Plantar Fasciitis Vs Bone Spur. Stress fractures usually are shallow along the surface of the bone. Plantar Fasciitis is a condition mostly described as heel pain with the first step in the morning and with walking.
Plantar fasciitis commonly causes sharp stabbing pain that happens during your first steps in the morning. See What Is Plantar Fasciitis. A heel spur is a type of bone spur or calcium deposit that develops on the calcaneus or heel bone.
Pain from plantar fasciitis is felt in the arch of the foot and heel.
Many people who have plantar fasciitis also have heel spurs that are visible on the X-rays. By Valencia HigueraFeb 01 20196 mins to read. Essentially its inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes plantar fascia. Pain from plantar fasciitis is felt in the arch of the foot and heel.