Your foot is an intricate network of bones, ligaments, tendons and muscles. Strong enough to bear your body weight, your foot can be prone to injury and pain. Pain in your foot can have many different causes such as Injuries to your foot’s muscles, nerves, blood vessels, skin, tendons or ligaments.

Every mile you walk puts tons of stress on each foot. Your feet can handle a heavy load, but too much stress pushes them over their limits and you may develop heel pain, the most common problem affecting the foot and ankle.

Many people ignore the early signs of heel pain and keep on doing the activities that caused it. When you continue to walk on a sore heel, it will only get worse and could become a chronic condition leading to more problems. Conditions that cause heel pain generally fall into two main categories: pain beneath the heel and pain behind the heel.