HEEL PAIN, (Pain on the Bottom of Your Heel), Acute Plantar Fasciitis, Heel Spurs,

Norridge Podiatrist

Norridge -Roselle Podiatrist

HEEL PAIN

SELF DIAGNOSIS

Many patients love to self-diagnose their foot problems. They will gather advice and information from the internet, friends, and relatives, and come to their own foot pain diagnosis. Their own treatment will consist of anything reasonable, available, affordable, and painless.

EDUCATION

Medical school teaches over 30 different diagnoses that cause heel pain.  The faculty teaches how to approach a problem, how to differentiate one diagnosis from another, and provide treatment options for each diagnosis. A podiatrist may order: blood tests, MRIs, x-rays, diagnostic ultrasound, CT scans, biopsies, and bone scans to come to the correct diagnosis.

DIAGNOSIS

A shortlist of diagnoses that may cause heel pain are: heel spurs, plantar fasciitis, stress fracture, infection, osteomyelitis, nerve entrapment, bursitis, tendonitis, enthesiopathies, bone tumors, soft tissue tumors, metastatic cancer, phlebitis, Achilles tendon rupture, gout, arthritis, Reiter’s disease, Sever’s disease, parasitic infestation, CRPS, fibromyalgia, foreign body, and many more.       

       Classic symptoms of acute plantar fasciitis are:

    • Intense pain the first time you stand in the morning.
    • The pain improves slowly as you walk around.
    • The pain slowly intensifies throughout the day.
    • Sit down for lunch and stand up with acute pain again.
    • Pain is worst if you press on the bottom inside half of the heel, about four fingers forward from the back of the heel.

TREATMENT

Treatment options will depend on the age and health of the patient, current medications, allergies, history of present illness, physical examination, test results, clinical assessment, X-rays, Ultrasound examination, experience and judgment of the doctor, and the correct diagnosis.

Various treatment options would include physical therapy, custom orthotics, BK cast, cortisone injection, medications, coblation (TOPAZ), shockwave, PRP, R.I.C.E. (rest, ice, compression, elevation), and or surgery.

If your heel pain is persistent and you are questioning your self-diagnosis and self-treatment, contact our office today, Dr. Forni and his staff will be happy to help you or your family stop heel pain and allow your feet to smile again!

Call: 708-867-FEET (708-867-3338)

www.drforni.com

AFP Podiatry, LTD
825 N. ROSELLE RD.                                          ROSELLE, IL. 60172
Phone: (630) 582-1100

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AFP Podiatry LTD.                                                      4701 N. Cumberland Ave. Suite 19                            Norridge, Il. 60706                                                      Phone: (708)-867-3338