Wear higher heeled shoes and choose shoes with heels made from soft rubber instead of leather. Running shoes are often the most comfortable. A shoe with the best support works best. Stretch the calf muscles daily. Nonsurgical Medical Treatments Over the counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin are helpful to reduce the pain and the inflammation.
Cortisone injections can provide dramatic relief of the pain and the discomfort.
The inflammation can also be reduced with physical therapy. You may need to be referred by a physician, however. Surgical Treatments for Heel Pain Only when non-surgical treatments have been tried and failed is surgery indicated for the relief of heel pain. Most of these surgical procedures can be completed on an outpatient basis in less than one hour. The surgery can be accomplished under local anesthesia or minimal sedation administrated by a trained anesthesiologist.