If you have a spur in there you can wear a hole in it too.....
There is a spur. I saw my Dr. on Wed the 14th about this, because the plantar fasciitis started becoming bothersome over the last few weeks. That appointment included an xray. My Dr. didn't seem to think much of the spur.
The Dr. gave me a splint to wear when I sleep, claiming that it usually works. It wasn't working for me, but at least I could still function. I was gonna schedule a follow-up anyway, but then last night I injured it. I was at work, and tripped over someone's guitar case. I didn't fall, but I caught myself with the left foot and when I did, with all my weight on it, something in there went POP and then I had that warm feeling like my shoe was suddenly full of something hot and mushy instead of a foot. In my mind's eye I saw the heel spur poke through the bottom of my foot, that's what the POP felt like.
I had to limp, badly, to get around for the rest of the night at work. But I could get around. Sort of. When I got home, and took off my shoes, I couldn't walk at all. I did a google search on the keywords "plantar fascia rupture" and the first case study I found matched my symptoms exactly, including the POP.
Sleep was very bad. I wore the splint, even though it doesn't seem to have been helping anything. But the pain in my foot gets much worse when I lie down. When I'm up, it's not so bad unless I try to put my weight on it, but lying down it begins to throb with stabbing pain.
There's no visible bruise or discoloration, but my foot does look a little puffy.
Anyway, I've got an appointment for 1:30. I wonder if my GP is gonna pass me off to a specialist?