High arches can also cause plantar fasciitis as they cause the plantar fascia to be stretched away from the calcaneus or heel bone.
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The plantar fascia is a ligament, a tough, fibrous structure, on the bottom of the foot, connected at one end to the heel bone.
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It is based on the projection of one bone, the calcaneus or heel bone, behind the articulation of the bones of the lower leg.
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After working in construction, doing air conditioning and sheet metal work for 28 years, he fell off a ladder in September 1994, shattering a heel bone.
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Those with plantar fasciitis are also likely to feel intense pain when pressure is applied to the front of the heel bone, where the fascia attaches.
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Repeated stress or pressure on the fascia where it attaches to the heel bone can cause microtears and painful inflammation in the arch near the heel.
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After suffering from a bone spur growth on her right heel bone, and after 2 operations, in July 2005 Merry announced her official retirement from athletics.
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Eventually, this strain can add up to Achilles tendinitis, a degeneration of this vital band of tissue, which connects the heel bone to the calf muscle.
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Dagosto discovered the telltale heel bone of the smallest Eosimias as she sifted through a cardboard box filled with soil and rock from one of the sites.
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The variations that seemed most important to her occur in a joint called the subtalar, where the rounded talus bone fits into the knobby calcaneus, or heel bone.
