An old western tune speaks of “spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle” as the cowboy singer “goes riding merrily along.” This pleasant description may hold true when a spur is made of metal and sits behind ...

But heel spurs are only one of several causes of pain on the bottom of the heel. Similar types of heel pain can be caused by another problem, such as bursitis.

The only way to know for sure that you have heel spurs (or any kind of bone spurs) is by having an X-ray done. Symptoms can be absent until the spurs start to press on other bones or tissues.

"He had a little bone spur in his heel that was aggravating him, but he should be good to go when he gets here." Tulowitzki is in the seventh year of a 10-year, $157.75 million deal signed in 2011 ...

“Heel spur” is often their self-diagnosis, but the culprit can be – or be due to – a related condition that’s a very common cause of heel pain, namely plantar fasciitis.

The terms heel spur and plantar fasciitis are sometimes mixed up by persons. While these two diagnoses are related, they are not the same. A heel spur is a pointed bony outgrowth of the heel bone ...