Definition
Heel pain usually affects the underside or back of your heel. Although heel pain is rarely a symptom of a serious condition, it can interfere with your normal activities, particularly exercise.
Causes
The most common causes of heel pain are plantar fasciitis (bottom of the heel) and Achilles tendinitis (back of the heel). Causes of heel pain also include:
- Achilles tendinitis
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Bone tumor
- Bursitis
- Haglund’s deformity
- Heel spur
- Osteomyelitis
- Paget’s disease of bone
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Plantar fasciitis
- Reactive arthritis
- Retrocalcaneal bursitis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Stress fractures
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
