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Heel and Achilles Pain

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Expert Heel and Achilles Tendon Care in Utah

Strengthening your foot and ankle, wearing proper shoes, stretching, and daily exercise are all important habits to keep you moving and on your feet. Unfortunately, even if we do everything to prevent foot pain, it can still occur. For people with overly flat or high-arched feet, foot pain can be blamed on genetics. Foot pain can also result from a job that requires long hours on your feet every day. Or, it can because by stepping off the curb wrong or a misstep down the stairs. The point is, that foot pain happens, and when it does it is important to get the proper treatment for the right underlying issue.

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Common Achilles and Heel Pain Conditions

The Achilles tendon is the longest tendon in the body, running down the back of the lower leg, and connecting the muscles in the calf to the heel bone. This tendon is used to walk, run and raise your heels. When the Achilles tendon or the heel is painful or not performing well, it can greatly affect your day-to-day life. Heel pain is also a common complaint in children and shouldn’t be ignored as growing pains or passive complaints. Heel and Achilles pain is often a symptom of a greater problem, not a disease itself. If you or your child are limping, avoiding usual activities, walking on your toes, or complaining of pain in the heel, you may have one of the following common conditions.

Achilles Tendonitis

Achilles Tendonosis

Achilles Tendon Rupture

Plantar Fascitis

Stress Fracture

Haglund's Deformity

Heel Spur

Arthritis

Treatment Approach

Treating Heel and Achilles Pain

Because there are several potential causes for heel and Achilles pain, it is important to have a proper diagnosis, as heel pain can be a good warning sign of a more serious condition. As podiatric foot and ankle surgeons, we are trained to determine the underlying source of your pain. During your visit, we will ask for your medical history and complete a full examination of your foot and ankle. We might also need to use diagnostic imaging studies such as X-rays, bone scans, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to properly diagnose your condition. Once we have determined what is causing your pain, together we will select the best treatment plan for you.

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Fractures & Injuries

Ankle sprains, ligament tears, muscle injuries, puncture wounds, and sesamoid fractures are all common foot and ankle injuries.

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Skin & Nails

Ingrown nails, fungus, athlete’s foot, plantar warts, and dermatitis are all common nail and skin conditions we treat.

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Toes & Bunions

Stop suffering from the pain, inflammation, dull aches, and instability caused by bunions, ganglion cysts, and hammertoes. 

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Nerve Conditions

Nerve conditions like diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Morton’s neuroma, and tarsal tunnel syndrome can cause tingling, prickly pain, numbness, and burning in your feet.

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Heel & Achilles

Achilles tendinitis, Achilles tendonosis, and traumatic rupture of the Achilles tendon are all common injuries that cause heel pain and instability. 

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Sports Conditions

Athletes experience their share of stress fractures and ankle sprains and are prone to repeated stress injuries such as plantar fasciitis, heel spurs, sesamoiditis, and more.

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Diabetic Foot Care

Since diabetes can cause nerve damage that takes away feeling in your feet, it may become more difficult to heal from an injury and diabetic wounds can become stubborn, dangerous infections. 

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Arthritis & Osteoarthritis

Stiffness, reduced range of motion, and/or a feeling of warmth around the foot and ankle joints from arthritis can significantly restrict your ability to easily perform daily activities.



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