, potatoes, tomatoes).
Dairy products can be consumed in any quantity as they help eliminate purine bases from the body. It is especially recommended to take whey and sour milk.
Fish and meat should be eaten twice a week, but only boiled and stewed.
But you should forget about these products while fighting the disease:
You will also have to say goodbye to smoked, salted and spicy foods.
I encountered this problem about a year ago. At first it was not comfortable to walk, then a slight pain began and further and further. One day, while talking with a nurse friend, he complained about his problem. She told me a very effective method - to hit the floor with your heel several times a day and roll the rolling pin with your heel. The pain is certainly unbearable, but for five days I followed her advice. And indeed, it helped me, I don’t face this problem anymore. Another way is vinegar essence and an egg. Break the egg into a small jar and add vinegar essence. Shake it all until you get a porridge-like mixture. We put it in the refrigerator to harden. Apply a thick layer to the heel at night, put on a plastic bag and a warm sock, maybe a woolen one. In the morning, wash off with warm water and soap.
I began to treat, on the advice of an old neighbor, with an ointment made from a chicken egg, natural butter and table vinegar. Melt the butter in a glass. In the required proportions, these ingredients must be poured into a jar without stirring, closed with a lid and wrapped in a towel. After three days of infusion, apply the ointment to gauze and apply to the sore spot. Fix by putting on a sock. Over time, the skin on the spur peels off and the heels begin to heal. Several procedures are enough until complete recovery. As a result of using the folk remedy, the spur disappears, and in its place, renewed skin grows on the legs. The treatment is simple and inexpensive. But it’s better to look after your health and never get sick!
One time my heel hurt so bad that I couldn’t walk. At work I walk with a limp, and one woman says to me, try to cure it this way, it helped me. And she told me how it was done. You pick up snow in the basin, put your heel on it and hold it as long as you can stand it. Then you take it out, quickly dry it and put on woolen socks. You can also wrap your leg with something wool. The leg will burn. Wait about half an hour. Can be unwound. Once was enough for me. And I haven’t remembered this incident for 7 years now. I will be glad if this helps someone.
That's all. We hope that the recipes and recommendations outlined above will help you overcome heel spurs and forget about them forever.
A heel spur is a self-explanatory name for a rather unpleasant disease that many people experience. However, the prevailing opinion that a pointed bony outgrowth formed on the plantar surface of the heel bone (at the site of attachment of the ligamentous apparatus of the foot or the Achilles tendon to the heel bone) leads to painful discomfort when walking is not entirely true. Read our article about how to relieve heel pain and how to treat heel spurs at home.
One in 10 people experience heel pain to varying degrees, with the most common cause being plantar fasciitis, which most people call a heel spur, which is not entirely correct. Since the heel spur itself does not hurt and bone growths can be found in absolutely healthy people who do not complain of foot pain when walking. Heel spurs and pain are a consequence of plantar fasciitis. And the presence or absence of a heel spur does not affect the prognosis and treatment tactics.
The plantar fascia is a structure of the foot made of connective tissue that is attached to the phalanges of the toes on one side and to the heel bone on the other. She takes part in the formation of the longitudinal arch of the foot. So, severe pain occurs when micro-tears of the fascia in the area of its attachment to the heel bone, and the fascia becomes inflamed.
At night, during sleep, these micro-tears grow together, and shortening of the fascia occurs, and when a person takes his first steps in the morning, the fascia breaks again, bringing pain. The first steps tear the fascia, but walking gradually stretches it, so the pain subsides a little, but the pain may reappear during the day.
Constant tears in the fascia lead to non-infectious inflammation of nearby tissues, bone tissue and the fascia itself. In this case, the bone tissue begins to grow, forming so-called spurs or spines. Thus, a heel spur is an overgrowth of the plantar fascia due to injury, an inflammatory-degenerative process, accompanied by pain in the heel when walking or exertion.
Among the provocateurs of heel pain and the development of plantar fasciitis, the following diseases and conditions can be identified:
This is one of those diseases that manifests itself with quite vivid symptoms:
A heel spur should be treated only after a doctor has diagnosed the disease, since symptoms alone can indicate other problems (foot injury, fracture of the foot bones, osteoma, sprain, etc.). An experienced doctor will easily make such a diagnosis based on a person’s complaints, but will always send him for an x-ray or an ultrasound examination, in which the bone growth is clearly visualized, and the size of the inflammation is also visible.
If you have spurs on your heels, your doctor will tell you how to treat this disease. Of course, you can try folk treatment, especially since there are many effective methods (see treatment of heel spurs with folk remedies). But it is necessary to visit a doctor at least to confirm the diagnosis.
Treatment methods for heel spurs with proven effectiveness are:
So, treatment for a diagnosed heel spur begins with unloading the affected limb and eliminating pressure on the heel. This is necessary for subsequent treatment to be effective. Depending on the complexity of the situation, the following is prescribed:
How to treat heel spurs? Let's consider methods of conservative therapy.
They are used to provide anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects at the site of injury.
Diclofenac ointment, Voltaren, Ibuprofen ointment, Ketorol gel, Indomethacin ointment, Butadione, Piroxicam gel (a new generation of NSAIDs), see a complete list of all ointments for pain
Method of application: Rub into the affected area until absorbed. Frequency and duration: 3-4 times a day for 14 days.
Used for pain relief, activation of metabolism, reduction of inflammation, prevention of infection
Treatment of heel spurs with Dimexide: 1 tablespoon of the drug is diluted with boiled water 1:5 and applied to a sterile napkin. Apply as a compress to the heel, covered with wax paper and wearing a woolen sock over it, 20-30 minutes, daily, 8-10 procedures. Price 150 rub.
Treatment of heel spurs with bile: Bile (emulsion) is applied to a sterile napkin. Apply as a compress to the heel, covered with wax paper and wearing a wool sock over it. Do it at night. Daily for 10 days, treatment can be extended to 1-2 months. Price 220-250 rub.
To relieve inflammation, reduce discomfort, pain, improve microcirculation. The creams listed below should be rubbed in 3-4 times a day for 14-30 days.
Ingredients: water, glycerin, horseradish extract, volodushka, lilac, hazel, burdock, burdock, lemon, juniper oil, dimethicone, emulsion and beeswax, fatty acid alcohols, castor oil, propylene glycol, propylparaben, methylparaben, diazolidinyl urea.
The cream relieves inflammation, softens the skin, redistributing the load, warms up and improves blood circulation in the foot. Treatment of heel spurs with creams should be combined with the use of orthopedic insoles; essential oils of juniper and lemon in the cream (antibacterial effect) make the process of using insoles more comfortable.
Ingredients: water, emu oil, apple cider vinegar, propolis extract, caffeine, glycerin, urea, glyceryl stearate, mixture of tocopherols, beeswax, Dimethicone, Ceteareth, Cetearyl alcohol, Cyclomethicone, Cetyl palmitate, Polyocrylamide, etc. Gel-cream "Pyatkaspor" removes Foot tension and heel spur symptoms, improves mobility.
Price 170 rubles, reinforced 300 rubles.
The composition of the cream “Shark oil and golden mustache” includes: shark oil, plantain extract, honey, golden mustache, propolis, sea salt, cinquefoil, lilac, fir oil, eucalyptus, juniper, laurel, pepper oil, corn oil, alcohol, water , glycerin, camphor, urea, formic acid, propylene glycol, iodopropynylbutylcarbamate, etc. The cream is rubbed 1-2 times a day into the heel area, after which the sole is wrapped in warm soft material for 1 hour.
Price from 150-300 rub.
Patches for the treatment of heel spurs are plant-based, used to relieve pain, swelling and improve blood circulation, the composition includes: magnet powder, aconite root, safflower, borneol, gentian macrophylla, angelica, rich infrared powder, etc.
Application: apply a patch to clean skin (without damaging the skin) for a day (1-3 days), then take a break for 5-6 days. course of treatment is 12-16 applications. There are 8 pieces in one package, size 10x7 cm.
Two creams with the same composition “Floralizin”, which have a powerful regenerating, wound-healing, anti-inflammatory effect. This is a natural complex of biologically active compounds that enhances blood microcirculation, accelerates tissue regeneration, and is used for all skin diseases, varicose veins, joint diseases, and heel spurs. Cream Zorka was awarded the state. award - Gold and platinum quality mark of the 21st century.
Use: apply a layer of cream at night, put on socks.
The price of Zorka cream (veterinary) is about 60 rubles. The power of the forest (for humans) 500 rub.
Surgery. Removing a heel spur using an endoscope or a standard technique involves removing the bone growth, excision of part of the plantar fascia and releasing the nerve endings that are under compression.
Treatment of plantar fasciitis or spurs on the heel at home should begin with first-line treatment measures, that is, physical therapy, wearing orthoses and taping procedures.
Why should you do the exercises? Mainly to stretch the plantar fascia. With regular performance of such exercises, the fascia strengthens, becomes more elastic and its length tends to normal, this will reduce pain today and reduce the risk of its occurrence in the future.
The following set of exercises can be performed at home at any time, but in the specified sequence, they will replace unwanted types of physical activity with heel spurs - running, playing sports:
Exercise 1 - Starting position - rest your palms on the wall, legs as if standing on a rope - one after the other, the sore leg at the back, alternate legs if both hurt. Squat without lifting your heels, bend your legs at the knees until you feel a tension at the bottom of the shin of the sore leg, freeze for 15 seconds, return to the starting position. This is considered a warm-up, increasing the elasticity of the muscles and warming up the legs, repeat the exercise 10 times.
Exercise 2 - It is also a warm-up with elements of fascia stretching and is considered the most effective. It is performed on a ladder or on a raised platform (place a stack of books 5 cm high on the floor). If on the stairs, then you can lean on the railing, if against the wall, then rest your palms against the wall. You should stand on the edge of a step or books so that your heels hang below the support and begin to lean towards the wall, feeling the muscles at the bottom of your shins stretch. Freeze for 15 seconds and return to the starting position. Repeat 10 times, then you need to rest for 2-3 minutes and do the same exercise while standing on 1 leg.
Exercise 3 - Another exercise, quite effective, it can be performed only after warming up (1-2 exercises). You need to take a rolling pin, a tennis ball, a tube or a bottle up to 5 cm in diameter, place it under the foot and roll, massaging and pressing with the longitudinal arch of the foot, that is, rolling it over the entire arch of the foot. If you have severe pain, you can fill a bottle with cold water, this will relieve the pain. The exercise time is 5 minutes.
Exercise 4 - This exercise strengthens the muscles of the foot, reducing the risk of relapse, heel pain due to plantar fasciitis. One of the reasons for the development of plantar fasciitis is the heel falling inward when walking; this can be noticed if your heels wear off on the inside and the backs of your shoes are deformed in this direction. This increases tension on the fascia and the likelihood of developing tears and inflammation. Therefore, it is important to train not only the muscles of the lower leg, but also the foot. So, scatter small objects - balls, coins, pebbles, keys, and pick them up with your fingers, collect them, for example, in a jar or other container. The main thing is that the items are of different sizes and more than 30 pieces. An option for performing this exercise is to place a towel on the floor and try to fold it with your toes.
Exercise 5 - Final exercise to stretch the plantar fascia. Use your hands or a band to pull your feet towards you, trying to achieve maximum dorsiflexion of the foot, freeze in this position for 15 seconds. Repeat 10 times.
After stretching exercises and training (physical therapy) for heel spurs, it is recommended to perform taping.
What it is? Taping is the application of adhesive tape (adhesive tape) to fix ligaments, muscles, joints for the treatment of injuries or diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
With a heel spur, this is necessary to fix the spur in an elongated state and support the longitudinal water of the foot.
If possible, it is better to carry out taping with a special sports tape - tape; if this is not available, then a regular wide adhesive plaster (best from Hartmann) will do, and you will also need scissors with blunt ends to remove it, ether for treating the skin and bandages. When applying the tape, the tape should be tightened as it goes around the bottom of the foot, slightly anterior to the heel, to reduce the load on the heel.
There are several options for taping the foot with spurs on the heel (1 in the table, 2 in the figure):
It is recommended to include night braces (orthoses) in the complex treatment of heel spurs (plantar fasciitis). Above, we explained how morning pain with fasciitis is explained - repeated rupture of the fascia that has grown together with shortening overnight. This fusion with shortening occurs due to the fact that a person sleeps with the toes of the feet extended, in other words, the joints of the foot and ankle joint are in a plantar flexion position all night (especially if sleeping on the stomach).
It is clear that the tension of the fascia in this position is minimal (compressed) and fusion occurs with shortening. And if you fix your leg at an angle of 90 degrees at night, you can avoid morning pain or significantly reduce it. For this reason, it is recommended to wear night orthoses, splints, braces, and Strasbourg socks.
If it is not possible to buy such devices, then you can make them yourself - wear a long knee-high, and tie its toe with a strap to your foot, or use felt boots, since their rigidity prevents the foot from bending (stretching). At the beginning, of course, this creates inconvenience, but you can get used to everything.
Prevention of heel spurs is not only a way to prevent the disease, but also treatment of pathology at its earliest stages:
Shock wave therapy is good for heel spurs.
No. It didn't help me. Although 5 senses were made.
You can do shock wave therapy yourself, and for free. Bend your leg at the knee back and hit the floor with all your might. You can also roll a dumbbell with your foot, stepping on it with all your might with your heel.
BUT . Before this, you must first CONTINUOUSLY (I emphasize CONTINUOUSLY) make alcohol compresses on the heel for three days. Alcohol penetrates through the pores in the skin and decomposes salt deposits. Personally, I changed the alcohol compresses every 2.5-3 hours. And so on for 4 days.
On the fifth day I stood up without any pain in my heel.
I want to share my recipe. My child has a spur on his foot (he is 10 years old). We struggled with it for several months and to no avail. Doctors’ advice also did not help. I found a folk recipe somewhere: every evening before going to bed, steam your foot and use tweezers to pull out the spurs as far as possible, around the wound, the skin that comes off or becomes rough, all this must be cut off with scissors. Then prepare 50/50 regular salt and any honey, mix and apply to the wound. Next, put gauze on the wound, folded several times and rewind, put on a sock (to hold the bandage). We still sleep like that. You need to do it every day, if the form is advanced, I think you can do 2 rubles a day. It definitely won't get any worse. And the effect for us was colossal, I cured it in a week. In the first days, the wound will turn blacker even more, don’t be alarmed; the salt and honey draws the spurs to the surface. I wish everyone good health. I hope it helps you.
It was not a spur that your child had, but a thorn. This is a type of wart. Unlike a spur on the heel, it is easier to cure. And a spur is a growth on the heel bone of a thorn, similar to a rose thorn, this thorn injures nearby soft tissues and ligaments, which causes severe pain, like a nail in the heel. So it’s hard to get rid of it and not so quickly. shock wave therapy, which has been so advertised recently, does not always help......
what a nightmare your poor child is, pull it out for yourself, try it, sadist
This is a spine, not a spur.
I had such a thorn (wart) when I was a child, about 15 years old. I tried all the remedies for almost a year, everything was useless. In the summer I went to the seaside and after a while everything fell out and went away.
I have been battling plantar fasciitis for two years. There are no spurs yet, but with periodic exacerbations and inflammation along the entire foot, walking is painful and difficult. Like on coals. In the evening my legs burn. We have to agree to work remotely for a while to relieve stress and reduce inflammation.
He underwent a course of physical therapy. Ultrasound phonophoresis with hydrocartisone and magnetic therapy in winter on both legs last year and shock wave 20 sessions on the left leg this year. It was temporarily easier, but now it’s worsening again. Both treatments ultimately yielded approximately the same results.
I think that only regular exercise in stretching the fascia and fixing it at night in a stretched state for a long period can really change the situation. But exacerbation and inflammation must first be relieved.
My two doctors do not recommend an injection of Diprospan, only as a last resort. Because tissue necrosis and fascia rupture are possible. Yes, and it is effective when there is one sharp point, but if the whole foot hurts and “burns,” where exactly should you inject?
Yes, if only it were that easy to “pluck out” a spur, but alas, it’s really a growth on the bone and very, very painful. I’ve been suffering from spurs for about 15 years now. The last attack has lasted for 10 months (I treated it with physical therapy, shock wave therapy, tablets, ointments, etc.), the last remedy was prescribed individual insoles (I’ve been wearing them for a week), but so far, alas, the effect is almost zero.. I wish everyone good health ...
Hello, my name is Gulya. I've had heel pain for a year now. I didn't know it was a heel spur. I've had severe pain for a month now. I had to go to the hospital and after an x-ray they said it was a heel spur. I had never heard of this before. When they took an X-ray, they told me I could be treated with shock current. Tell him he believes and he can try.
Shock wave therapy will not help, that's 100%! But we have to try everything. We need to look for the reason. I have insoles, and the weight is small, and I don’t have flat feet, but the reason is in the spine. This will be more difficult.
Good health to everyone, I treated the spur for two years both in the hospital and with folk methods and ointments, and X-ray therapy procedures helped me (6 times) I don’t understand why so little is written about this method, because it really helps.
This “nasty” spur was cured a long time ago by myself and many friends with horseradish root infused with kerosene….
Galina, can you tell me how to make this tincture?
Give me the recipe please
Hello, write the recipe please. [email protected]
Write a recipe for horseradish root and kerasin for heel spurs
tell me the recipe, I’m suffering impossible
Can you tell me the recipe?
Galina, please write a recipe on how to cure a spur.
Galina, tell me the recipe... thanks in advance..
Galina Hello. Please write a prescription against spurs. With gratitude Victor.
Hello Galina. Please write the recipe. Both legs hurt, I’ve been suffering for a year, please.
give me the recipe please
If nothing helps you, write to me by email, I will try to help you, without surgical intervention
Galina. tell me the recipe. SOS…..
I ALSO SUFFER from HEALING SPUR PAIN..Advise what to do? Write by email
I also have a heel spur, tell me what to do... write me an email.
Hello, I have had a spur for 2 months now (I took an x-ray). The doctor prescribed insoles and gel. I smeared it, it doesn’t help, the spur is not on the bottom, but on the back side, I can’t put on either shoes or boots. I don’t know what to do, please help.
A friend of mine cured a spur like this: take a raw egg, wash it and place it in a container with vinegar (1 bottle of vinegar essence). After about a month, the egg will dissolve in the vinegar and an ointment will form. It must be applied with caution, because... you can get burned. I wish everyone good health.
Yes, this is a very good recipe that helped my mother.
I'm 4 months old, don't help me what Nada is doing
The recipe is really good, it’s on the Internet, but you need to add butter.
That's exactly the essence. Just where to get it. it is not sold in stores because it has been discontinued. I would give a lot of money to anyone who could help me buy it.
Physical activity. I dug up the garden with a shovel and didn’t notice how I got rid of the spurs
I waddle like a duck... what kind of digging is that?((
By the way, yes. I went to work at a very active job, 10-12 hours of running around, to a warehouse, with a spur in my heel, after 3 days I forgot about it)). Although I thought I wouldn’t be able to step on my foot.
Here is the answer to all your ordeals. A spur is a shortening of the plantar fascia. While digging a garden, you voluntarily and forcibly stretched it. That's why the spur went away.
Treatment is a good massage with stretching of the plantar fascia. A good massage therapist will help you. And you will forget what it is like without medications.
In what proportions did you dig the garden?
Can you tell me what proportion?
Dear forum members, a spur is the body’s defense from constant inflammation or physical overload of the fascia, either it will grow and the pain will go away, or you will find the cause of pain in the heels, they do not arise out of nowhere. Check with a massage therapist the condition of the soleus muscle, if it is tight and painful , then maybe it’s she who’s pulling her heel. I’ve been on the forums for two years now, I’ve tried all the tricks.
Regarding the issue of spurs, find shoes with springy soles, I understand that this is difficult, because on the shoe market these shoes are expensive, at home you also need to walk around in loose flip-flops, massage your feet with cooling cream and under no circumstances do hot baths, this is also my mistake, comfortable baths are acceptable with a decoction of soothing herbs (coniferous, chamomile), with salts. I noticed that venotonic ointments with heparin, troxevasin have a good effect, although I checked the veins and blood vessels.
I completely forgot about the heel spur by making a compress of alcohol at night... due to careless handling of fire, I received a severe burn, now the burn hurts ..((
Good afternoon, my sister was advised to catch a frog and tie it alive to her heel and walk with it. She did this, the frog stayed there for a day (slept with it, the smell was terrible). It helped her, several years have already passed. I can’t decide to do this, although it hurts a lot.
good afternoon! what if you perform the operation! the easiest way
They advised me to apply horseradish leaves at night. A friend cured a spur this way.
I ask people who suffer from small heel spurs and have treated them using shock wave therapy methods to respond. I doubt the effectiveness of this method and ask for advice from everyone who has used it.
In 2015, I fell unsuccessfully from a fence about 2 meters high, fell from the very top, landed on my left heel, walked a few steps, felt a sharp pain in my left heel, had difficulty getting home the next day in the morning, started getting ready for work, couldn’t step on my heel due to pain and couldn’t walk, went to the emergency room (in a car with my father), they took a picture of the heel and foot, nothing special, they said that it was a bruise, damage to the ligaments of the foot. They gave me sick leave for a week. A week later I was able to walk and went to work, but the pain did not go away completely, the doctor said to give my leg rest Within a month, I did this, but after a month the pain completely disappeared, and I decided to warm up with a skipping rope slightly with a gentle minimal load. The next morning the pain appeared again. I went to the emergency room again and was diagnosed with heel spur and plantar fasciitis. The doctor prescribed a course. 10 sessions of physiotherapy using ultra sound. These sessions did not produce results. After this, the doctor recommended wearing insoles and doing shock wave therapy. When using insoles, the pain intensified, after the first session of ultrasonic therapy, it was accompanied by severe pain, after a slight improvement, after a week the pain in the heel again appeared and plus pain appeared on the same left leg in the upper part of the foot (the arch of the foot I don’t know what to call it correctly) because of this pain in the arch of the foot I almost couldn’t walk, after looking at the information about the arch of the foot I didn’t really find anything instinctively I made a bandage from an elastic bandage for the ankle and part of the heel with this bandage I go to work and can’t do without it + the heel in this bandage hurts less, probably due to the shock absorption, I don’t know what this is connected with and the outer arch of the foot does not hurt in this bandage question could one procedure of shock wave therapy cause harm to the ankle or is it the result of improper walking due to pain in the heel. After the next visit to the surgeon, the doctor recommended an injection of Diprospan in the heel. After looking at the reviews and side effects of this drug, I decided for myself that I would not use it. Please Will people with a similar problem like mine respond? Is UVT effective and should it be used in my case with such a small spur as the doctors say? About me 27 years old, heel spurs occur in people after 40 years of age. The question is where did I get it if in the first picture that I took the day after the fall in the emergency room, it was already visible. After asking the doctor and looking for information about heel spurs, the doctor said that a heel spur forms within a month; however, the spur was already visible the next day after the injury (fall). The question is, how could a heel spur form so quickly in one day? if it is formed in a month?
After asking the doctor, he said the spur had been there for a long time. Question: I do sports like wrestling and weightlifting as an amateur (non-professionally for myself with minimal stress on my health). How then could I play sports with this spur without experiencing any discomfort or feeling pain? .If I hadn’t fallen that day, I wouldn’t have known about the existence of this problem. I haven’t trained because of this spur for over a year, I really want to resume training because of inactivity, I gained 10 extra kilos, I began to feel worse without physical exercise and without movements. The question is what should I do next? What is the best thing for me to do in this situation. Respond and write who had the same similar problems as in my case!
Completed 10 sessions of shock wave therapy. Despite the fact that I did compresses, I bought expensive orthopedic insoles and walk in them, rub in Deep Relief gel, and puncture 5 ampoules of Movalis. Everything is as prescribed by doctors. One of the doctors said that the spur would grow and stop hurting on its own. Although, considering what has been written about the spur, this is nonsense. A month and a half passed and the pain eased only a little. The other heel hurt. I don't do anything with her. Something like this.
I had a spur about 10 years ago. I couldn’t stand on my left leg. I tried different methods (tablets, ointments) - it didn’t help. A friend advised me to mix hot red pepper (chopped into porridge in a blender) with honey and apply it to the heel as a compress (put a porridge of pepper and honey on a film, put it on the heel, wrap the leg in cling film so that the porridge does not drain and disintegrate, then I put cotton wool on top for warmth. I wrapped my leg with an elastic bandage (but not too much, just to fix the “compress” and keep such a compress for no longer than 6 hours. Then wash off this paste and smear my leg with a rich cream (I applied “children’s”) And in addition to this, I bought orthopedic insoles, they advised me at the pharmacy - they made walking easier. And I also read a prayer (this is done once on the waning moon), if anyone is interested, I can write to you by mail. You may believe in it, you may not believe it , but when you have crazy pain, then reading the prayer, I believed with great strength that it would help me. And now for 10 years I don’t know what a spur is. And I don’t know for sure what helped me - prayer or a compress of burning pepper. Or maybe both and my great faith that I will cure this spur.
I wish everyone quick relief from the spur!
Please tell me, how many days did you apply this red pepper compress?
Or was this a one-time procedure?
And also the proportions of pepper to honey, 50% honey and 50% pepper?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
Tell me, did you take a repeat x-ray of your foot to make sure the spur went away?
Dear Natalya, I kindly ask you to send a prayer to me.
And in the recipe, pepper and honey are 50% to 50%?
Hello Natalya, please send me a specific recipe for honey + red pepper, in what proportion, and a prayer. Please.
Hello Natalia. can you write me this prayer? Please, if it doesn't bother you. My heel really bothers me. And lying and sitting and while walking. And the bumps on the big toe often get worse. Maybe it’s all the salts that have accumulated over our lives. Since childhood I have loved salted fish. Best regards, Tamara.
Thank you, Natalya for the recommendation! I would be very grateful if you send me a recipe for hot peppers and a prayer. I also suffer with my heels, I can’t walk. I do not know what to do! And I wish you good health and happiness for many years to come! Sincerely, Nina Petrovna
Good afternoon If it’s not too much trouble, please send me the proportions in the recipe for pepper and honey, as well as a prayer. Thanks in advance. Alexander.
8 years ago I had a terrible heel spur. I couldn’t get up on my feet in the morning. The pain was wild. I went to shock wave therapy. After the first session it became much easier. I went four times in total, everything went away completely. However, the session itself was creepy it was painful (the first generation of devices). They made me a device in which there was a rubber ball of water the size of a fitness ball; you press your feet against it, and it hits them - the pain is hellish. You lie on the couch for 20 minutes and dream of dying. only for In the last session, I learned that the procedure must be carried out with an anesthetic (spray) - it was done by another, young, doctor. She didn’t believe that anesthesia was not given - there is a mark on the card that a spray was used. It’s just that the first three sessions were carried out by an old bitch - she just, most likely, a sadist, sat during the session, watched me sob in pain. I’m a guy without any special complexes - I found this sadist in the next office and just gave a shit. I explained the situation to the security and the head doctor and said that if they try to detain me, I’ll sue to the clinic (I don’t remember the number of the clinic now, it’s on Velozavodskaya not far from the TTK). No one stopped me. Now the devices are completely different - they resemble a hair dryer, they just move them along the foot - it doesn’t hurt. About a month ago I got a spur again, though , now only on one leg. I’ll go to UT again, I don’t even doubt it. I think 1-2 sessions will be enough. Now I’ll go to the cupinator and other sites - there are always huge discounts on sessions. And no kerosene, horseradish, prayers, guys, It’s the 21st century already - go to a few sessions and forget about the spur, maybe not forever (it lasted me for 8 years), but for a long time.
Even modern shockwave therapy is painful, so you don’t have to lie, it didn’t hurt you because the earlier procedures helped you. I recently received one procedure on each heel, and the pain made my eyes pop out of my head. I’ll tell you better it became, unfortunately there is simply no way to repeat it, I received the procedures in a sanatorium, it seems we don’t have one in Aktau.
Probably, before UVT sessions, you need to do continuous alcohol compresses for a couple of days so that they soften the salt deposits.
Sergey, I did 10 sessions of UVT (1500 rubles each), but, alas... it still hurts! So, for some, the 21st century, and for others, the old fashioned way with tinctures, peppers, bile and so on...
My husband went through shock wave therapy about five years ago. There were also about 5 sessions for each leg. I don’t know with what device, but I said that it was noticeably painful. But he suffered for 3 days because of a cut finger, and then he said: “Yes, it hurts when they knock on your heels.” So, in principle, it’s possible to endure it. Moreover, after the treatment there was not a single complaint, and at that time he had a good job and was not a boy - he was nearly fifty.