Is heel pain an osteophyte?

  Many patients who come to the clinic think that heel pain is due to bone spurs and ask for a film after coming, indeed the film often shows bone spurs, but we know that the growth of bone spurs is a long process, and our heel pain is often a recent event, and often unilateral, and the location of the pain is not consistent, heel pain is usually located in the medial side of the heel, and bone spurs are usually close to the middle, and now it is generally believed that heel pain is metatarsal tendinitis, and the sole of the shoe is too hard, walking distance is excessive, if the shoes are replaced, and the use of symptomatic drugs, generally can quickly relieve the symptoms.