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01-04-2016, 04:56 PM | #1 | ||
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What could cause the following symptom?:
Strong electric shock feeling in a small area on my right heel (nearest to the calcaneal nerve branch - see picture). Felt only when walking, not at rest. The feeling is pulse like, not continuous. As I walk I get jolts of electric like pulses only in that area. Yellow area on photo shows where symptom is located. |
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01-05-2016, 10:50 AM | #2 | ||
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"Thanks for this!" says: | St George 2013 (01-06-2016) |
01-05-2016, 01:58 PM | #3 | |||
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Have you used a fluoroquinolone antibiotic recently? (Cipro, Levaquin or Avelox)
These may interfere with tendons and cause a tendon rupture, and this can happen months or a few years after you stopped the drug. I have pain in my left ankle, but it is where the nerve branches off the peroneal nerve in your diagram. You can go to a good podiatrist and get evaluated there. There can be spurs in the foot, or compressions of nerves that foot doctors are quite familiar with. You can also have gout, or pseudogout in the heel area. Tendonitis also occurs in the heel.
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01-05-2016, 05:14 PM | #4 | |||
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Tinel's sign is an electric sensation that results from tapping on a nerve that is aggravated or compressed. Check simple mechanical causes. The calcaneal nerve is very superficial and not well protected depending on how much fat is in the area. If you are bony and wearing shoes with a tight heel cradle (like a lot of athletic shoes have) then it just might be getting smooshed when you walk. Make sure you have enough room and consider cushioning the area.
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01-05-2016, 07:25 PM | #5 | ||
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Thanks, it does only seem to happen when my shoes are off.
Is it possible that it is from my spine? My neurologists doesn't think so. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | St George 2013 (01-06-2016) |
01-05-2016, 09:52 PM | #6 | |||
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Walking sounds mechanical to me...as opposed to standing which could be pressure from blood pooling in the foot or from swelling.
I would pay attention to what part of your stride is setting it off and that could give a clue. For example, I have surgical scar over my calcaneal and pretty much no fat there from trauma. When I heel strike and my foot is dorsiflexed I sometimes get a zinger where the nerve is pulled across a bony prominence. Pinpointing the part of the walking motion might tell you if it is a stretch issue or a pressure issue. As for the spine, I of course can't say, but it does seem intuitively that you might have additional symptoms if that were the case.
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