| Running with heel pain can be an agonizing | | | | from the heel to the toes. This cushions the feet |
| experience. For those with active lifestyles, it's | | | | whenever we walk or put weight on them. If, for |
| hard to adjust and limit your physical activity and | | | | some reason, tears or inflammation develop in the |
| routines once you encounter heel pain. This makes | | | | heel pad due to constant tension from running, |
| it important to know the symptoms and | | | | jogging or dancing, the planter nerve becomes |
| treatment methods for some of the most | | | | irritated and inflamed. This is plantar fasciitis or the |
| common types of heel pain that develop among | | | | painful heel syndrome, which is marked by mild to |
| runners. | | | | intense pain at the back of the foot, especially |
| The bones of the feet are protected by dense | | | | when weight is placed on the heel. |
| fibrous tissue called plantar fascia, which extends | | | | |