Recently, someone came to me with a film and asked, “Doctor, I have a bone spur on my heel, what should I do, can I have surgery to remove it? Does the word bone spur sound so scary? Could it be bone cancer? ……” Let the doctor tell you how “bone spur” is formed and whether it is scary or not. ”The most frequent sites of osteophytes are the lumbar vertebrae, the heel of the foot, the knee joint, etc. These sites have a very obvious feature, they are the sites with more activities, because we usually use this site all the time when we walk, and it is also a weight-bearing site. Because our lower limbs carry the weight of our bodies, bone spurs tend to form in these areas. We may have seen some trees growing in the valley, these trees cannot be straight, they are often crooked, because the valley has a single wind direction for a long time, under the action of wind, the trees become crooked in order to adapt to the direction of the wind, and the bone spur and tree crooked principle is the same, there is a long-term bone spur direction of force, so that the bone around the joint cartilage is constantly pulled, and eventually the cartilage ossification after the formation of bone spurs The presence of a bone spur means that there is a continuous force. The heel bone, for example, is usually located at the posterior or anterior edge of the heel bone, in an upward or forward direction, where the Achilles tendon exists, and the Achilles tendon upward is the posterior calf muscle, so the muscle tension on the posterior side of the heel bone is the reason for the formation of the posterior spur. The anterior spur is caused by tension and pulling on the plantar fascia. At this point, someone may ask, “Does that bone spur hurt? Why does my heel hurt? The bone spur does not cause pain, but the cause of the pain is the chronic tension in the gastrocnemius muscle and the Achilles tendon, not the bone spur itself. Therefore, the fundamental treatment for bone spurs is to reduce the tension and reduce the tension. Bone spurs are a physiological reaction and do not require any surgery, and any surgery to remove them is a lie! Changing the mechanics and tension is the correct treatment. Here is a trick to teach you to improve the tendon tension caused by heel pain, in the back of the shoes worn to pad a little 0.5cm to 1cm or so pad (what material can be, toilet paper, silicone, as long as it is soft) so that it can elevate the heel bone, effectively reduce the pressure at the back, so as to get relief, why the formation of force tension, which needs to go to the hospital to let the doctor to conduct a detailed examination, there may be the cause of the foot, there It may be the cause of the knee, or the cause of the lumbar spine, and the work behind it will be left to the doctor.