title: Differential diagnosis and treatment of heel pain.
abstract: Heel pain caused by heel spur syndrome is a common finding in the podiatric community. It can be baffling and frustrating to the podiatric physician when its rectification becomes conservatively prolonged. This article helps the podiatric physician realize that heel pain may be present whether there is a spur or not and helps give a basic understanding of the systemic disorders that can be involved with heel pain.
authors.affiliation: Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, North Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dailey
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002111:Calcaneus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D059408:Pain Management