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 Heel Spurs- Health Encyclopedia and Reference
The sensation has been described as "a toothache in the foot." When you place your weight on the heel, the pain can be sufficient to immobilize you.
Applying gentle heat to the painful area may ease the pain by dilating local blood vessels.
The pain might be localized at first, but continued walking and standing will soon cause the entire heel to become tender and painful.
http://www.drkoop.com/encyclopedia/43/224.html   (848 words)

  
 MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Heel pain
A heel cup, felt pads in the heel area, or an orthotic device may help.
Diagnostic tests that may be performed include a foot x-ray, focusing on the heel.
Night splints can help some types of heel pain.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003181.htm   (829 words)

  
 Cuban heel - definition of Cuban heel by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
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Saxon smiled with appreciation, pointed out her foot, velvet-slippered with high Cuban heels, and slightly lifted the tight black skirt, exposing a trim ankle and delicate swell of calf, the white flesh gleaming through the thinnest and flimsiest of fifty-cent black silk stockings.
A broad heel of moderate height with a slightly tapered back and straight front, used in shoes and some boots.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Cuban+heel   (182 words)

  
 French heel - definition of French heel in Encyclopedia
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French heel - definition of French heel in Encyclopedia
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 lift, lifted, lifting, lifts- WordWeb dictionary definition
One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
A device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/LIFT   (301 words)

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