Q I have recently noticed a small lump on the outside of my heel. It’s about the size of a pea and the skin covering it is numb. It isn’t painful, although it can rub on my shoes, and when I stretch my Achilles it feels uncomfortable. Should I

Q I’m a flat-footed overpronator, and for a long time I suffered from a painful and stiff right heel. I had an operation called a heel trim and the problem cleared up. But now I seem to have the same problem in my left heel. My local hospital

Q After repeatedly suffering from injuries, I was prescribed some rigid orthoses. The good news is that none of my old injuries has returned, but the bad news is that I can’t run more than 20 miles a week because of a tender heel. It’s worse

Q I’ve been told by my GP that I’m suffering from Policeman’s Heel, which he said is the same as plantar fasciitis. I’ve had it for three months now, and despite trying painkillers and supports in my shoes it hasn’t improved. Now I’m having

UAN:226 Article type:--SymptomsPain under the heel centre at the origin of the plantar fascia. This is a fan-like web of tough fibres which spreads across the underside of the foot and attaches to the origins of the toes, and its main purpose

using when the pain diminished. Now, though, I suffer acute pain in my left heel after running. Obviously, I’ll start using my arch supports again, but I wondered if there is any alternative treatment or an exercise that can strengthen my feet. Also

tendinitis and gait analysis with a video will show whether your pronation needs treatment.What else could it be?Other more severe injuries to the tendon, lower calf muscle tears or simple heel tab bruising can all produce pain within the tendon

of the heel, you’ll feel acute tenderness and pain when you move it or even apply light pressure.SignsYour swollen heel may look more red than the other one, and the swelling is often so hard it can feel like bone – partly because it sometimes is, as a bony

Q I visited a sports injuries clinic because of a sore knee and was told that one of my legs is slightly shorter than the other and that one of my knees does not turn inwards when my leg does. I’ve been given a heel raise for one shoe

Need to save a sole in distress? Massaging your legs may soothe a sore plantar fascia - the band of tissue that runs along the sole of your foot. "The plantar shares an attachment site with your calf muscles in the calcaneus [heel] bone," explains