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Why is it that when i walk i feel pain at the back foot after every step

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Achilles tendonitis: Or posterior heel spur or excessive bone prominence rubbing in shoe(haglinds deformity).

Answered 11/27/2012

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Back of the: Foot on the bottom or in the back? May have plantar fascitiis if on bottom or achilles tendonitis if. In back. See a foot doc for definitive diagnosis and treatment.

Answered 4/15/2015

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