Has anyone heard of or has ever had heel spurs ?

My experience is that heel spurs and plantar fasciitis are connected... I have plantar fasciitis, and to relieve the pain, I do an exercise that I'll try to explain... hold on to the back of a chair. Put 1 leg back a foot or so behind, resting on the ball of the foot. Lower the heel until it touches the floor and hold for 10 seconds. Change feet. After doing this for a few days, increase the distance that you move the foot back by an inch or so. Soon, the Achilles tendons will be stretched out and more supple. I had bound my feet, tried footbaths, massage... nothing worked until I found this exercise. And its easy to do anywhere!

I don't know much about them, I have heard of them though. Have you checked on www.webmd.com you should be able to find out info from there. Good luck, I hope they get better. When your feet hurt everything hurts. And when a husband hurts, they can be a big pain in the you know what......

I feel for your husband I had spurs on my left foot in the arch of my heel bone and had to have surgery on it to have them tooken off. Is there a reason why his sugar level is to high right now. good luck with it.

A friend of my husband had them. He had surgery to take them out. Of course he had (or was supposed to be)off his feet for 6 weeks. Naturally, he did not stay off his feet.

The doctor is not correct. Go to a specialist who can perform an operation on his foot. My mother had the same problem and was operated on by an Orthopedic Surgeon.

There was just a discussion about this from another user within the last couple of days. My sister had them, at least on one foot, but I don't remember the reason being her sugar level was too high! She had surgery to have the spur removed. Did your husband go to a foot doctor? I can't believe he was told nothing could be done. I'd get another opinion.

I can appreciate the fact that they want to take many precautions because of his sugar levels however I had heard or read that they can sometimes treat these with lasers? to break them down and that is not invasive and I would suggest you mention this to the doctor to see if possibly he could be a canidate? Hope you have better luck with it.

I've heard of this condition but I have no experience of it. I looked it up for you however. http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/generalinfo2/a/heelspur.htm Hope this helps.

I never heard of anyone having them and have no idea what they are. What my trouble is is a high arch and very narrow ankles. I gather it has something to do with being diabetic or near that condition. I have heard that shoe inserts may relieve the problem. I gather it happens when your feet are quite flat, but not so sure about this.

I was found to have a heel spur in my left foot. I haven't gone to the podiatrist as of yet b/c hubbyis having back surgery tomorrow, but I plan too. My mom is also a diabetic and the dr. told her he would not operate on her awful bunions until her sugar was under control, he said she would not heal properly. I would however, get a 2nd opinion, your hubby should be able to have a steriod injection or something to control the pain. Hope he does get some releif from it.

The doctor told me that I had one quite a few years ago, only mine wasn't real bad. They said that they could cut it open and file the heel spur down. Since it wasn't real bad I didn't have it done. It rarely bothers me now so I'm glad that I didn't put myself through having it done although it would probably be worth it for someone who had a bad one.

A long time friend of mine had them throughout high school. She was a gymnast and they drove her nuts. I don't recall her ever having surgery to fix them, but she doens't do gymnastics anymore. I am not sure if it's just a calcium build up that can go away over time if you stop bothering the site. I know her dismounts always aggravated them.

I lady at the daycare I used to work at had a heel spur once. She said it was really painful. Her doctor ended up having to do a short, out patient surgery for her. He cut it out, but she couldn't walk on it without help for about a week I think. I hope he is able to do something about it soon.:)