Heel pain is pain on one or both sides of the heel that is not red or swollen and makes walking difficult. It is also called heel pain. It is a disease caused by lesions in the bones, joints, bursae and fascia of the heel. The common one is metatarsal fasciitis, which often occurs in permanent or walking workers and is caused by long-term, chronic minor injuries, manifesting as fracture and repair process of metatarsal fascia fibers, osteophytes and pressure pain at the fascia attachment below the medial side of the heel bone, and lateral X-rays showing heel bone spurs. The “Treatise on the Origin of Diseases” calls heel pain “foot root decay”. The book cloud: “foot root decay is a sudden pain in the heel, can not be held, the world called the foot root decay.” Danxi Xinfa” and later medical practitioners are called “heel pain”. The heel of the foot is the master of the kidney meridian, foot Shao Yin kidney meridian from the lower toe, oblique line foot heart, to the inner ankle after, down into the heel. The heel of the foot is the origin of the two stilts of yin and yang, the yang stilt vein and the yin stilt vein both start in the heel, the yang stilt vein and the yin stilt vein each dominate the yin and yang of the human body, the kidney is the root of the yin and yang of the human body, and collects the essence to produce marrow, so heel pain is closely related to the deficiency of the yin and yang of the human body, which is the reason why heel pain is more frequent in the middle and elderly people. On the basis of kidney deficiency, cold-damp or damp-heat can be present. The foot resides in the lower part of the body and is subject to dampness, the deficiency of the kidney is insufficient, the evil of cold and dampness invades the lower part of the body and stagnates in the lower part of the body, the dampness becomes heat, the dampness and heat fight with each other, resulting in stagnation of the meridians and stasis of blood, the pain is carried over or the foot is damaged, which can also lead to stasis of blood. Therefore, the disease of heel pain is based on kidney deficiency, stagnation as the standard, and external evil is mostly cold and damp cohesion. What are the symptoms of heel pain? Heel pain is a symptom that can be caused by many reasons. The pain is mainly in the heel, and sometimes it can involve the pain in the back of the calf, and when you get up in the morning, you dare not exert yourself directly and walk, and when you get up after sitting for a long time, the pain is aggravated, and the symptoms are reduced after a few steps of activity, often the patient has the pain characteristic of “pain – light – heavy”. The disease starts slowly, and the heel pain is relieved after getting up and going down in the morning, and is relieved after a little walking, and the pain is obvious when walking is more, and affects walking when it is serious. The local area is not red or swollen, and there is a restricted pressure point at the medial node of the heel bone, which is equivalent to the medial side of the front of the heel. Chinese medicine analyzes the causes of heel pain Heel pain is an orthopedic disease caused by the unbalanced force of the muscles and ligaments attached to the plantar surface of the heel bone, causing the periosteum to be stretched, which is called “heel osteochondritis” and “heel spur” in modern medicine. Heel pain is a common disease in the middle-aged and elderly, especially in women. The cause and mechanism of heel pain is mostly due to old age and weakness, lack of kidney essence, poor flow of qi and blood, paralysis of the meridians and veins, loss of muscle and tendon nourishment, not pass is pain or not rong is pain; or due to excessive obesity, or postpartum failure to regulate, damage to the muscles and veins and even tendons and bones and hair. Mainly chronic injury to the bottom surface of the heel bone and the pain caused by “six perversions”, mostly wind, cold and dampness or phlegm, dampness and blood stagnation of the meridians, so that the qi and blood can not be smooth, the Ying and Wei and loss of harmony. According to Chinese medicine, heel pain is mostly caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency, phlegm and dampness, blood heat and other causes. The liver is the main tendon, the kidney is the main bone, liver and kidney deficiency, tendons and bones lose nourishment, compounded by wind, cold and dampness or chronic strain will lead to stagnation of meridians, qi and blood flow is blocked, so that the tendons and muscles lose nourishment and the onset. The vast majority of heel pain is caused by inflammation of the ligaments. The heel is composed of 33 joints and more than 100 tendons and ligaments, and the ligaments on the bottom of the foot are attached to the bottom of the heel bone. When a person walks, the huge pulling force is concentrated in a narrow area on the ligaments below the heel bone, and the repeated pulling and rubbing easily leads to inflammation of the ligaments and bone bonding areas, causing pain. At the same time, weight is also related to heel pain, generally speaking, fatter people are more likely to suffer from heel pain. Shoes are one of the main causes of heel pain. The bones, muscles and ligaments of the foot bear the entire weight of a person, which requires shoes to adequately support the arch of the foot, so that the palm of the foot is evenly stressed and the ligaments are properly relaxed. However, some manufacturers cut corners in the internal structure of shoes to reduce costs, resulting in shoes that are not constructed to effectively support the arch of the foot, with the force concentrated in one part of the foot, which increases the pressure on the ligaments and makes them more prone to inflammation. Therefore, to protect the heel, the first step is to pick quality shoes, especially sports shoes; at the same time, pay attention to not overworking the feet. Some people need to work, such as salesmen, standing for a long time every day, you can use the method of changing the standing posture, alternating between forward and backward leaning standing or holding the counter to relax the foot joints from time to time, in order to prevent a part of the ligament from bearing too much force for a long time. If there is already pain and inflammation in the heel, you should stop exercising and let the ligaments rest fully. You can also use a “heel pad” to pad the heel higher, so that the palm of the foot force point forward to reduce the tension of the heel ligament, to help the ligament to recover as soon as possible.