Achilles Heel Bone Spur - Can anything be done?
I just found this site, maybe someone can help
I have a bone spur on my achilles heel. It does'nt bother me to walk or bike or even run temporarilly. But if I do any constent running on it. It gets sore. So I have given up on running and off-road triatholons. It has been three years since I have been diagnosed with a bonespur from my foot Dr. The first time I saw my foot Dr. he suspected a bonespur but had me go to physical therapy. My heal got better and I started training again. Then I got a stick shift vehicle and my heal started to hurt from using the clutch. I went back to the foot Dr. he took x-rays and etc. and confirmed I have a bonespur. He said he could do surgury but said it would be a long healing process. Since It only bothers me when I run a lot, it isn't worth doing surgery. I use orthodics, I have run across those calcium suppliments -What ever I tried didn't work. Is there any thing I can do to start running again?
~Ned
I'm having surgery on my bone spur in the heel
I saw the pics of your heels, OUCH!!!!!! Mine isn't that big a little smaller then your right heel and it hurts so much to walk half the time and that's what I do on my job. My job consist of a lot of walking on cement floors and boy does it kill me by the end of the day. I have dealt with this for two years had the therapy, did the cortizone shots, special shoes and nothing seem to work. I have been to my Primary Care DR. to a Podiatrist, then to a Orthopedic Surgeon that now has me schedule for surgery on the 28th of this month. I have read some of the post and now I wonder am I doing the right thing? I know I can't handle the pain anymore I can't even just up and wear heals or or anykind of dress shoe because the heel. Please help me feel like I am doing the right thing......