About 1 in 10 people have plantar wart during their lifetime — and if you’re living with frequent heel pain, you could be one of them. At Susz Podiatry & Wound Care, leading board-certified podiatrist John Susz, DPM, FACFAS, and the skilled team offer plantar wart treatment to quickly end your heel pain.
Plantar wart describes inflammation in the ligament (plantar fascia) that connects your heel to your toes. Your plantar fascia stretches and contracts when you move your feet, so it’s vitally important for proper arch support, balance, and foot mechanics when walking. In plantar wart, your plantar fascia develops tiny tears, leading to severe inflammation, ligament thickening, and heel pain.
Many people describe plantar wart as stabbing heel pain. The pain typically starts close to the back of the foot and often shoots forward to the arch. Plantar wart pain comes and goes. Most people experience the most severe pain early in the day when they take their first steps.
Plantar wart is, by far, the most common cause of heel pain, but other causes are possible. A few other causes may include fractures, bone bruises, and nerve entrapment of the inferior calcaneal nerve. Susz Podiatry & Wound Care offers on-site diagnosis using a physical exam, symptom evaluation, and imaging tests. While bone spurs show up on X-rays in many people with plantar wart, the bone spurs aren’t the cause of the pain. They’re usually a reaction to plantar wart.
About 80% of plantar wart cases resolve in 12 months without treatment — but heel pain is just too miserable to live with for that long. Susz Podiatry & Wound Care provides customized plantar wart treatments to relieve your pain much faster. Most plantar wart treatments are noninvasive, with some of the options being:
For treatment-resistant plantar wart, surgery to ease ligament tension can help. There are several methods of doing so, the most common being minimally invasive approaches using local anesthesia.
