One area where it’s nice to carry a little extra fat is on the underside of your heel. Your heel fat pad helps to protect bones and tissues from stress caused by everyday actions like walking, running and jumping. Over time, it’s natural for this heel pad to wear down a little, but if too […]
Heel Pain In Children – What Could Be The Cause?
If heel pain is preventing your child from being as active as they’d like to be, it’s important that you have your primary care physician or a foot specialist take a closer look. This discomfort could be caused by a condition known as Sever’s disease, which tends to develop during adolescence when the body is […]
Three Causes Of Nagging Heel Pain
If you land hard on your heel or step down on a hard object like a rock or a Lego, you may deal with heel pain for a short while, but oftentimes heel bruises fade. However, if acute trauma didn’t cause your discomfort, and it’s lingering for an extended period of time, you might be […]
Why Is My Heel Pain Lingering?
Your heels are oftentimes the first part of your foot that strikes the ground with each step you take, meaning it’s the first area that absorbs contact. Not only can this lead to problems in your heel over time, but if you are currently suffering from a foot injury, you’re going to feel it every […]
Heel Pain Causing Limp
Our heels absorb a lot of stress as we walk and run, so it should come as no surprise that they are a common location for trauma-related injury. This trauma can develop instantly in the form of direct trauma, or it can set in gradually over the years in the form of repetitive trauma. Either […]
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