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Posted 9/16/2009 3:46 PM (GMT 0)
I was doing some research about UC last night and read somewhere (sorry don't remember where) that heel pain can be a symptom of UC. Has anyone had heel pain? Have you read or heard this?

I am in a pretty bad flare (last one five years ago), but I realized I have been having heel pain for about a year before this flare came on. I thought is was because I was getting older and creakier, maybe it was the start of a flare.
Posted 9/16/2009 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
I have never heard heel pain as an extra-intestinal manifestation of UC. It's interesting though. Two summers ago I started having really bad heel pain. At my job I stand all day and I would have to come home and ice them. My primary dr said it was Achilles tendonitis but I personally think it sounds more like bursitis. Who knows...
Posted 9/16/2009 5:43 PM (GMT 0)
I had horrible heel pain about 14-15 years ago. Diagnosis was plantar fascitis and "humongous" heel spurs. I started wearing orthotics in my sensible shoes :-) and lost about 10 lbs (I'm overweight) and... it got better. But - I think my UC was about the quietest during that period, that it's ever been........
Posted 9/16/2009 6:04 PM (GMT 0)
     I had plantar fascitis last year too following a bad flare of UC.  Don't know whether they are related or not.  I bought Dr. Scholls inserts for my shoes and haven't had a problem since.  Now if I could only get my back feeling better (lifted a heavy drawer last week like a dumb dumb) and stop the bleeding from my rectum, I would be in tip top shape.
Posted 9/16/2009 7:59 PM (GMT 0)
I get it when I walk sometimes but I think that's because I have flat feet and wen I step down my heel hits first, and hard.
Posted 9/16/2009 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
I see a bit of that in the office. I adjust the feet, knees, pelvis and SI joints, and check for need for foot orthotics. It's really hard to have just one thing affected when it comes to that kinetic chain. I do a few protocols for plantar fascia if needed and it usually makes a pretty significant difference quick. Of course if someone comes in and they are really overweight, you can only do so much. Then I have to try and tackle the weight problem with them too.
Posted 9/17/2009 12:48 AM (GMT 0)
I don't think plantar fascitis has anything to do with UC. It is pretty common though, and one of the treatments is Prednisone. One nice side-effect of bing on the Pred was no more plantar fascitis for me! Other treatments that are very effective include stretches and icing.
Posted 9/17/2009 8:10 AM (GMT 0)
My left heel has been hurting me since i was admitted at the hospital and since I was discharged (about 4 months now) no Dr. can tell me what it is. I never had heel pain before in my life. Numbing and  pins and needles. I dont have any answers, I think it has to be related some how, I am not overweight and dont stand all day either.

Post Edited By Moderator (Red_34) : 9/17/2009 11:56:18 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 8/17/2010 4:12 AM (GMT 0)
Everytime something goes wrong with me, I do a google search on the UC healingwell forum -

and I truly am surprised that "heel pain" came up here...

But I've been having a pain in my right heel, as if i jumped off a 6 foot fence and landed on my heel on concrete and bruised the bejesus out of it...lol...it feels like a bruise and hurts when I walk.  I inspected my heel a bit tonight and couldn't see anything.

I don't know if it's related, but I've also had some late night pain in my shin area...

Any ideas?

 

Posted 8/17/2010 6:55 AM (GMT 0)
Low calcium, low vitamin D, nerve impingement?

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Posted 8/17/2010 9:42 AM (GMT 0)
That funny i have been having heel pain for ages have mentioned it to GI and dr but nether said much about it it is worse when i have been sitting for a while and then get up  i find it hard to walk for a bit and hobble about for a few mins funny so many have the same problem.
Posted 8/17/2010 11:03 AM (GMT 0)
For the past year the bottom of my feet hurt - mostly first thing in the morning.  I do stretches before I get out of bed - that helps some.  I mentioned it to the doctor and all he could say is - probably the shoes I'm wearing.....(I disagree with that).  I haven't been to a foot doctor yet.  A friend of mine has the same feeling in her feet......she is going to therapy they said she had  plantar fascitis.   

I did have some blood work done a month ago and I was low on Vitamin D (on med's for that) - I was also having issues with cramps in the bottom of my legs - not sure if that could be part of the problem.  I am about 20 lbs over weight (working on that) and my UC has been active off and on for some time now. 

I realize this doesn't help you much - I don't want to go on any more med's - I think thats half the problem all the drugs that get perscribed to people - you take one thing and it causes another and so on.  I am doing all the research I can into GMO's and find that very intersting.  Maybe with all these additives they put in food is a cause for all the problems we are having with UC etc.  I think the more we can research on our own the better off we will be.  Doctors can only perscribe pills, they can't tell you that the diet we eat has a lot to do with the issues most people half.  Good luck -

Posted 8/4/2014 8:48 PM (GMT 0)
Hi - Sore heels....just a thought and observation!!! Last time I 'suddenly' took sore heels was after coming off steroids BUT at the same time I had been off work a year having cancer treatment. Please note when off work i wear slippers (flat ones!) most of the time and yes i put on weight with the steroids. Then back to work in my work shoes (2" heel) my sore heels gradually disappeared again. Now five years later I take UC and yes my sore heels have come back just a couple of weeks after i come off steroids and yes ive been off work 8 months and wearing flat slippers most of that time so to be honest I think it's a combination of coming off steroids and wearing flat slippers because when I go out I wear my high shoes and my heels are not nearly as sore as when im paddling about in my slippers.
Posted 8/6/2014 8:55 PM (GMT 0)
My left achilles had bad sprain while on a dose of prednisone once. Still can feel it if something hits it just right. Every joint pain seems magnified in a pred taper which I finished a few weeks ago and noticed that heel again after hitting it with a big trash can.

Foot and heel pain common in lots of people. If the bottom of my foot started hurting I would recast myself for another set of orthotics and rocktape the plantar fascia till they came in. I ultrasound my own heel when it acts up. If its bad enough I will tape it also. Put enough tension on that muscle for long enough and you will end up with a bone spur down there also so always pay attention to those little symptoms.
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