Many people in life, have had the experience of getting up in the morning to get off the ground, the heel instantly painful, difficult to walk, endure the foot this pain. Especially the middle-aged and elderly obese people are more likely to occur. At this point most patients start to wonder if they have a bone spur in their heel. So they start to change shoes frequently, and although they get better from time to time, they do not completely lift the root of the disease. In fact, heel pain is not necessarily a problem of the feet. In my clinical treatment of patients with heel pain, most of them are treated from the waist and pelvis under the guidance of the overall concept of Tongdu Zhengji. Why do you say so? Patients often have this question: “Doctor, I have heel pain, how can you treat my waist? According to Chinese medicine, “the waist is the capital of the kidney, and the foot Shao Yin kidney meridian circulates through the heel”, so patients with heel pain usually take Liu Wei Di Huang Wan will also be improved. The heel bone (commonly known as the heel) is protected by the plantar fascia in the superficial layer and has strong ligaments, tendons and other soft tissues attached in the deeper layer. As we age, the bones in our body begin to age, and at the same time the fascia, ligaments and tendons become less elastic. What exactly is heel pain? When my weight is overweight, coupled with long-term standing, climbing, running and so on, resulting in body mechanics weight imbalance, improper use, will accelerate its own degeneration of ligaments, tendons damage progress, and finally can only rely on the plantar fascia to cope with the sudden stress, and over time the plantar fascia inflammation. If the heel does not touch the ground for a long time, in the inflammatory stage and the elasticity has weakened and deteriorated the fascia can not bear the weight of the body, there will be a heel pins and needles-like pain. In the final analysis, the clinical causes of heel pain are mostly caused by inflammation of the plantar fascia. Heel pain self-relieving five-step treatment method: 1, moderate rest is appropriate When we wake up in the morning to get out of bed, frequent heel pain, can not land, many people at the latest only unilateral heel pain, still fast walking, running, climbing and so on to accelerate plantar fascia injury, trying to reduce pain through exercise, in fact, this will lead to changes in the mechanics of the healthy side of the foot has evolved into Both sides of the heel pain. 2, choose the right shoes When the sole of our shoes at the heel is badly worn, shoes are too small and too tight need to be replaced in time to prevent the inability to cushion the force of the arch. 3.Forceful toe break can be taken in a sitting position, hold the patient’s toes with both hands, pull upward and backward with force until you feel the back of the calf and the sole of the tendon pulling away, break the maximum angle when staying 20-30s, and then relax. 5 times for a group, 2 to 3 groups each morning or before bedtime. 4, finger point point rub the affected foot Taixi point, Kunlun point, Chengshan point, can play a good therapeutic effect on the heel pain. Each point point kneading 3 to 5 minutes is appropriate, moderate strength, to the patient tolerance, diabetic patients point point when the technique must be light kneading. 5, moderate weight loss moderate weight loss, can reduce the body’s own gravity on the load borne by the foot. The above five methods can be used at the same time, through a period of self-care, 90% of the heel pain can be resolved. If you continue to heel pain sometimes accompanied by numbness and other symptoms, through the above methods can not be alleviated, it is possible that your pelvis has been skewed, serious intervertebral discs have been unknowingly “protruding”, which is also the body to our early warning, you should find a professional physician for your diagnosis!