Heel Spur Cured, Problem Solved
X-Ray of Right foot
red marked areas show two bone spurs. The bottom pointed forward at about the 4:00 position. |
Click here to see a much LARGER view of the x-ray on the right. X-Ray or right foot
About a year and a half ago I developed heal spurs on my right heel. It was so bad that after about an hour walk I was in excruciating pain, same for just standing. Read all the web sites, went to see doctors (I was in China at the time). They were talking heel cups, surgery and such. Tried the heel cup, didn't work because of where the spur was. I bought the most expensive shoes I could. Nothing.
The x-ray showed heel spur was probably a half in ch long...scary to look at. Well, a ran across this website that said they were cause by immobility of the calf muscle, or some such thing. These people were selling all these ankle braces that maintain a healthy angle of your foot when you are sleeping.
Being in China and having a hard time getting anything shipped there I found as good solution. I always sleep on my stomach, have all my life. This stretches my foot out, toe pointed. I also have this bad habit of locking my feet together under my chair at work. It was a combination of these that I believe cause the spur.
What did I do?
1. I slept on the bed with my foot hanking off the right edge, or of the end of the bed, laying as gravity pulled it, no brace needed. The calf muscles was apparently relaxed.
2. I also force myself to stop locking my feet under the chair, but changing to a chair that did not allow for that.
3. I also got my self a stool for when I was in front of the my class, even though it made me look a little lazy.
Within 2-3 months all the pain was gone, except on very long walks. By 5 months I was back at the gym on the tread mill. Today I walk 9 kilometers per day on the tread mill, some days as much as 12. I experience zero pain. I have not had another x-ray done, but I am sure the spur has been completely absorbed.
This worked for me, without question.
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