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Very painful bone spur on the side of my heel. podiatrist had me do stretches, injection, taping, anti-inflammatory, nothing worked. now what?

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Dr. Donald Colantino
Dr. Donald Colantinoanswered
Internal Medicine 63 years experience
Surgeon: Is your podiatrist a fully trained podiatric surgeon? If not I recommend that you consult one if corticosteroid injection into the area was not effective.
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Dr. Steven Saunders
Dr. Steven Saundersanswered
Internal Medicine 45 years experience
Heel Spur: It sounds like you have received quite a bit of very appropriate treatment for your heel spur and I am sorry to hear that you're not better. Sometimes a series of ultrasound treatments may help reduce inflammation due to the heel spur.
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