Well, Are they even suggesting surgery yet? Usually that is after all the other treatment is exhausted.
I would make sure it's not only a pain pill, but a good anti inflamatory.

I had heel spurs twice. Each time the podiatrist gave me a shot in the heel and the spur was gone the next day. No surgery.

I've had one for a year now. Have done all the stretching, cushioned inserts etc. It hurts sometimes more than others but the worst is when I "roll" on the heel the wrong way. It will put me down.

I will be going back to the doc for more options. I don't really want surgery but I'd like to get back to running again!

I had them twice years ago....several shots of cortisone in the heel did the trick...they never came back. Using arch supports also helps quite a bit.

Last year I developed a bone spur in my heel (different than heel spur). It took 8 months to go away....physical therapy, stretching exercises and several ultrasound treatments.

Oh boy, I feel his pain...Had them in the one heel and after shots and the stretching etc. no more pain, thank goodness......

I had them years ago. I used sports tape and healed it. Took several months but I didn't want a shot in my heel.

You take the sports wrap first and put that around your arch. This saves your skin from hurting when you pull the tape off. Then take 6 to 8 inches of tape (sports Tape) and pull it up around your arch from the bottom. Tight but not too tight. I would put on one piece then stand to see if it holds the arch up. Then use a few more to make sure your arch has support. Then good shoes. I did this and my spur healed itself.

The cause of heel spurs my Dr told me was the muscle under your foot, the arch can get stretched too far and then the bone will grow to help that, well, walking on that extra bone in the foot hurts. So by supporting the arch muscle so it doesn't get overextended will prevent that. Hard to explain in words.

This is a pretty good video of what I did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy1ZEJ-kKTg

I had a heel spur once and it was very painful. My Doc said that he could order out surgery, but that would be his option of last resort, but if I insisted, he would do it. His recommendation was to try other things first because the surgery can be as bad as a the malady and the healing time might be the same as alternate choices.

The xray showed that I had a calcium deposit that was poking the achilles tendon. (The achilles tendon runs down the back of the leg, flattens out like a belt and wraps around the heel and thense crosses the arch of the foot to fasten parts behind the ball of the foot.) The cure was to see if we could shrink the deposit and prevent agitating the tendon as much as possible. I had been wearing dressy shoe-boots that had a 1 inch lift in the heel. The first move was to ditch the shoes and wear something with a softer heel and no elevation. Changing footwear was enough to soften the load to the heel; A change in diet and more liquids to reduce the calcuim deposit helped. The deposit shrank on its own and that was the last of it. Healing time was 3 to 4 months, During that time, I used caution to prevent bruising that area.

After that, I chose shoe heel constuctions that protected the heel and avoided any heel lifts. Fortunately, the problem has stayed away for more than 20 years.

Originally, I developed the problem at a picnic when I ran to first base after batting the ball. By the time I got to first base, I had injured the tendon and was a cripple.

He should probably get a Dr. Scholl's heel insert for plantar fascitis which he may have, it can't hurt to try. I think the wrapping would work too. I read there is a laser surgery for heel spurs, you may want to look in to that.

It just never fails to surprise me that too often I have a 'problem', the KT has 'it' as a subject. Recently that heal spur started for me and I've been treating it. Just 2 days ago, I could not put any weight on it, so found the exercises on the web, as well as all the other options. I'm amazed at how quickly I got some relief, after doing the exercises for the last 2 ays. Still painful, but I'm getting around better. I imagine my MD appt. this week will talk about other options. Thanks for all the above answers.!!!! Nanny

My DH had one and he started wearing crocs, it did help.

I agree, real Crocs helped me too as they have a better arch support, which is key. You can do exercises too--stand on a step (the bottom one) with your heels hanging out over the step, hold onto the railings, and drop your heels and hold that position for a bit. Repeat.