Help Moms How Can I Fix My Foot.

I have three spurs on one heel, one on each side and one on the back of the heel. I have had them for years and yes, some days I am in horrible pain. I have considered surgery, but the chances of them growing back are too great.

One suggestion that I have not seen is to get a GOOD pair of running shoes. They are a little pricey, but are extremely comfortable. They aren't the best looking, but they sure do help me get through the day if I will be walking a lot.

I would make sure I see a podiatrist, not your GP. And I would be open to ideas that they have: physical therapy (soft tissue massage-it was wonderful), orthotics (may get costly) or medications.

I do the stretching (I have a rolling stretcher you step on) every morning and I take 800 mg of ibuprofen every morning. You could try naproxen too.

Good luck. I know the pain you feel.

My mother, my best friend's mother and I all suffer from bone spurs. It really depends where the spur is located. Ours are all on our heel. My mother and BF's mother both ended up having surgery. BF's mother suffered nerve damage from the surgery and the pain is now worse then the spur. Most days she can barely walk. My mother is compleatly healed with no complications. I lost 20lbs and strech it daily. I stand on the stairs with just my toes and flex up and down. I also put my foot flat against the wall while standing. Anything to strech your toes toward your shin. Massage also is very helpful and I have switched to Crocs when I have to walk a long distance. They are so comfortable and just the right consistancy to releave the pain. I know they are generally pretty ugly, but there ae some that are cuter then others. There are lots things that you can do to releave the pain. I would think that you should hole of on surgery as long as you can. It might be that you don't have to do it at all. I have not battled with mine for months. (Since I lost the weight) Good luck.

When I was younger than you I had a bone spur from too much walking. I just got off my feet and it went away. Slow down a bit for a while and take some natural vitamins like Calcuim,Magnesiun,Phosphorus, etc. Please don't do surgery. Listen to your doctor. We live in an immediate society where we want everything right now , but some things like healing takes time. Maybe you can ride the kid's horse!!!
Good luck!

one of my old coworkers had this problem and she ended up needing surgery. They tried her losing weight but that didnt help (she wasnt over weight) then they did surgery and that helped her. Try talking to your doctor again then ask for a second opinion.

Don't know anything about this, but I saw this ad in the back of hubby's Runner's World magazine. It says to help heal foot pain, such as from a heel spur. The pic looks like a foot brace. www.countrforce.com I