I know we occasionally have discussions here on these topics and lots of remedies and devices we use to treat it. I dealt with fasciitis for quite a while, changing shoes, using off the shelf inserts, to now having my 2nd pair of custom orthotics. Over time the bottoms of my feet stopped feeling like somebody had beat on them with a bat to just a couple of nagging, red bumps on either side of the top of the heel bone after running or working a game. I ice and take naproxen and move on.
Last week my right ankle "blew up"- swelling, extreme pain in an arc from one ankle bone to the other where the foot meets the lower shin. I assumed it was an aggrevation from running outside on pavement for the first time this winter along with some serious standing and walking from attending my alma mater's tournament last weekend. Urgent care ruled out gout and determined it was a sprain. I wasn't sure because I've had sprains and this one isn't acting quite like the others. I had not twisted, rolled, or wobbled it so I couldn't figure out how I would have sprained it.
I go see my foot doc this morning. He gets some x-Rays and calls me back to look at them. He points out an area on my ankle which appears to him and his partner to be an old fracture that didn't heal properly. ("Hmm, don't recall ever breaking it, must have been that last sprain?") He shows me areas of arthritis ("Yup, knew that, thanks"). Then he goes to my heel and says "take a look at this spur".
"Holy $hizznizzle Doc, that is a #%^*+€¥ wicked looking piece of hook right there". It was one nasty looking spur. I am surprised it hasn't sprouted out of my skin and the back of my shoe.
I go back next week for a check up.
