My heel randomly started to hurt today?

Question

Today when i was out and about during the middle of the day my heel just really started to hurt and the pain became unbearable and now im at home doing nothing because i dont want to make it worse. what could possibly be wrong with my heel? It felt find earlier today

Answer 1

Sounds a little bit like Sciatica

And you play soccer, so that is very likely.  You have a nerve that goes down your leg and into your foot called your sciatic nerve.  If you have played soccer a long time this is common.  Do you stretch before and after practice?? Do you do anything to allow your muscles to relax? I worked on a few soccer and baseball players that suffered from sciatic pain.  Maybe you should try to get a massage.  Or you could rub your muscles yourself.  Try to relax them a bit and make sure you stretch everyday.

Regardless, this pain does go away, but it will also return under stress. So to cope, maybe try an anti inflammatory for now and get a massage.

Answer 2

How old are you? It might be growing pains. I used to get major heel pains when I was going through growth spurts.