I.I. SHAYKHUTDINOV^1,2, M.V. MALEV¹, F.F. AHMEROVA²

¹Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Tatarstan, 138 Orenburgskiy Trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420064

²LLC «Academy of Health and Beauty «Zvezda», 46 Karl Marx Str., room 8, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420015

Shaykhutdinov I.I. ― PhD (Medicine), Chief Specialist, Traumatologist-orthopaedist, tel. (843) 231-20-61, e-mail: rkb_nauka@rambler.ru.

Maleev M.V. ― PhD (physicomathematics), Head of the Department, tel. (843) 237-35-23, e-mail: rkb_nauka@rambler.ru.

Akhmerova F.F. ― Neurologist, e-mail: fahmerova@bk.ru

Heel pain is a polyietological condition requiring differential diagnosis because of orthopedic, rheumatological and neurological causes. The main cause of heel pain is plantar fasciitis or heel spur. The problems of diagnosis and differential diagnosis of heel pain are described. Heel pain requires complex treatment: limited physical activity; rational footwear, better physiological, use of insteps; shock wave therapy; massage and exercise therapy for the foot and lower leg.

Key words: heel pain, plantar fasciosis, heel spur, shockwave therapy.

(For citation: Shaykhutdinov I.I., Maleev M.V., Akhmerova F.F. Treatment of heel pain. Practical Medicine. 2018)

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