I have really painful heels, not underneath more round the back anyone fancy helping me self diagnose?

[ByThePowerOfGreyskull]

It is really painful to walk on both feet but mainly left foot.
not painful at rest, painful to move without bearing weight, much more painful when bearing weight.

Any ideas?

can you get bunions round the back? any sticky out bits?

Is it your achilles tendon do you think? Have you been doing anything different physically lately?

soft skin, no bumps no external sign at all.

have been doing exercise but nothing exciting.

If it's at the back then it sounds like achilles tendonitis.

Does it hurt when you lift foot up (take weight off) ?

I get this in the summer when I wear really flat sandals, are you wearing different shoes? I understand its become a lot more common since flip flops and pumps became fashionable.

I'm with wily, I always get this for a week or two when I change to flat sandals or plimsolls for the summer. I persevere and eventually it goes away on its own. I sympathise though, it's flippin' painful and I get out of bed like an old crock (not Croc!) in a morning when it's bad.

sorry got to dash so will answer own question
Assuming it does hurt when you lift your foot up it may be what I had a while ago which was an inflamation of the tissue inside your foot. GP said to wear slightly higher heels and take anti inflamatory tablets. It took a while (weeks) but it did go.

HTH

it hurts as I put my foot down, and as i bend my foot to lift my foot up as I am walking.

Do you wear trainers a lot, or other fairly soft-soled type of shoe? I had something similar to this and it turned out that the cushioning under the heel of my trainers was starting to compress. I bought a new pair and the pain went within a fortnight.

Have you had an accident and jumped on them (landing IYKWIM)

well, I wore my celts all winter - I loved them but I do wonder if that is perhaps part of the problem as there is very little support and I have a very high instep.

thanks for your help

Is it on the bone (calanium) or more underneith?

you know the thinest part of your ankle at the back goes down to the floor - there is a rounded bone that doesn't stick out but is there, then there is a more fleshy bit more towards the floor but still not underneath (does that make any sense at all??????)

it is a band about an inch from the floor up.

This is your heal

eek sorry Fluffy - I cant tell what I am looking at from that picture.

Round bone is called the maleolus, see here

Sorry. See the one above, it's better.

Is it plantar fasciitis (sp?)? I went to the doctor with a painful foot once and they said "Ah yes, heel pain" and sent me off to the podiatrist. I had some laser radiation treatment and some stretching exercises to do. Has not recurred.

Is it worse first thing in the morning or when your foot has been still for a while?