Symptoms and treatment of calcaneal spur

The heel spur is a bone growth on the lower surface of the heel, just at the point where the heel rests against the plane when walking. Usually this excrescence has a wide base and a sharp protrusion that rests against soft tissue, causing severe pain. The reasons for the development of this disease can be very diverse. But most often the calcaneal spur arises with flatfoot, when the load is distributed unevenly over the foot, as a result, the tendons become inflamed and the inflammation of the bone tissue underneath. Also, the causes of heel spurs may be circulatory disorders, chronic joint diseases (arthritis, polyarthritis), as well as diseases associated with metabolic disorders.

The revealed symptoms and treatment of the heel spur is what will help to get rid of the disease as soon as possible. The fact is that in some cases the symptoms of the calcaneal spur do not make themselves felt at all, a person can not even know about the existence of the disease. The disease itself can only be detected by X-ray examination. And yet in most cases, the spur makes itself felt: a person in the heel area begins to feel the strongest pain, while they appear only when walking. Since a person is constantly in motion, the pain creates a real discomfort. Some even use walking caners while walking, which reduces the load on the heel. And yet you need to remember that in itself heel spurs will not pass, it must necessarily be treated. Alas, many still do not know how to do it right. Precisely determine the symptoms and treatment of the calcaneal spur can only after consulting a doctor. In this case it will be a surgeon or an orthopedist.

It is worth noting that the removal of the heel spurs occurs only when other methods of treatment have not produced a lasting result. Usually they treat not her, but the inflammatory process and the cause of the development of such a defect.

Symptoms and treatment of the calcaneal spur are closely interrelated, as soon as the first one was established, one can proceed to the second. Thus, if you repeatedly feel pain in the heel when walking, you need to see a doctor to establish an accurate diagnosis and begin treatment. What can help?

As such, the universal remedy for heel spurs has not yet been invented. Sometimes you have to try a variety of methods, including resorting to surgical removal.

The treatment itself consists of physiotherapeutic procedures (UFO, magnetotherapy, ultrasound, laser therapy, electrophoresis), therapeutic gymnastics, massage, wearing orthopedic insoles. This is the simplest thing that can be used to treat the calcaneal spur. If the symptoms can not be removed in any way, and the treatment of the heel spur described above does not bring results, more complex methods are used. These are retgenotherapy and shock wave therapy. The latter is a relatively new method, the use of which is not intended for all patients. Medicinal sieges - this is another way to get rid of pain. Special drugs that have an anti-inflammatory effect are injected into the affected area, but only a qualified specialist should do this. It is important not only to choose the right drug, but also to choose the right amount and depth of administration. And this is quite difficult for someone who does not know the essence of the disease itself.

Many patients after the above methods of treatment for a long time or even forever forget about what heel spurs. Often this disease returns again, and the treatment has to be repeated again. But what to do to those who have not managed to get rid of the spur. The last option remains: the removal of the heel spur surgically. The only problem is that the operation does not eliminate the reason for the formation of the spur, but its entire effect. But if nothing is already helping, then surgical intervention can save.