Heel pain may be caused by physiological factors such as prolonged walking, or it may be caused by pathological factors such as trauma and tendonitis, etc. According to the cause of the disease, medication, physical therapy and surgical treatment should be chosen to alleviate and treat the pain.
1. Physiological factors: long time walking or weight bearing will lead to fatigue of the ankle, which can cause heel pain, which is a normal physiological phenomenon, no special treatment is needed, and it can be relieved by sufficient rest.
2. Trauma: Trauma can cause soft tissue injury, Achilles tendon rupture, Achilles bone fracture, etc., which can lead to heel pain. Mild soft tissue injury can be treated conservatively with rest, plaster or brace fixation, while Achilles tendon rupture and fracture should be treated with surgery.
3. Tendonitis: trauma or chronic strain injury can cause aseptic inflammation of the Achilles tendon, resulting in tendonitis, can be prescribed the use of ibuprofen, diclofenac sodium and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, to relieve pain, but also can choose to localized hot compresses, magnetic therapy and other physiotherapy methods to relieve symptoms.
Heel pain may be caused by other reasons, if the symptoms can not be relieved after rest, it is recommended that the patient timely hospital consultation to identify the cause of the targeted treatment.