PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - José Alvarez-Nemegyei AU - Juan J. Canoso TI - Heel pain: Diagnosis and treatment, step by step DP - 2006 May 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 465--471 VI - 73 IP - 5 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/5/465.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/5/465.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2006 May 01; 73 AB - The differential diagnosis of heel pain is broad andcan be overwhelming if a systematic approach is not used. Focused questions and physical examination can help identify heel pain as Achilles tendinopathy or plantar fasciitis, or as due to a less common cause such as gout, spondyloarthropathy, or hypercholesterolemia.