Weird Pain in Heel

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Ever since I started running I began feeling this weird pain in my heel. Not when I’m actually running, usually the next morning when I’m just walking around - typically when I’m going down stairs. It kind of feels like maybe a pulled muscle in just my heel? It’s not long lasting, just a few minutes or so and it’s not every day either. Anyone else experience? Or have any tips to avoid it continuing happening?

Tankiscool

Sounds like it could be plantar fasciitis.

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Tankiscool wrote: »

Sounds like it could be plantar fasciitis.

I thought that but the pain is never on the bottom of my foot, it’s on the back of the heel and none of the stuff I read about plantar fasciitis mentioned that.

jemhh

Is it a sharp pain at the back by the bone? If so, it could be Achilles tendinitis. In my experience, it likes to flare up when walking on declines. My PT was a lot of stretching, calf raises, and balance work. Here's a bit you can do at home:

Daily
- Sit on floor with legs straight out in front of you. Take a towel or strap around one foot and pull it toward you so that you feel the stretch. Hold for 30 seconds. Do 3 sets on each foot.
- Sit in a chair or lie on the floor with leg up in the air. Write the alphabet with your toes. You can use cursive or printing, uppercase or lowercase, doesn't matter ( ). Do it once with each foot.

2-3x/week:
- I use one of these things. I stand on one leg (holding on to a chair) and flex foot forward and backward 20 times, side to side 20 times, counterclockwise 20 times, and clockwise 20 times.
- Standing calf raises on one foot and then the other. Work up to 20 using bodyweight only. Stand on a step or platform for these.

Hope that helps!

kaizaku

Sometimes when you start running (new) it happens too since you not use to it. Have rest, ease into the running. Also wear suitable running shoes. A foot massage may help. Ibrofun medicine may help.

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jemhh wrote: »

Is it a sharp pain at the back by the bone? If so, it could be Achilles tendinitis. In my experience, it likes to flare up when walking on declines. My PT was a lot of stretching, calf raises, and balance work. Here's a bit you can do at home:

Daily
- Sit on floor with legs straight out in front of you. Take a towel or strap around one foot and pull it toward you so that you feel the stretch. Hold for 30 seconds. Do 3 sets on each foot.
- Sit in a chair or lie on the floor with leg up in the air. Write the alphabet with your toes. You can use cursive or printing, uppercase or lowercase, doesn't matter ( ). Do it once with each foot.

2-3x/week:
- I use one of these things. I stand on one leg (holding on to a chair) and flex foot forward and backward 20 times, side to side 20 times, counterclockwise 20 times, and clockwise 20 times.
- Standing calf raises on one foot and then the other. Work up to 20 using bodyweight only. Stand on a step or platform for these.

Hope that helps!

Thanks so much! That sounds like exactly what I’ve been experiencing. I will try out those stretches

sbelletti

Could be your shoes. A lot of people rave about Skechers, but after months of trying to find my heel pain I figured out it was my shoes. Changed brands and no more problems.

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sbelletti wrote: »

Could be your shoes. A lot of people rave about Skechers, but after months of trying to find my heel pain I figured out it was my shoes. Changed brands and no more problems.

I have good quality running shoes and had my feet analyzed at the local running store to make sure I got ones right for my feet. Definitely not using Sketchers.

I have been doing my at-home workouts (non-running) in just my socks though. Maybe a mistake. I'm going to try wearing shoes from now own.