Heel pain is a common orthopedic disorder. Most of the symptoms are mild and short-lived, which do not affect life and work much and may not even require medical attention; however, there are cases where the pain is so severe and long-lasting that it seriously affects normal work life and causes disability and loss of work ability. Most cases of heel pain are problems with the plantar fascia, so also known as “plantar fasciitis”, plantar fascia is a very strong layer of tendon membrane connecting the palm of the foot and the heel, is an important structure to maintain the arch of the foot, the structure of the foot is similar to a three-legged stool, the heel is a leg, the inside of the palm of the foot is the big toe a leg, the outside of the palm of the small toe The plantar fascia is an important structure to maintain the stability of these three legs, when any of these three legs tilt instability, will affect the plantar fascia, so that the plantar fascia in the abnormal direction of abnormal pull, the long-term repeated results lead to accumulative damage to the plantar fascia in the heel attachment, resulting in aseptic inflammation, calcification (bone spurs). Self-treatment of patients with heel pain: 1, but to maintain the amount of exercise required for normal work life, excessive exercise and excessive recuperation are detrimental; 2, wear soft and hard shoes, too soft and hard soles are equally harmful; 3, do not just hot feet, hot water soaking feet, in the acute inflammation period, is tantamount to pouring oil on the fire, perhaps at that time can be soothed, after more swelling and more pain; 4, do not listen to the so-called prescriptions. Such as stomping feet, stepping on stones, vinegar soaking feet, etc., the growth of bone china is impossible to remove with these methods; 5, very effective self-treatment is to do gastrocnemius muscle pull, there are a variety of methods, the most effective method is to hold the wall with both hands in front of the leg bow back taut, the painful foot in the back, continuous taut pull tight behind the calf belly for 20-30 seconds, every 10 for a group, 4-6 groups per day. There are also battle ramp method, towel pulling method, stepping on the wall foot method, etc. 6, foot massage or rolling tennis balls, water bottle method can also relieve some of the symptoms. 70-80% of plantar fasciitis will be cured by these self information. If you insist on self-treatment for 4-6 weeks and still no improvement, you should go to the hospital for further consultation and treatment. Systematic medical diagnosis and treatment of heel pain: 1. Orthopedic or foot and ankle surgeons can make a preliminary diagnosis based on the patient’s medical history, symptoms and signs, and sometimes special examinations such as into-foot weight-bearing position x-ray ultrasound, MRI, even nuclear scan, gait analysis and some necessary blood tests are needed to analyze the cause of the disease, arrive at an accurate diagnosis and identify some other problems, plantar fasciitis in most cases is Most cases of plantar fasciitis are related to abnormal force on the foot, and if this abnormal force is solved, the pain will be better naturally.9 The problem can be in the forefoot, such as bunion, bunion restriction (reduced amount of dorsiflexion), or in the midfoot, such as low or high arch, or in the hindfoot, such as heel inversion or valgus, or even ankle dorsiflexion restriction, calf belly swelling and pain, etc. Everyone’s situation is different, and there is not the same heel pain. The ankle joint dorsiflexion restriction is probably the most causative cause, relatively speaking, and can exist alone or in conjunction with other causes. Diseases that need to be identified, such as systemic diseases like ankylosing spondylitis, small fractures or fatigue fractures, tumors, neuralgia, Achilles tendon stopping point inflammation, etc. 2, plantar fasciitis and other treatment, for the onset of patients within three months can be oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as fenbid, but long-term chronic patients ineffective, a variety of proprietary Chinese medicine or herbal medicine efficacy is inaccurate, topical drugs can assist in the treatment; local closed treatment, small needle treatment, be cautious, may not go to the root easy to repeat, and even complications such as plantar fascia rupture; physical therapy such as ultra-short wave or shock wave therapy, still It belongs to the treatment of symptoms such as symptom relief, many patients may also be ineffective; correct and reasonable stretching exercises, corrective insoles, etc. belong to the structural correction of abnormal force on the foot, can have very good results, in patients seeking medical treatment, 80-90% of patients can be cured by this method; for persistent heel pain, the history of more than 9 months, is no longer a matter of local inflammation of the plantar fascia, etc., may have to be surgical treatment, to According to the anatomical abnormalities of the patient to design the surgery, for example, if the tight calf belly is the cause, as long as a gastrocnemius tendon release surgery heel pain will be naturally well, rather than simply cut the plantar fascia to release, that is not only ineffective and irreparable damage will occur.