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Can someone suffer back pain from ankle issues? or heel issues?
3 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Yes: They may be indirectly related. When walking, your steps may be altered due to pain in your ankle or heel. Multiple those awkward steps a few thousand times or less, and eventually the other parts of your body that compensates will also begin to hurt. Hope that helped!
Answered 6/5/2013
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Yes: An abnormal gait due to ankle pain can certainly strain or injure your back.
Answered 6/4/2013
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Yes: Pain in the foot or ankle particularly if associated with limited motion/function can cause you to walk different and put a strain on your knee/hip and ultimately your back. IN turn it can increase symptoms from an underlying problem with the back or cause it. See orthopedic specialist to get evaluated .
Answered 8/5/2014
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