What are heel spurs?
Heel spurs are bone spurs that form on the heel bone.

What causes heel spurs to form?
Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body but may also be the most lacking. The amount of calcium that we absorb from our diet varies widely. Age is a factor: An adolescent may absorb up to 75% of the calcium obtained from diet, while adults absorb from 20% to 30%.

Our bones feel solid and seem permanent, but they're just like any other body tissue - they're constantly being broken down and formed again. Adults withdraw and replace 20% of bone calcium from bones every year. The result: every five years the bones are renewed.

Calcium is found in the extra cellular fluids and soft tissues of the body where it is vital to normal cell functioning. Much of the calcium in soft tissues is concentrated in muscle, although it is contained in the membrane and cytoplasm of every cell. When the body is deficient of calcium it begins to leach calcium from the bones. In many people this happens to be in the heel of the foot or some other weak area of the body. As the calcium is being leached, it forms an eruption (similar to a volcano). This eruption is the bone spur. When this happens in the heel bone, it is called a heel spur.

Many people that have suffered from heel spurs found relief when they properly supplemented their diet daily with "good" calcium. They found that providing their body with "good" calcium along with other vital minerals stopped the "leaching process" (calcium deficiency) thus allowing the bone spur to shrink down and eventually disappear. With the bone spur gone, the sorrounding damage from the spur is able to heal also.

Important: The calcium+ must be carefully formulated to be easily digested to accomplish the "good" calcium environment in building healthy body/bone cells.