Along with the calcaneal spur idea, you may have plantar fasciitis, which could occur from a lot of standing or working in shoes with less than adequate foot/arch support. When people with this pain have x-rays, a calcaneal spur may or may not be present.

excuse me for being naive..but I don't wear shoes giving a massage...does that mean I have no arch support at all?

That is correct.

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Sounds like an Xray might be appropriate ????

If a spur is found look at the remedy Hecla Lava.

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In most cases the presence or absence of a spur will not influence the treatment, meaning that good quality foot and arch support will still be needed. Calcium deposition in tissues can occur as a result of continued inflammation in that area, eg., plantar fasciitis. (Rotator cuff tendinitis at the shoulder can also progress to calcific tendinitis which indicates calcium deposition in a chronically inflamed rotator cuff tendon. Another example is myositis ossicans, which refers to the secondary deposition of calcium after a deep bruise--at the thigh, etc.). As the inflammation in the affected area resolves, there is the possibility that the calcium deposition in the previously inflamed tissue will also gradually resolve.

Sorry, I wasn't referring to the hecla lava or other possible remedies when I was saying the presence of a spur wouldn't influence treatment. I was just talking about the need for foot/arch support.

From personal experience - I am a bit flat footed and was advised by the local podiatrist to have arch supports, which I did for several years, and they gave symptomatic relief.
When I subsequently found a superb osteopath he told me to throw away the arch supports because they lock in problems in the skeletal system.

Carol,

As David has explained so clearly all the possible differential diagnosis of the pain you experience in your foot, it may be any one of them.
The constitutional similimum should be able to treat it, what ever the diagnosis may be. In some cases a specific remedy has helped, if the problem is of acute onset and a clear causative factor is detected. That has been my experience.

Now whether you are flat footed or not, you'll have to get that checked out. I'm not sure I understand Anna's reply. Does she mean that Arch Support is not required? And that the pain resolves with medical treatment only? I'd really be grateful if she would clarify this for me.

I have found a shoe with a minimally adequate arch support to be very helpful along with the treatment.

Warm regards,
doctorleela

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