Diseases are unwelcome guests in everyone’s life, regardless of where the illness appears. In this way, the body makes it clear that unwanted changes are occurring. There are several causes of heel disease - the appearance of bones, spurs, and other disorders.
Some reasons are related to the physiological characteristics of the leg, others indicate the occurrence of a disease. The article discusses common problems associated with tumors on the heel.
The disease occurs as a result of inflammation of the connective tissue running from the foot to the toes. Pain occurs due to damage caused by heavy loads or excess weight.
It is especially unpleasant if your foot hurts after sleep. Patients find it difficult to walk, even stand. If the disease is neglected, a spur develops. The formation represents a bone in the tendon area. The bones hurt and cause discomfort when walking.
Causes of growth: sprains, injuries, excess weight. The condition indicates the appearance of plantar fasciitis, which requires quality treatment.
In the normal state, the joint capsules (bursae) are responsible for the safety of the joints. When an infection occurs or an injury occurs near the heel bone, the bursa becomes inflamed and swollen. The patient complains of acute pain when walking. Swelling appears, rising above the heel. The skin in this part of the leg becomes red and inflamed. Symptoms occur with acute bursitis. Chronic bursitis only hurts.
The diagnosis can be determined using an ultrasound examination of the leg. The procedure shows the accumulation of fluid in the joint. Because of this, the heel often hurts and the patient cannot stand on his foot.
As a result of swelling, the heel can swell. It happens that swelling forms near the heel. The skin becomes red and hot. Leg dysfunction occurs.
X-rays of the legs do not show any significant changes. The diagnosis will be shown only by ultrasound.
The main reason for the appearance of heel bones is tight and uncomfortable shoes. Heel bunions are skin growths that cause discomfort to the feet. The formations hurt, swell and become inflamed. Another reason is injury.
Bones are formed through stress on the legs. They usually appear at the back, sometimes forming near the heel.
You can get rid of a bone only through medical procedures. You can’t get it out using traditional methods, contrary to online advertising that is full of all kinds of sites.
The disease is often found in young athletes and presents with inflammation, even necrosis of the heel. The disease occurs due to frequent injuries during training.
If your heel hurts, becomes inflamed, swells, or interferes with walking, you need to take immediate action and seek help from a doctor.
The disease occurs when wearing tight shoes, and can occur with reactive arthritis of the leg. The pain begins in the Achilles tendon area. When long jumping, raising on toes it intensifies. At the same time, redness of the inflamed area occurs.
A complication of tendonitis is tendon rupture, after which surgical intervention is required.
Heel swelling occurs due to overuse of the feet, strong impacts, car accidents and falls.
Types of heel injuries:
The infection enters the heel area through wounds, along with the bloodstream:
Complications due to other diseases:
Dull pain in the heel is accompanied by fever and may be caused by cancer. Increases during physical activity. In the future, the heel swells and the skin becomes thinner.
The surface of the skin in the joint area becomes motionless, like the leg itself. In the end, deformation of the limb occurs.
General signs of the disease:
In the first stages, symptoms are completely absent. Experienced doctors are able to determine the occurrence of the disease using fluoroscopy images.
Then the doctor prescribes tests to establish an accurate diagnosis: blood test, bone scan, biopsy.
The traditional and reliable method is tumor removal. Sometimes chemotherapy, one of the methods of treating cancer, is effective.
If you suspect a malignant tumor, you should first contact an orthopedist, and then an oncologist.
Finding the root cause of a tumor is difficult. There are known factors that patients ignore, bringing the condition to its extreme point:
Doctors and scientists come to similar conclusions. Bone cancer, including heel cancer, is transmitted genetically. Preventing the disease is problematic. All that remains is to monitor the physical condition and maintain contact with the medical institution.
At first, the symptoms are invisible, but they begin to bother you when the tumor grows and puts pressure on the blood vessels and nerve cells. Because of the pain, it becomes difficult for the patient to rest on the heel, even to walk. The pain is especially worse at night. Some patients specifically fix the leg and immobilize the limb. But the pain still does not subside.
Obvious signs of a malignant tumor in the heel:
Unfortunately, preventive measures are not able to predict the occurrence of the disease. Attending doctors strongly advise not to ignore routine medical examinations, which can detect a tumor in the early stages and eliminate the formation.
In any case, you need to strengthen your immune system and eat foods containing phosphorus and zinc.
Sometimes the heel becomes sore and swollen as a result of excessive stress on the feet, past injuries, or an inflamed bunion. An ice compress will help: a piece of ice is placed in a plastic bag and applied to the sore spot for several minutes. Afterwards, the sore spot is lubricated with a special ointment that relieves inflammation with an analgesic effect. After the procedure, it is recommended to raise the legs to an elevation, increasing the outflow of blood from the heels.
Foot massage with ice cubes helps relieve swelling of the legs, particularly the heels. It is better if the ice is made from a decoction of mint, lemon balm, chamomile and other medicinal plants.
It happens that pain occurs spontaneously and bothers you for a long time. To avoid complications, you need to see a doctor immediately after warning signs.
It must be remembered that pain and swelling in the heel area is a symptom behind which there is a serious cause of discomfort.
Question: Dear Sergei Vadimovich! I would like to contact you with a question about treatment. My left leg, or rather my heel, hurts very much, it hurts to walk, it burns, the pain shoots straight to my heart.
There is a skin growth on the little toe of the foot, if the shoes touch, it seems that the leg is clamped in a vice and there is a feeling of heaviness in the calf, the leg feels like wood.
The ankle ligaments at the ankle appear weak. In the morning it’s still nothing, but by evening the pain is so bad that you want to get rid of your leg. At such moments, I become irritated and withdrawn, I want to be left alone, everything around me is noise and sharp sounds that irritate me.
I remember from my youth that my feet were weak, because of this, high heels and tight shoes caused agony - my feet burned, sweated, and swollen, as if my feet were in a vice. It only got better from rubbing and massage.
I stopped loving water, after a bath my left leg seems to be paralyzed, I walk with a limp. When my heel hurts , it feels like I've been pumped full of water. My left calf cramps at night, and after about ten seconds it goes away.
I kept a fast - at this time a pain appeared in the stomach or intestines on the left.
I write and confuse syllables, letters, and confuse similar-sounding words “ankle and latch.” It’s terrible, I can’t concentrate my thoughts, I forget everything. Old age is creeping up very noticeably.
I tried taking the homeopathic drug Lachesis, but it had no effect. I feel feverish and my heart hurts, but my leg doesn’t go away.
Please help me with treatment. What can you take? Small red dots all over the body. This is probably a manifestation of the liver? And also constipation and diarrhea.
At night I wake up, my legs bother me, I don’t know what to do with them, here and there, I put them on the pillow - it’s better. I pray that thoughts about illness will not enter my head, then I fall asleep.
In the morning I seem to deflate, and by night I puff up. In the morning when I start to pray, it’s as if blood flows into my legs; it’s better on my knees.
Sergey Vadimovich, help with treatment. Health, happiness, love, goodness to you and your loved ones!
13 April 2018, 12:55
Answer: Hello, Victoria! To start homeopathic treatment of your left leg and heel, you can take a homeopathic medicine - Ledum 6C (Ledum palustre) - three granules under the tongue without food every morning.
As a complementary medicine, it is advisable to also take a homeopathic medicine made from succinic acid - Acidum succinicum 12C - one granule under the tongue outside of food daily at night. And this same drug can be taken directly at the moment when the heel hurts.
Considering your increased sensitivity, it is better to leave the dosage of the drugs as recommended. If you need to increase the number of granules per dose, then only after one or two weeks, when it is clear that the drug is working.
Question: Sergey Vadimovich, hello. Thanks a lot. I tried to take the drug Ledum, without improvement, because it hurts at night and the pain seemed to rise upward, right up to the shoulders.
I'll try succinic acid and calcium carbonicum.
Let's consider the reasons for pain above the heel when walking:
When starting treatment for foot pain in the heel area, understand the cause of the disease. It’s worth going to a general practitioner and talking about the pain. The doctor will prescribe who to send to - a surgeon, traumatologist, neurologist or dermatologist.
It is important to understand whether the leg hurts when walking or in any position, whether the leg is swollen, swollen, or has been bruised or dislocated before. If there is an injury, go to the emergency room. On the first day after the injury, apply cold ice until the situation is clarified. If on the second or third day it hurts above the heel, you need to make an alcohol compress, apply it for a couple of hours, and wrap the sore spots. The sore spot may swell and turn blue.
This course of action is suitable if you sprain your ankles while sitting at home. A trip to the doctor and an x-ray are required to rule out a fracture and prescribe further correct treatment.
The disease “salt deposition” has become widespread. Let's look at the causes of the disease. Why does my arm, leg, neck hurt? Why does the pain in the heel area not go away?
There are many causes of pain, but the main one is the “sleeping lifestyle”, a person spends most of the day sitting and lying down. Elderly people, due to age or health conditions, cannot walk and experience leg pain that worsens at night.
People who avoid physical activity and do not exercise are susceptible to salt deposits in the body. This is cervical osteochondrosis, in the arms, in the legs, the disease occurs in that part of the body where conditions are favorable for development.
A doctor's examination will be required. If the diagnosis is confirmed, massage of the feet, heels and above, special injections, diet are prescribed - the development or cessation of the disease depends on nutrition. Doctors prescribe auxiliary and healing pain-relieving ointments that affect the cure of the disease. The course lasts a month, depending on the situation and the severity of the disease.
Symptoms: swelling of the legs, arms, and other parts of the body, acute pain in the legs or at the site of the disease. The diagnosis is determined by a neurologist or therapist; you cannot self-medicate; there are many causes of pain in the leg above the heel when walking.
The causes of inflammation are a cold in the lower extremities, wounds frozen on the street that were not treated in time, infection with inflammation. If the wounds are behind and above the heel, start by treating the site of infection with peroxide, let it dry for a couple of minutes, apply iodine, brilliant green, preventing the infection from going further, remove the infection, bandage the leg.
If the situation has gone too far, swelling is already underway - consult a doctor. The doctor will prescribe antibiotics, since this process is dangerous and can cause blood poisoning and gangrene of the legs. If you have a cold, you need to consult a doctor, since there are nerves and muscles in the legs. An examination by a neurologist with special tools will be required to accurately determine the disease.
If the nerve cells in the heel area are cold, the doctor will prescribe treatment. Depending on the diagnosis - intravenous, intramuscular injections for 10 days, special tablets, acupuncture. Physical procedures, special ointments, rubbing, compresses.
It is important to start treatment on time; nerve cells in the body are an important element. Damage to them threatens with closure and disability in general. Legs are the most important part of the body; without legs it is impossible to walk. To avoid getting into a wheelchair, take care of your health on time!
This disease affects many people, regardless of gender. Symptoms include burst blood vessels and protruding veins in the legs. The color of your legs is blue in places, the veins look like bruises if you drink a lot of water. When walking, my legs swell and hurt towards the end of the day.
Surgeons treat the disease. You need to wear an elastic bandage every day, removing it at night, apply soothing ointments, special gels, drink thinning tablets like aspirin, so that a blood clot does not form due to impaired blood circulation. Operations are performed by cutting out pieces of veins; there is no guarantee that new problematic veins will not emerge or blood vessels will burst.
The disease affects people who are overweight and have poor circulation. It often develops in women during pregnancy or after, due to severity that the body cannot cope with.
Disease of the joints and heart. Affects the body as a whole. They get sick at any age. Occurs as a complication after the flu. It manifests itself as pain in the limbs, knees, legs swell, and heart pain. A serious illness must be treated and constantly monitored by doctors.
Due to the weather, the legs and arms are twisting, nothing can be done until it goes away on its own. Rheumatologists treat by prescribing pills for the heart and joints. It is useful to relax in a sanatorium, doing procedures for the prevention and treatment of rheumatism.
An important element of the body is calcium. Milk, cottage cheese, cheese should be included in the daily diet. Lack of calcium, vitamins, and eating the wrong foods that wash away calcium deplete bone tissue. Diseases of the legs arise, it becomes heavy, it hurts when walking, and sometimes the cause of illness is the legs above the heels.
They are treated by taking vitamins, eating foods containing calcium, and special baths prescribed by a doctor. Observation by a doctor is necessary until complete relief.
There are many causes of leg disease above the heels. It is necessary to identify the source of the disease, go to the doctor, and begin proper treatment to avoid serious consequences.
The causes of pain vary. In some cases, you can easily cope with the problem by making several therapeutic compresses and baths. In others, a more global solution to the problem regarding the treatment of the underlying disease will be required. What reasons can cause heel pain?
What diseases cause heel pain? Several groups can be distinguished.
This video discusses heel spurs (plantar fasciitis) in detail. You will learn a lot of useful information about the causes, symptoms and treatment of this disease.
Traumatic injury ( bruises and fractures of the heel bone, sprains and ruptures of tendons). As a result of damage, an inflammatory process develops.
This video discusses possible causes of heel pain, citing several specific pathologies as examples.
It hurts to step on your heel
Heel pain when walking
Diagnostic testing of the patient will depend on clinical symptoms and age. If the pain syndrome is present for a long period of time, it should be more thorough.
If you are experiencing pain in your heels, it is best to immediately contact a specialist so that he can determine the exact cause of their occurrence. Doctors who deal with this disease are an orthopedist, a rheumatologist, a neurologist. Depending on the origin of the pain syndrome, appropriate treatment is prescribed.
Physiotherapeutic treatment. It is common to use ultrasound, laser, UHF, magnetic therapy and shock wave therapy.
In the treatment of inflammatory diseases, the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, massages, and therapeutic exercises will be effective.
To treat heel spurs and some other pathologies when conservative treatment methods are ineffective, surgical intervention is used to excise the plantar fascia. This operation can be performed either open or endoscopic.
Traditional medicine also has effective ways to help cope with pain. Basically, this is the use of various medicinal compresses, as well as special baths.
Children lead an active lifestyle, so quite often they may complain of heel pain. Of course, you need to immediately begin to find out the cause of the pain syndrome. Perhaps it's just a matter of uncomfortable shoes. In other cases, these may be much more serious illnesses or injuries.
Treatment is always prescribed by an orthopedic traumatologist. Usually this is complete rest, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Preventive measures are quite simple, and every person can carry them out.
Heel pain can cause a lot of trouble, so even if you have the slightest discomfort, you should not delay your visit to the doctor. Timely diagnosis and appropriate course of treatment will help you get rid of this problem as soon as possible. And it should be remembered that it is always easier to engage in prevention and prevent the development of the disease than to treat it later.
Usually, our feet and heels in particular bother us relatively rarely, and especially at a fairly young or young age. Most of us take this as something logical and self-evident. As a result, many simply do not pay any attention to the health of their feet and heels.
However, once any even minimal problem related to feet or heels arises, most of us immediately understand how seriously and closely connected our lives and good mood are with the health of our feet.
Moreover, if some pathological problems with joints are relatively clear and even familiar to us, then many people know why the heels of the feet begin to hurt. Moreover, such pains can be extremely unpleasant, irritating and almost completely knock us out of the calm, familiar rut of life and work. And in such situations, even minimal walking can become an incredible test of strength.
So, why can pain in the heels of varying intensity occur? After all, it may seem to many that there is nothing to be sick about. Of course, this is not entirely true. First of all, I would like to note that the main reasons why acute heel pain develops can be more than varied. Moreover, in the simplest and most banal cases, these problems can be caused by severe fatigue, poor quality shoes that are not very comfortable, and possibly simply foot injuries.
Note that too sudden changes in a woman’s overall body weight may also very well have an extremely adverse effect on the health of the soles and heels, in particular. Things may be somewhat more complicated in the case when the feet begin to hurt as a result of certain disturbances in the functioning of the body, both local and systemic.
For example, some infectious diseases may well be accompanied by quite serious pain in a particular affected area, increased body temperature, etc. However, it is infectious diseases accompanied by pain in the heel that usually have the most favorable prognosis. But, some autoimmune diseases, which also manifest as heel pain, may be incurable and over time can lead to some deformation of the foot or complete destruction of the articular joints.
Among the main reasons why heel pain may develop, doctors name the following groups of factors:
It is important to understand that injuries to the lower extremities can be of different types and, of course, each type of injury can be accompanied by completely different symptoms, including heel pain. So, the causes of quite severe pain directly in the heel may well be the following pathological disorders:
Note that a sprain of the foot tendons, or even a complete rupture of them, which leads to significant heel pain, can occur as a result of direct or hidden injury. When we talk about direct injury, we are talking about direct blows to the tendons of the foot with some hard, blunt object, and hidden injuries can occur due to excessively sharp contraction of certain muscles of the leg.
This type of injury is usually easily identified by touch, and such injuries are characterized by acute pain, accompanied by swelling both from the Achilles tendon and throughout the foot. In addition, with such injuries, basic flexion and extension of the limb at the ankle joint can be extremely difficult or even impossible.
We called various types of bruises of the heel bone the second traumatic cause of heel pain. This kind of injury can usually occur in athletes (runners or jumpers) when a person lands on his heels in an unsuccessful manner, say, when jumping from a certain height.
As a rule, in such cases, the problem is accompanied by a feeling of acute burning pain directly at the site of the resulting bruise of the heel bone, and in such cases the pain almost always intensifies when stepping on the heel or while walking. By the way, subsequently a bruise of the heel bone can lead to the development of acute inflammation of neighboring tissues.
Well, of course, after fractures of the calcaneus, almost any even minimal load on the heel or the entire sole can become the real cause of the most acute pain in the heel. When the heel bone is fractured, the foot may bend both inward and outward, the arches of the foot may flatten, and painful bruises may appear.
Severe swelling of the injured soft tissues after a fracture and some tension in the injured calcaneal tendon can not only cause significant pain in the heel, but also quite severely limit mobility in the entire ankle joint.
Severe heel pain can also be caused by Sever's disease, also called epiphysitis. The pathology is a rather painful tissue rupture that forms between the body of the heel bones and their apophysis. This type of disorder can develop, most often, in children reaching the age of nine or fourteen years. It is this period that is characterized by the formation of the heel bone, which can occur more slowly or more quickly.
Typically, with the development of epiphysitis, pain in the heel can noticeably intensify with active movements of the calf muscles, say, during normal fast walking or even while running. In this case, the rupture area may also often swell, and local temperature readings may increase noticeably.
It should be said that many serious autoimmune processes can arise as a result of sudden disruptions in the functioning of our immune system; in fact, because of such failures, the immune system simply begins to attack absolutely healthy tissues of the body. For example, sometimes the cause of quite severe shooting pain in the heel can be a number of arthritis-like diseases.
Moreover, ankylosing spondylitis is nothing more than a chronic inflammation of our spinal column and certain joints. Also, severe pain in the heels can often be the first symptom of a disease such as ankylosing spondylitis. Moreover, the development of this disease usually leads to loss of the usual flexibility of the joints, to subsequent gradual narrowing and even fusion of the vertebral discs. As a result of this process, complete “ossification” of the spine can occur.
The disease, called rheumatoid arthritis in medical circles, usually occurs with a huge number of different complications. In fact, this disease is recognized as one of the most severe joint diseases that is difficult to treat with standard treatment. Some limitation of the physiologically normal mobility of the joints of the foot inherent in rheumatoid arthritis is often accompanied by severe swelling of the foot and pronounced pain.
Such rheumatoid pain in the early stages of the disease can make itself felt exclusively during exercise (say, when walking or running) and may well be felt only in the heel, but over time such pain can increase and become permanent.
We must still remember that gouty arthritis can most often be localized in the articular joints of the big toe of the lower limb, but can also actively spread to the entire foot, ankle and even knees. Acute attacks of gouty arthritis can be characterized by the appearance of quite acute pain, some redness of the skin and swelling of the pathologically affected joints. In some cases, the disease is accompanied by acute inflammation of the tendons.
In those unpleasant cases when a specific autoimmune process turns out to be the real cause of heel pain, full treatment of this condition can be reduced to treating the underlying disease and relieving the acute pain syndrome. Unfortunately, one cannot help but admit that, more often than not, even such a professional medical approach cannot allow the patient to finally and irrevocably get rid of the autoimmune disease.
In addition, the prescription of medications that can suppress the activity of our immune system in one way or another can ultimately lead to a partial or even complete inability of the human body to independently fight various types of infections.
The main difference between heel pain, the main cause of which is considered to be infection or inflammatory processes, from problems caused by systemic disorders, is that they do not have a real tendency to spread to other bones or joints. Infectious problems that cause heel pain are always quite clearly localized directly in the area of the lesion. Another important difference between such problems is that in most cases they are quickly and easily curable.
Statistics say that the feet can be considered a typical place where infectious diseases such as:
Let us recall that osteomyelitis of the heel is usually called certain purulent-necrotic processes caused by strictly defined pathogenic microflora (say, pathogenic bacteria, viruses or fungi). This disease can develop both in the bone itself and in the bone marrow; sometimes the disease can even spread to the soft tissue surrounding the primary lesion.
The clinical picture of the onset of this disease is the development of weakness, drilling and shooting pain in the heel, and a sharp increase in body temperature (often up to 39 or even 40 ° C). In this case, the heel may swell and pulsate quite strongly, and the skin around the affected area becomes purple in color.
If we talk about tuberculosis of the calcaneus, then this is an infectious disease that can be caused by the activity of specific tuberculosis microorganisms. With tuberculosis, the heel usually thickens sharply, swells as much as possible and, of course, hurts a lot, both when walking and at rest. Quite rapid infection of adjacent soft tissues and their subsequent necrosis can lead to the dangerous formation of fistulas or hidden purulent abscesses.
Another common cause of heel pain is the so-called heel spurs. A heel spur is usually called an acute inflammation of the so-called plantar fascia - a specific fibrous ligament located directly in the sole, a ligament that is responsible for maintaining the arch of the foot.
Heel spurs occur when there are fairly strong constant loads on the foot or when the main ligaments of the foot are overstretched.
This pathology can be easily diagnosed using standard radiographic studies. But, the leading symptoms of this pathology are considered to be quite intense pain sensations that arise directly in the heel area, and pain sensations that noticeably intensify even with minimal load.
A disease such as bursitis can be characterized by the presence of all the classic signs of an acute inflammatory process. With this disease, moderate pain, some redness and, of course, swelling may initially appear on the back surface of the infected heel.
It is logical to assume that with this pathology the local temperature will increase slightly, and the skin itself may become warm to the touch. If the pathology becomes chronic, the swelling that forms behind the heel can eventually become noticeably thicker.
If movements cause discomfort, or pain occurs in the limbs even at rest, then you should think about it and go to the doctor, as some diseases can lead to impaired mobility and worsen the quality of life.
What can cause heel pain? Is treatment required in this case, and how should it be carried out?
What symptoms should you pay attention to? Let's list them:
A description of specific manifestations will help the specialist make an accurate diagnosis after the necessary diagnostic procedures and prescribe effective and competent treatment.
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The heel contains many different important elements that ensure the mobility of the foot and perform the supporting functions of the entire limb as a whole.
Okay, there's a bone here. There are also tendons, ligaments and joints in this area. And, in fact, pain can indicate problems in any of the parts that make up this area. Let's list some reasons for the troubles.
Fasciitis is an inflammation of the fascia, which is a kind of base of the foot and performs important functions of load distribution and support. The causes of inflammation can be different:
With this disease, the heel hurts mainly in the morning, when the muscles and ligaments have not yet developed. Trying to step on your foot causes discomfort. The area may become swollen, red, and hot.
Treatment must be comprehensive. First, the foot needs to be immobilized. When you step on your foot in the morning, the fascia is torn, which causes heel pain.
To prevent this from happening, you need to fix your foot in one position. This requires wearing special bandages or orthoses.
It is also necessary to take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (in severe cases, corticosteroids are injected directly into the fascia itself). If the pain is severe, the doctor may prescribe painkillers. Local remedies such as Fastum-gel and others like that help. During the rehabilitation period, you need to perform special exercises. On average, recovery takes 1-1.5 months.
If calcium salts begin to be deposited in the heel, a spur may form - a growth that protrudes beyond the bone and interferes with normal walking, causing discomfort.
The main cause of heel spurs is fasciitis, that is, this condition is a consequence of this disease. We list the main symptoms:
Treatment is definitely required, since in its absence the spur will continue to grow, which can lead to complete immobilization of the foot and loss of its functions.
If an x-ray or ultrasound examination reveals a spur, then the foot will need to be provided with complete rest for the next 3-4 weeks (this is done with the help of special bandages).
The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or corticosteroids (in severe cases) in the form of ointments, tablets or injections is required. Shock wave and laser therapy methods are effective. The doctor may also prescribe a massage. If all these measures are ineffective, then surgical treatment may be required, during which the growth on the heel will be removed.
Tendenitis is inflammation of the tendon. In this case, we are talking about the Achilles tendon, which connects the heel bones and the calf muscles. This disease may be a consequence of increased stress on this area or injuries and minor tears. We list the main manifestations:
Timely treatment will help you get rid of pain and forget about the problem. So, you can apply ice to the sore spot. You will also need an elastic bandage to rest the tendon.
The doctor will prescribe an anti-inflammatory drug. You can relieve pain with local anesthetic ointments or creams. In addition, treatment also involves performing special exercises aimed at developing and strengthening the Achilles tendon.
Arthritis is inflammation of the joints, which can be the result of infection or immune problems (in the case of rheumatoid arthritis). Arthrosis is a degenerative change that affects joint structures and is caused by age-related characteristics of the body.
Manifestations of arthritis are obvious and painful: severe pain in the heel or other parts of the foot after physical activity or even at rest (including at night), limited mobility, swelling at the site of the lesion, deformation of the joint (it may increase in size) . Arthrosis manifests itself in almost the same way.
Treatment of arthritis involves, first of all, eliminating the cause of inflammation. In most cases, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or corticosteroids are prescribed.
Sometimes a joint puncture is indicated to remove exudate (fluid formed due to inflammation). In some cases, it is necessary to take painkillers. To strengthen cartilage tissue, the use of chondroprotectors may be required.
Erythromelalgia is a disease in which blood vessels dilate. This causes quite severe pain in the heel and other parts of the body, redness, hyperthermia and increased sweating. Unpleasant sensations intensify when stepping on the foot.
Treatment involves taking sedatives and vasoconstrictors, as well as agents that strengthen the walls of blood vessels. Sometimes novocaine is effective.
This disease is characterized by a decrease in bone density. Because of this, the bones become brittle, deformed and gradually collapse. If the heel or the entire foot hurts, hunching appears and there is a curvature of the spine, then it is probably osteoporosis.
Treatment of such a disease will not help get rid of the problem, but will slow down the process of destruction and improve the condition of bone tissue. Calcium supplements, vitamin D, as well as agents that stimulate bone formation processes and slow down resorption are prescribed.
If, for example, you jumped from a height onto the heel area, you could easily get injured. The damaged area will hurt, especially after exercise. You need to apply ice and go to a traumatologist to rule out a crack or fracture. If this is overlooked, then over time the mobility of the heel area can greatly deteriorate.
To ensure that heel pain never bothers you, you need to follow these simple preventive measures:
Heel pain can appear completely unexpectedly, disrupting the usual way of life with its strength and persistence. Heels hurt for various reasons, but it is difficult for a person to step on them and walk even a short distance. When walking, the heel is exposed to a lot of stress every day, so pain can appear at any time. If the inside of your heel hurts, this could be a sign of inflammation, tendinosis, heel spurs, or even a fracture. In any case, you need to pay attention to the appearance of pain in the legs so as not to limit yourself in movements and your usual lifestyle.
Why does burning heel pain occur? The main reason why the heel suddenly begins to hurt is injury. You should not step on your sore leg or make sudden movements, so as not to worsen your situation. You should immediately seek medical help in such cases.
Heavy exercise can seriously harm your health, so you should stop playing sports and walking a lot during treatment. Overloading the foot can cause shooting pains in the legs. If the ankle joint is damaged, it is as if a nail is piercing the leg, and the pain increases with every movement.
Women's high heels are often the cause of the painful condition due to excessive daily stress. A sudden change to shoes with flat soles, in turn, can cause discomfort when walking.
Uncomfortable shoes always negatively affect the health of your feet, and if you wear them constantly, the condition will only worsen. If a person has a job where he has to stand all day, then this greatly affects the heels. They are also negatively affected, as is the entire body as a whole, by a sudden weight gain.
You should not underestimate this condition of your legs, since it may indicate more serious disorders within the human body. Further, the process progresses and over time it becomes more and more difficult to cure.
Comfortable shoes and the absence of injuries are not a guarantee of health, because internal diseases affect the heels. Why does the heel hurt inside, but there are no visible reasons for this? Sometimes only a consultation with a doctor will reveal all the secrets of the appearance and quality treatment of these unpleasant pains.
Metabolic disorders due to gout and inflammation in the joints due to arthritis sometimes also lead to problems with the legs. The heel tendons become inflamed, which causes pain. Timely examination, testing and identification of one of these diseases will help to quickly eliminate heel pain.
The entire connective tissue of the sole becomes completely compacted and can become inflamed for various reasons. If a person wears tight shoes, then this process will only speed up. If you ignore such pain, then over time calcium salts are deposited in the tissues and a spur forms on the heel.
Inflammation of the Achilles tendon also leads to intense pain when walking. Pain syndrome occurs on the inside of the soles above or below the inflamed heel.
If a spur appears on the heel, a person feels pain from the side of its occurrence in a sitting and lying position. The situation improves with walking, but special treatment for the spur cannot be avoided. It is a compacted growth that affects part of the sole. It can be diagnosed using ultrasound or x-ray examination.
It is very painful for patients to walk with cracks that appear on the soles. The heel becomes rough, and deep cracks form in the thick layer of skin. When walking, they cause severe pain and sometimes even bleed.
If there is a chronic infection in the body, then the heels will hurt not only when walking, but also during rest. The cause is chlamydia, gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases. Intestinal infections, such as dysentery, also lead to heel pain, but very rarely.
One of the complex diseases is tuberculosis of the calcaneus. Its danger is that it spreads quite quickly and progresses in the absence of treatment. For these reasons, a sore heel always needs a thorough examination.
Osteomyelitis of the heel bone causes muscle pain and fever. Acute infections respond well to treatment in almost all cases, but treatment is usually long-term.
The tissue that connects a patient's toes to the heel bone along the foot can become inflamed during arthritis. The pain is increasing in nature. In the morning it manifests itself especially strongly, and to reduce it, you need to massage the foot. After it, relief appears until the person climbs the steps or stands on tiptoes.
In the case of reactive arthritis, when the body is attacked by various infections, for example, due to sexually transmitted diseases, it is painful for the patient to walk and even sleep with such a problem.
Chronic inflammation of certain joints and the spine, called ankylosing spondylitis, affects the legs. Gout often spreads not only to the big toe, but to the entire surface of the foot. In addition to pain, swelling and redness of the heel and entire foot appear.
It is difficult to relieve annoying pain on your own; it is better to seek help from a doctor. It is necessary to do an ultrasound and other diagnostics, which will help to quickly find out the cause and decide on treatment.
If your heel hurts a lot or there is constant discomfort in it, then you should not put off visiting a doctor. Timely diagnosis can protect a person from more serious problems and further complications. General recommendations include losing weight, changing tight and uncomfortable shoes, and reducing stress on your feet. When choosing and wearing shoes, you should adhere to the following recommendations:
It is better to avoid running or long walking while treating your legs. These loads can easily be replaced by swimming and cycling. Excess weight on the legs is a big burden, so you should stick to a diet and also get rid of extra pounds.
People with flat feet need to pay special attention to the type of shoes and the presence of orthopedic insoles. The load from the heels will shift to the muscles and ligaments, which will improve their condition, and the patient will not have pain in walking.
The inflammatory process in the heel greatly interferes with the legs and causes discomfort when walking. In this case, you need to do tests and start treatment as soon as possible.
Emergency methods of dealing with acute heel pain:
Special strengthening exercises are an excellent method for preventing foot diseases and reducing the intensity of heel pain.
Some traditional methods involve using compresses on the heel area at night. If it doesn't hurt too much, then the recipes will bring some relief. Vegetable oil and ammonia are suitable for compresses. A cotton pad is moistened in the mixture of components and applied to the inside of the heel or to its front surface. If it is very painful for a person to step on his heels, you can apply propolis to the affected area overnight, covering it with any fabric.
When your heels still hurt after the procedures, it is recommended to consult a doctor for an accurate diagnosis and further individual therapy. A therapist, traumatologist or other doctor will tell you why the health of your legs has deteriorated and what to do in the future. When it hurts to even stand on your feet, no home treatment will save you. You need to monitor the health of your legs, because a person’s activity and mobility depend on it.