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  1. I have severe pain in my heel as well as numbing. It’s a deep shooting pain and feels like it is in the heel bone itself. After being off my feet for any length of time and then standing or walking on it increases the pain. The pain diminishes after being on my feet for awhile, not sure if that is because of the numbness or not. What could it be?
  2. I am 25 weeks pregnant and have been a runner for several years now. My doctor gave me permission to continue running throughout my pregnancy as long as I watch my heart rate. I feel great while running and have no problems except for several hours or the next day after I run, I experience a sharp pain in one of my heels. Could this be a heel spur, or is it a cause of the weight gain associated with pregnancy? Does this mean I need to stop running?

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I have a sore heel. It started a few weeks ago, probably not using the best “summer” shoes and I have noticed it more now with more closed shoes. It hurts mild to moderately depending on the amount of standing or walking, etc….What can I do to help heal and lessen the pain and get my heel back to normal?

It sounds like a number of things could be going on with your feet. Your symptoms could simply be from a minor bruise of the heel in which rest would improve your symptoms. However, seeing how it might be a chronic condition, you could have developed some tendonitis or plantar fasciitis (a inflammatory and degenerative disease of the bones/tendons of the soles of your feet caused by repetitive stress). Both these conditions can be helped with rest and ibuprofen. In severe cases, corticosteroids can be directly injected to lessen the inflammation. Finally, another cause of heel pain could be achilles tendonitis which is caused by increased and repeated stress on your achilles tendon; it is treated by avoiding walking up stairs and ibuprofen.
Try conservative measures such as staying off your feet when possible, wearing more sensible shoes (no high heels), investing in some insoles with heel pads and arch support. If the pain worsens or does not improve and/or affects your daily routine, then you might try visiting an orthopedits or podiatrists.