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Due to osteoarthritis, sometimes you see a bone spur on the top of the foot. Osteoarthritis is a type of arthritis. The cartilage between bones can deteriorate due to this condition. The body produces extra growths of bones to compensate for missing cartilage. These bones are known as bone spurs.
But keep in mind, osteoarthritis isn’t the only reason. Other factors can cause bone spurs. Some activities, such as dancing, exercise, and running, can cause bone spurs.
Some other reasons of Bone Spurs:
- Wearing tight shoes
- Obesity or being overweight
- Injury to the foot
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Dear Anna,
Good question, In each cause of spur formation you have mentioned, the basic pathway of bone remodeling gets imbalanced. Osteoclasts degrade and osteoblasts regenerate bone. And is all regulated by other factors OPG/RANKL pathway. Understanding this pathway in each case and manipulating the pathway may resolve this problem.
Subhash
Many times calcifications at tendon attachment sites, like heel for plantar fascia or upper heel for tendoAchilles, may appear as spur in x ray films and are found in normal people or people with gout probem.
Spur may be osteophytes in certain patients.
Spur formation indirectly signifies stress over that part and may or may not be responsible for clinical presentation. Some spurs like chronic retrocalcaneal painful spurs in Hagelund disease or at heel in chronic plantar fasciitis may require excision.
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