Does anyone know of a cure for heel spurs?
Answers:
You ask, "Does anyone know . . . ?"
There can be only two possible answers to that question:
Somebody knows
or
Nobody knows.
Certainly there must be someone out there who knows.
So my answer is a resounding
YES!!
But is that what you really were asking about?
Maybe you wished to determine HOW MANY people know?
surgery
there is no cure for heal spurs, they can put you on some kind of prescription for pain but you will always have them.
http://www.heel-that-pain.com/heel_spur/...
Some of my clients have reported a lot of relief from having regular foot massage or reflexology, to the point of saying that they no longer feel them (after a few months of treatment).
I had a heel spur 4 years ago and it was very painful. I didn't have insurance at the time, so I researched the internet for remedies. Often heel spurs will go away on their own, however during the interim you suffer. I had my heel spur for almost 6 months and gradually it got better.
Heel spur exercises are a good way to help treat them. With stretching exercises you are able to do two things. First, you are able to strengthen the plantar fascia and surrounding tissue. Secondly, stretching will help keep the fascia, and other structures such as the Achilles tendon, flexible.
Exercises will help lessen the severity of the heel pain, while also helping to prevent further occurrences of the condition. I continue to exercise my feet to prevent having another heel spur.
The exercise I use the most is, while standing on a stairstep, I raise and lower my heels around 20 times. There are many other heel spur exercises on the internet.
There are orthopedic devices advertised on the web that act as a brace to keep your toes flexed at night. Also, you can buy inserts to keep the pressure off the spur - which only gave me mild relief.
You can opt for cortisone injections, however they really do nothing to cure the heel spur, but only provide pain relief.
Some people feel reflexology and massage also helps to ease the pain and stretch the foot muscles and tendons.
I hope your heel spur gets better soon!
--Sandy
I once worked with a woman who had them and was being treated by a dr. for them. We both had stand up jobs. I think that mine developed when I spent several days painting the outside of my house. I climbed ladders with flat tennis shoes on and this stretched my tendons. Anyway... I did all the things that he doctor told her to do.
Get some really good walking/running shoes with a good arch support. Also get some arch inserts to go in them. Her doctor even added gauze under the arch in addition to the above. Another good thing are those elastic arch supports that slide on and the heel is exposed. The idea is to get pressure off of the heel and let the stretched tendon that runs from the ball of the foot to the heel. When it is stretched too much it causes pain. Take Ibuprophen for the pain. Wear all of this support until you are better. Actually once it improves going barefoot will strengthen your arches.
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