Subj : Re: Trouble For All Ages
To   : alt.tv.er
From : Sharon Three
Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 18:34:04

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er


<mccallkevin@bellsouth.net> wrote in message 
news:b_A0f.741$ZY2.676@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
> Karen,
> May I ask what the heel spurs feel like? I am having some trouble with my
> heels and wonder if this may be it.
> thanks
> p
>
Plantar fasciitis, which is what causes heel spurs, feels like you have a 
stone in your shoe all the time when  you're standing or walking.  When you 
sit or lie down, your foot feels fine, but, then, when you stand up, yikes! 
Heel spurs also tend to feel better if you've got shoes on, walking barefoot 
is the worst.  The pain is also just as bad when you first start to walk as 
when you've been walking awhile, unlike other foot pain which tends to be 
not much at first but worsens with activity.  When I went to the orthopedist 
with my heel spurs his first question was, "When you get up to use the 
bathroom first thing in the morning, do you hop all the way there?" 
According to him, an affirmative answer to that question was all he needed 
to make the diagnosis.  Doing an online search for plantar fasciitis will 
give you lots of exercises to try which really do work if you do them.

Doc Sharon

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