Dear Di,

I'm late reading this message but wanted to say...I hope that you have
had relief by now.  I went thru heel pain in 2001.  My podiatrist used
compressed air to deaden the heel before injection and that seemed to
help the shot but it still did nothing in the long run.  I had a heel
spur.  I went through therapy and finally had my tendon clipped and
thus lengthened to relieve the pain.

Good luck,

Vickie B.

Di,
I, too, had heel spurs on one heel.  My orthopedic doctor injected it
- extremely painful as you say.  Around that time, I had an
arthroscopy of the left knee.  They sent me to physical therapy for
two weeks.  I did quite well and only needed one week.  But, what I
meant to write was the lead therapist said to put the arch support
under the sole of the shoe (I have SAS shoes with removable soles)
because I told him the arch support was hurting the outside and inside
of my heel.  I did as he suggested and in a couple of months or so, I
found I could walk around barefoot with no problems.  My heel didn't
hurt anymore.  I keep the arch supports in my shoes anyhow, because
they said I had drooping arches.  Just a suggestion.  If your shoes
don't come with removable soles, try adding one on top of the arch
support.  Good luck.  By the way, my doctor won't inject heels any
more because he says there is information out that it is too easy to
damage a nerve.  Good luck and hope you do better.  It is a very
painful thing to have.  Each step feels like there is a stone under
your heel.

Loujean

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