Heel spur - a disease characterized by pain in the sole, which is caused by the formation of bone overgrowth of the calcaneus in the place of attachment of the plantar muscles.
Symptoms spur on the heel
At the beginning of the disease there is a pain when walking.
Especially difficult to start walking, when severe pain occurs during exercise. Then, during the day the pain when walking a few subsides, and again amplified by the end of the day. Over time, the pain becomes persistent. In patients working spur on the heel leads to reduced efficiency and lost working days.
Predisposition to the development of spurs on their heels are the patients who are overweight, diseases of the spine and large joints of the lower extremities, flatfootAnd athletes during prolonged local overloads art.
Treatment of heel spurs on
Currently, treatment of heel spurs is to provide the use of various discharge insoles and thrust bearings, combined treatment physiotherapy:
- mud applications,
- ultrasound therapy,
- mineral baths,
- Topical administration of hormones.
If no effect - surgical treatment (cutting the bone growths and tissue excision modified).
Conducting the traditional treatment of the heel spurs requires a long time (3 to 6 weeks).
Shock wave treatment (UHT) - principle of the method is based on the fact that the shock waves generated using a special apparatus is not delayed and an aqueous medium soft human tissue, and therefore do not lead to any damage, since the acoustic impedance of these media is almost equally.
At the same time waves have had a devastating impact on the bone and calcification, since their acoustic impedance, usually 5 times greater than the acoustic impedance of water.
Such treatment comprises spurs on the heels of 3-5 sessions using shock waves of low and medium level. One session takes 15-20 minutes with an interval of 7-10 days.
