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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Heel Of Foot
I have been experiencing extremely sore right heel pain for a couple of months. Am not aware of anything that I ve done to cause the pain. It comes and goes throughout the day. When walking it can be extremely intense sharp pain. On occasion, when at rest, it will be sore as well.
Thu, 2 Apr 2015
Hello,
I have studied your case. Most probably you are having planter fasciitis. In this condition there is pain in the foot, more in morning. It is common in runners. Best treatment for this is steroid injection in the heel. Let me tell you few things about injections.
1.It takes some time may be a week to show its effect.
2.It may be painful immediately after injection, up to three to four days.After injection you may need to take a pain killer like Brufen or Etoricoxib for seven to eight days.
3. Some time one injection is not sufficient.You may need two or three injection ,after the interval of six weeks.
4.Along with injection you also need to use soft footwear, hot water fomentation and rest.
I hope this answer will be useful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks
I have studied your case. Most probably you are having planter fasciitis. In this condition there is pain in the foot, more in morning. It is common in runners. Best treatment for this is steroid injection in the heel. Let me tell you few things about injections.
1.It takes some time may be a week to show its effect.
2.It may be painful immediately after injection, up to three to four days.After injection you may need to take a pain killer like Brufen or Etoricoxib for seven to eight days.
3. Some time one injection is not sufficient.You may need two or three injection ,after the interval of six weeks.
4.Along with injection you also need to use soft footwear, hot water fomentation and rest.
I hope this answer will be useful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks
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