Heel pain is experienced by people of all ages and demographic backgrounds. We often see children in our practice who are suffering from heel pain, working people who are on their feet most of the day, and older people who just wake up one morning with sharp stabbing pains in their heels. Pain is the body’s way of telling us that we may have suffered an injury. Because a variety of causes exist for heel pain, it is very important to have any type of heel pain properly diagnosed by a podiatrist.