Heel pain in the elderly may have the following reasons: 1, bone spurs, when the heel bone has osteophytes can appear heel pain, hyperplasia of the bone spurs can irritate and oppression of the plantar soft tissues, thus appearing heel, plantar pain, to carry out X-ray examination of the heel bone for diagnosis. 2, plantar fasciitis, commonly found in patients with chronic fatigue, walking or frequent exercise, chronic inflammation of the plantar fascia Heel pain should be diagnosed by relevant examinations to exclude other diseases.