Do you wake up in the morning and have sharp, stabbing pain in your heel? This is a common complaint we hear at the Seattle Heel Pain Center.
Pain first thing in the morning is a very common problem and occurs most often in people suffering from plantar fasciitis and other types of heel pain. The heel pain usually occurs when you first get out of bed and lasts from just a minute or two up to half an hour. The pain may also occur after sitting for a period of time.
Morning heel pain is a sign that you have inflammation occurring in your heel due to plantar fasciitis or another heel condition. Our goal when treating you is to determine the exact cause of your heel pain and then develop a treatment plan that will cure the problem, relieve your pain and prevent the problem from returning. Our treatment plans are based on ongoing reviews of the medical literature and our own 20 years of experience. We can usually treat even the most chronic cases of heel pain – even if you have seen many other doctors. Almost all heel pain can be treated conservatively and surgery is almost never necessary. If you are suffering with heel pain of any sort, make an appointment today to see us at the Seattle Heel Pain Center.
What Exactly Causes Heel Pain in the Morning?
Plantar fasciitis and many other heel conditions are caused by damage to the tissue that connects into the heel. This damage causes inflammation.
When you walk around during the day, the act of walking with muscles contracting and pressure from the ground pressing on the heel acts like a massage and prevents inflammation from building up in the heel. But if you lay down at night or sit down for a while during the day, you stop doing those actions that prevent the build-up of inflammation. The inflammation builds up and then when you go to stand up again, you have a sharp pain in your heel due to the extra inflammatory fluid in the area. You then walk around for a few minutes, the inflammatory fluid is pumped out of the area and you feel better – at least for a while.
Treatment of Morning Heel Pain
Don’t live with morning heel pain. We can diagnose your exact problem, provide treatments that provide rapid relief of pain and then teach you how to prevent the problem from returning.
Contact us today for an appointment at the Seattle Heel Pain Center.
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