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My father is 60 yrs old. He experiences pain in heel, some times pain is so severe that he is not able to walk. Please help
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Detailed history and assessment is needed to come to a diagnosis and form further line of treatment.
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see a musculoskeletal or sports physiotherapist, if in Mumbai find Flex Physiotherapy Centre,Malabar Hill
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let him try wearing footwear with a slight heel raise around half an inch.
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