PODCAST: Bc. Edita Prošková: Heel spur and heel pain

PODCAST: Bc. Edita Prošková: Heel spur and heel pain PODCAST: Bc. Edita Prošková: Heel spur and heel pain

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Listen to our podcast on heel spurs and heel pain, including tips from podiatrist Edita Prošková on treatment and prevention.

This time, together with our regular guest, physiotherapist and podiatrist Bc. Edita Prošková, we’ve prepared an episode on heel spurs and pain in the heel area. Did you know that heel pain doesn’t necessarily have to be coming from the heel at all? Very often it’s simply a signal that another part of the body is overloaded.

Right at the start, we’ll explain that not all pain is the same, and why it matters for proper diagnosis exactly where you feel it. Edita will briefly summarise the types of pain that can occur around the heel, and then we’ll take a closer look at heel spurs. We’ll cover how and why they develop, what treatment looks like, and whether it’s suitable to wear barefoot shoes when you have one.

In today’s episode, you’ll learn:

  • Why it’s so important to define the pain you feel correctly (0:52)
  • Whether pain really originates where we feel it (1:46)
  • What a heel spur is, and why and how it develops (4:30)
  • Why a heel spur can come back again (7:51)
  • When it’s appropriate to see a doctor for heel pain (8:51)
  • What the examination and subsequent treatment of a heel spur involves (10:27)
  • What the next steps are if this diagnosis is ruled out (10:54)
  • Whether it’s suitable to wear barefoot shoes if you have a heel spur (13:14)

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