Long heel spur

Introduction The heel of the heel is a natural aging phenomenon caused by the wear and destruction of the cartilage caused by various reasons, and promotes the repair, hardening and hyperplasia of the bone itself.

Cause

With the increase of age, the spine structure of the human body will also degenerate. When the bones and soft tissues are in contact with each other, the cartilage between the spine and the spine gradually loses moisture and elasticity due to long-term stress, tension and damage, resulting in degenerative changes of the bones. This degenerative change in bone leads to bone hyperplasia and the formation of osteophytes. In addition, repeated activities or inappropriate movements often cause excessive wear of the bones and soft tissues of the joints, and grow bone spurs.

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Bone and joint MRI examination of bone palpation static bone imaging

Spurs don't necessarily have symptoms, depending on whether they are pressed to the nerve roots or the spine. If not, there will be no uncomfortable symptoms. Conversely, if the spur is just pressed to a nearby nerve root or pressed to the spine, there may be symptoms such as stiff body, inflexibility, pain, redness, paralysis, joint deformation, and muscle weakness.

Osteophytes can cause complications such as sciatica, disc herniation, lumbar stenosis, and degenerative knee arthritis. These complications can lead to discomfort in patients' lives and even affect their quality of life. Mild complications, rest, medication, or follow the advice of a rehabilitation practitioner to do some physical therapy to relieve symptoms. However, when the complications are serious, further surgery is needed.

Differential diagnosis

Heel pain: heel pain (calcanodynia), pain on one or both sides of the heel, not red or swollen, inconvenient to walk. Also known as heel pain. It is a disease caused by lesions in the bones, joints, bursae, and fascia of the heel. Commonly known as fasciitis, often occurs in long-standing or walking workers, caused by long-term, chronic minor injuries, manifested as fascia fiber rupture and repair process, the fascia at the medial side of the calcaneus And tenderness, the lateral X-ray film shows the calcaneus of the calcaneus. However, there is not necessarily a heel pain in the bone spur, and sacral fasciitis does not necessarily have a spur.

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