Heel pain is not necessarily caused by disease, and there are not only 5 diseases that can cause heel pain. Heel pain may be caused by too much walking, walking with incorrect posture, or even shoes that do not fit the foot, you can rest for a while and observe whether the symptoms of heel pain still exist. If it still can not be relieved, or even pain symptoms more and more intense, at this time to consider may be the disease foreshadowing: a. Degenerative lesions: mainly heel fat pad atrophy, heel osteophytes, etc., the onset of the main and ageing, walking too much exercise and other reasons caused. Early can appear heel pain, can be examined by X-ray, heel fat pad atrophy patients can be seen in the heel fat fiber pad atrophy, thinning, and heel osteophytes can be seen in the increased bone density, bone cortical thickening. Second, trauma: may be the impact of foreign objects or high fall heel landing, resulting in bone or soft tissue injury, and then the heel pain, often manifested as redness and swelling of the heel area, pressure pain, can be in the acute period for cold compresses, if suspected heel fracture, should be promptly to the hospital for emergency treatment. Third, inflammation: 1, Achilles tendonitis: is a kind of aseptic inflammation of the Achilles tendon area, often appear in the Achilles tendon after acute and chronic strain, can be caused by improper movement, exercise overload, etc.. In addition to self-induced heel pain, there will be pressure, stiffness, redness and swelling, and the pain increases after activity; 2, plantar fasciitis: a sterile inflammation of the plantar fascia caused mainly by chronic sports injuries, excessive exercise, etc. Patients can first feel pain in the heel, and the pain increases after waking up and activity, and in severe cases, pain can also occur when standing, and the nature of the pain is mostly burning and stabbing; 3, heel osteochondritis: often caused by chronic injury to the heel osteochondrium caused by improper exercise. In addition to heel pain, typical clinical manifestations may also include skin fever, weakness in the backstroke, and pressure pain; 4, heel bursitis: it occurs in patients who wear narrow and hard shoes for a long time, and can be caused by repeated friction and pressure of shoes. In addition to heel pain, can appear in the back of the heel erythema, touch with pressure pain, continue to develop can form a lump. Fourth, other: In addition there may be Baxter’s nerve entrapment syndrome, ankle tube syndrome, heel stress fracture and other causes. Since some of the symptoms of the above common diseases are similar, it may be difficult for patients to identify them. Therefore, it is recommended to seek medical diagnosis when the pain is severe so that the condition will not continue to develop and affect normal life.