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A calcaneal spur (also known as a heel spur) is a bony outgrowth from the calcaneal tuberosity (heel bone). [1] Calcaneal spurs are typically detected by x-ray examination. [2] It is a form of exostosis. When a foot is exposed to constant stress, calcium deposits build up on the bottom of the heel bone. Generally, this has no effect on a person ...
Exostoses are sometimes shaped like spurs, such as calcaneal spurs. Osteomyelitis , a bone infection, may leave the adjacent bone with exostosis formation. Charcot foot , the neuropathic breakdown of the feet seen primarily in diabetics , can also leave bone spurs that may then become symptomatic.
Bone healing, or fracture healing, is a proliferative physiological process in which the body facilitates the repair of a bone fracture. Generally, bone fracture treatment consists of a doctor reducing (pushing) displaced bones back into place via relocation with or without anaesthetic, stabilizing their position to aid union, and then waiting ...
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Calcaneal spur (heel spur) is a small calcified bone extension located on the inferior aspect of the calcaneus or on the back of the heel at the insertion of the Achilles tendon. The condition is typically a response to plantar fasciitis over a period of time.
The daughters of a podiatrist who diagnosed the now-president with bone spurs, exempting him from Vietnam War service, say their father did so as a "favor."
An incidental finding associated with this condition is a heel spur, a small bony calcification on the calcaneus (heel bone), which can be found in up to 50% of those with plantar fasciitis. [6] In such cases, it is the underlying plantar fasciitis that produces the heel pain, and not the spur itself. [13]
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