Causes

The most common causes of heel pain are plantar fasciitis (bottom of the heel) and Achilles tendinitis (back of the heel). Causes of heel pain also include:

• Achilles tendinitis
• Achilles tendon rupture
• Bone tumor
• Bursitis (joint inflammation)
• Haglund's deformity
• Heel spur
• Osteomyelitis (a bone infection)
• Paget's disease of bone
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Plantar fasciitis
• Reactive arthritis
• Retrocalcaneal bursitis
• Rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory joint disease)
• Sarcoidosis (collections of inflammatory cells in the body)
• Stress fractures
• Tarsal tunnel syndrome