Help Moms How Can I Fix My Foot.

Hi J.,
You can try the Dr. Schultz gel in steps for your shoes. This may give you some relief. I do not agree with your doctor. There is always a solution to everything. Do some research on bone spurs. I am curious if ultrasound will help relieve your discomfort. Here are some treatment options that I researched for you. Hope this helps. Be Encouraged!

TREATMENT FOR BONE SPURS:http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/bone-spur-topic-overvi...

Bone spurs do not require treatment unless they are causing pain or damaging other tissues. When needed, treatment may be directed at the causes, the symptoms, or the bone spurs themselves.

Treatment directed at the cause of bone spurs may include weight loss to take some pressure off the joints (especially when osteoarthritis or plantar fasciitis is the cause) and stretching the affected area, such as the heel cord and bottom of the foot. Seeing a physical therapist for ultrasound or deep tissue massage may be helpful for plantar fasciitis or shoulder pain.

Treatment directed at symptoms could include rest, ice, stretching, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen. Education in how to protect your joints is helpful if you have osteoarthritis. If a bone spur is in your foot, changing footwear or adding padding or a shoe insert such as a heel cup or orthotic may help. If the bone spur is causing corns or calluses, padding the area or wearing different shoes can help. A podiatrist (foot doctor) may be consulted if corns and calluses become a bigger problem. If the bone spur continues to cause symptoms, your health professional may suggest a corticosteroid injection at the painful area to decrease pain and inflammation of the soft tissues next to the bone spur.

Sometimes the bone spurs themselves are treated. Bone spurs can be surgically removed or treated as part of a surgery to repair or replace a joint when osteoarthritis has caused considerable damage and deformity. Examples might include repair of a bunion or heel spur in the foot or removal of small spurs underneath the point of the shoulder.

the pain is usually from the plantar fascia rather than the bone spur itself, lots of us have bones spurs which are asymptomatic.
what usually happens is someone with a bone spur will do an unusual amount of walking or standing, or wear a pair of shoes which are unsuitable and it will set up an inflammatory response around the bone spur. when you rest the area, ie at night or sitting for long periods of time the pain subsides, then as you resume activity it puts pressure on the plantar fascia again and hurts!
the main thing is to reduce that inflammation, and that means nsaids. you can get ibuprofen gel which needs to be applied to the area 4 times a day, or oral ibuprofen if tolerated.
or contrast foot baths - i minute in warm 1 minute in cold, alternating for 15 mins every day can help.
steroid injections to the site can really work well, but are painful.
wear an orthotic with an arch raise, this shortens the plantar fascia and takes the pressure of the area of inflammation.
its a miserable condition, but it will go eventually!
there has been some great advice from other moms too - training shoes are great, massage can work really well, if you are overweight it will exacerbate the problem 10 fold.

podiatrist for 12 years

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.

I had bone spurs removed a year ago. Mine were on the top of my foot and had grown into my nerves, so the healing proceed has been a little slow. I have been told that drinking apple cider vinegar (you can mix it with something) twice a daily for a long period of time will dissolve them. I plan to try to tolerate it so mine never come back and the ones I have in my other foot will dissolve, so I do not have to do surgery again. Not that I wouldn't recommend surgery, but with kids its hard to get all things complished. Any questions message me.
Best wishes.
R

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!

Your doctor lied to you...when I looked up bone spur treatment on the internet I found that usually it is not treated UNLESS it is causing PAIN or tissue damage...then the followind excerpt lists what your options for treatment are:

Treatment directed at the cause of bone spurs may include weight loss to take some pressure off the joints (especially when osteoarthritis or plantar fasciitis is the cause) and stretching the affected area, such as the heel cord and bottom of the foot. Seeing a physical therapist for ultrasound or deep tissue massage may be helpful for plantar fasciitis or shoulder pain.

Treatment directed at symptoms could include rest, ice, stretching, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen. Education in how to protect your joints is helpful if you have osteoarthritis. If a bone spur is in your foot, changing footwear or adding padding or a shoe insert such as a heel cup or orthotic may help. If the bone spur is causing corns or calluses, padding the area or wearing different shoes can help. A podiatrist (foot doctor) may be consulted if corns and calluses become a bigger problem. If the bone spur continues to cause symptoms, your health professional may suggest a corticosteroid injection at the painful area to decrease pain and inflammation of the soft tissues next to the bone spur.

Sometimes the bone spurs themselves are treated. Bone spurs can be surgically removed, or treated as part of a surgery to repair or replace a joint when osteoarthritis has caused considerable damage and deformity. Examples might include repair of a bunion or heel spur in the foot or removal of small spurs underneath the point of the shoulder.

I highly suggest you find another doctor and tell him/her that this bone spur is causing you pain and you want to try one of the above treatments to alleviate it.

Good Luck!!! ;-)

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.

I too have a bone spur. Mine is on the back of my heel, so any footwear, like a boot, that fits snugly against the back of my foot rubs. About a month ago, I got the WORST blister ever on that foot. The shoe on the foot without the bone spur felt like it had been custom made for me, while the other rubbed my completely raw after only 30 minutes. If I had not taken my shoe off, it might have rubbed down to the bone spur! I have tried the remedies: the steroids, ice-heat-ice, resting, exercise, etc, and they all work...for the short term. I refuse to wear backless shoes or sandals for the rest of my life. And yes, I have expensive shoes, in fact the shoes I mentioned above are expensive. Sometimes the solution is surgery, and in my case, the spur will only keep getting bigger.

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

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.