“How do you get rid of bone spurs in your heel?”

In my office, minimal invasive procedure is done, done in office under only local anesthesia, 45 min procedure, patients walk on the same day. full recovery in 2-6 wks. visit my offices social media or website for more info.

You don't, unless you have surgery. The bone spur does not cause any issues, it's just a finding on your X-ray which indicated calf tightness. If you are having pain, it is not because of your bone spur, see your podiatrist as soon as possible.

It depends if the spur is plantar or posterior. Only surgery.

Modern thought is that heel spurs rarely need removal. This was not the case decades ago and many patients underwent painful surgery that may not have been needed. Inflammation around the spur is the main culprit likely eliminating from plantar fascitis. Many treatments exist for these problems and a custom plan of attack is best with a well trained podiatrist

Bone spurs usually require surgery

The only way to get rid of a bone spur is surgery. However, there are different causes of bone spurs and many are not the cause of pain. What is usually observed on a routine X-ray is an enthesopathy, which is a bone spur in the area of tight soft tissue attachments. This can occur on the bottom of heel from tight plantar fascia commonly referred to as a heel spur or in the back of the heel from tight pull from the Achilles’ tendon, frequently referred to as calcification tendinitis if painful. These are not always painful and when they are painful, conservative treatments are 90% successful, if the musculoskeletal abnormality is treated with attention directed to relaxing the soft tissue pull on the bone and modification of foot gear, especially if the tight shoe is mechanically putting pressure on that bone and the pain goes away. This can be done with non surgical treatments, however, if they fail, surgery may be indicated. Other spurs can be caused by any of the arthritic diseases and treatment should be directed at identifying the disease and treating that disease. Other less common causes of bone spurs could be trauma or a bone cyst, most of which are benign, however, some could be malignant. The very rare malignant bone tumors that show up on the foot can be from a tumor that traveled from another area and seeded in the foot or from the foot itself. If from another location, it has the characteristics of the tissue from that other location. The tumor originating in the foot usually results in loss of limb or life and needs to be addressed with urgency.

Jan David Tepper, DPM, FACFAS

The bone spur on the bottom of the heel does NOT cause pain. What hurts is the inflammation of the fascia that attaches there, called plantar fasciitis. There are many conservative treatments for this condition and only rarely needs surgery. When that is necessary, I do not remove the spur as doing that lengthens the recovery time significantly. I use an endoscope for this. In almost 30 years of performing this procedure, I have never had to re-operate to remove the spur. Go see a podiatrist to get help.

Hello,


The only way to get rid of a bone spur is to have it surgically resected.


Dr. Lui