Retrocalcaneal Bursitis

[uanto23]

Forget about Surgery, Cortisone Injections, Braces and Splints, Orthotics or Ultrasound Therapy.

I invented this new treatment for myself and I am almost cured in only one month. It will only cost you about 3 dollars and 15 minutes of work everyday.

I know what you are thinking... I must be crazy or trying to sell something. No, this is not an infomercial...

The 3 dollars are for a jar of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly. The rest is a daily massage that you can do it by yourself.

I have had retrocalcaneal heel spur for almost a year. I visited my doctor a couple of times, he suggested stretching exercises, advil, etc. I gained a little flexibility but no improvement in my pain.

Then I decided to tried something new... Researching online I found that the Heel spur is an accumulation of calcified deposit that attaches itself onto the calcaneus. That the tissue surrounding the calcaneus is not very vascular, and the exudate -- a by-product of inflammation -- has very few ways to be carried away from the area. After a period of time, this exudate will calcify (or harden) and, after repeated trauma, greater amounts of this calcified deposit will create what we call heel spur.

I thought: Maybe with massage I would increase blood circulation and hopefully dissolve the calcification. I was not very optimistic but there was not much to lose... the other option (surgery) could be worst. Three days later I realized that I was right on the money. The improvement I had in one week exceeded my expectations.

This is what I do everyday: Before going to bed I use a little vaseline to massage the heel spur and the surroundings areas. I use only my fingers and most of them from both hands. It has to be a deep massage and this requires a lot of work and they got fatigue very quickly.
After one month of this treatment I can see that the bump in the back of my heel is almost completely gone. I could say that I am 70% cured.
I hope that this information could be useful to someone with this problem. It is not life threatening but it diminish your quality of life.

[kmolter]

This reply is directed towards uanto23's comment about treating Haglunds with aggressive daily self massage. I am a marathon runner and have been fighting haglunds for about 15 years and each year it seems to be a little worse. Have you continued to have long term success with your massage treatment? Has anyone else found long term relief from massage?
Thanks!