Diabetic heel pain is a condition associated with foot ailments in Diabetics. Individuals who have had Diabetes Mellitus for several years normally develop complications that can affect any part of the body, but symptoms in the heel can cause considerable problems. The symptoms stem from Diabetic Neuropathy, or nerve damage, caused by excess sugar in the bloodstream.

When food is consumed, the digestive system breaks down the food into smaller molecules, such as glucose, that pass into the bloodstream. Insulin should bind to the sugar and transfer it into other tissues for use as fuel, but this step does not take place. Either type 1 or Type 2 Diabetics do not produce adequate amounts of insulin or their body is resistant to the insulin that is produced. Therefore, the insulin does not remove the sugar, which then acts like a poison and is a detriment to all tissues and organs.…