I have consuled my friends with bone spurs,mostly on their heels. I have seen their x rays and mris ,seen the little smuges with circles drawn around them. Problem is I see smuges in other places too. Plces with no pain. My friend the mri tech (soon to be acupunturist) has seen them too. some of my friends had the surgery-some got better,but pain returned to them mostly.If they removed the smuge on the film, you would think all wld be pain free.God knows it costs enough money.And Those that didn't have surgery, most lost the pain on thier own,sooner or later. Got me to thinking.Then I read Healing back pain by sarno ,orthopdcs prof at ny university. He laid it all out.People (and most dr.s) view the body as a machine controlled by a computer,which is correct,but there are two computers. The other is your subconcious mind.And if something is eating at you it is going to come out somewhere.My buddy's divorce was final the next day his heel spurs stopped hurting.And I see it over & over again.So what do you do we all have problems? you try to be your own best friend ,and talk to yourself. Out loud if no ones around. If I can't talk myself out of a pain and supplements don't touch it, then it's 5 element acupuncture.