Don t wear worn out athletic shoes.
Plantar fasciitis and heel spurs.
Heel spurs are especially.
Both heel spurs and plantar fasciitis can typically be treated successfully with non surgical treatments including arch support insoles.
Carrying extra weight can put extra stress on your plantar fascia.
Because the spur is not the cause of plantar fasciitis the pain can be treated without removing the spur.
It is important to note that heel spurs may cause no symptoms at all and may be incidentally discovered during x ray exams taken for other purposes.
Maintain a healthy weight.
Although many people with plantar fasciitis have heel spurs spurs are not the cause of plantar fasciitis pain.
Heel spurs are often caused by strains on foot muscles and ligaments stretching of the plantar fascia and repeated tearing of the membrane that covers the heel bone.
This inflammation of the plantar fascia the tissue that connects your heel to your toes is very common especially for runners.
Some risk factors for developing plantar fasciitis and heel spurs include tight calf muscles weight flat feet high arches abnormal walking patterns and poor footwear choices.
Heel spurs and plantar fasciitis can occur alone or be related to underlying diseases that cause arthritis inflammation of the joints such as reactive arthritis formerly called reiter s disease ankylosing spondylitis and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis dish.
Symptoms of plantar fasciitis include redness swelling and inflammation in the heel and fascia the area between the ball of your foot and your heel.
With the right treatment this condition usually goes away in.
One out of 10 people has heel spurs but only 1 out of 20 people 5 with heel spurs has foot pain.
It is often difficult and usually unnecessary to distinguish between plantar fasciitis and heel spur syndrome if there is a difference.
To reduce the pain of plantar fasciitis try these self care tips.
