One of my coworkers at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is quite a fitness enthusiast. Over the years, he’s gone deep with many different pursuits, including HIIT training, mud runs and ...

One of our members stopped me the other day and asked if he could exercise with bone spurs in his foot. Let’s first explain what bone spurs are; bone spurs are a bony growth formed on a normal bone. A ...

Several different surgical procedures can be used to treat plantar fasciitis. The condition is caused by inflammation or degeneration of the ligament that connects the heel to the toes, and can cause ...

Dear Dr. Douma: A long time ago, I read one of your columns about heel bone spurs. In it you mentioned a treatment called extracorporal shock treatment. I would appreciate it if you would cover this ...

Giants first baseman Brandon Belt is expected to begin physical therapy at his home in Texas this week after undergoing an operation in Wisconsin on Thursday to remove a bone spur from his right heel, ...

Thailand's Wichanee Meechai has suffered from foot and ankle pain since July. The LPGA veteran recently posted on Instagram she'd undergone surgery to remove a bone spur that was causing a tear in the ...

Just like many other types of foot pain, there are a handful of things that can cause heel pain in particular—and having the right shoe can do a lot to ease that pain or prevent it in the first place.