Go down the topical magnesium track, got rid of mine naturally taking supplements and various other non herbal things on my heel spurs with inflamed tendons under the arches of both feet with nodules on the tendons. It’s the dance that calcium and magnesium do on the mineral wheel IMO.

We must think about why did the bone spur happen in the beginning. The bone spur appears or grows where the tendon is glued to the bone. If the tendon is too tight it is trying to rip off the bone. To stop this ripping off the bone the body will put more glue there ie a calcium deposit. So why is the tendon so tight all the time.. lack of magnesium is what I was led to. I have seen some cases where they have been in for surgery and then 6mths of recovery if they didn’t get a staph infection, also their immune system is slammed from the antibiotics post surgery and kidney and liver has taken a hit. Many times they are back in again because it can detach again, not only that they gain weight, depression sets in etc. They have not assessed the original cause lack of magnesium. The pain associated is from inflammation, so we must address that too. Ie reduce the inflammation.
I have heard of the castor oil thing and never taken that route myself, there are better quicker faster ways. On animals we use DMSO for this kind of thing, but one needs to read up and learn, it is a solvent and will take anything into the skin. It brings blood to the area and also takes down inflammation. (hope I am not in trouble on here for mentioning it) I use it on my animals with great success with magnesium oil and dmso. I also supplement zinc for them as that helps boost tissue healing. I ended up spending a lot of money at a podiatrist initially and they could not help me, at least in the mean time until I figured out something and fixed them they taught me how to strap both of my feet which was a bonus at the time. I don’t do anything now besides get the magnesium oil out if my muscles get tight, the bone spurs have gone.

Also I confirmed that this can happen after talking to a lady (her daughter worked for me at the time) who had one of those gastric bands put on her stomach, she was morbidly obese prior. She said to me after the surgery she had liquid protein basically only for a long time. She said that she also was prescribed minerals and vitamins that she would be on the rest of her life because the food intake would not be adequate. Her doctor stopped her anxiety and head meds within a month or so, also stopped her diabetes and heart meds as she no longer needed them and to her great surprise her bone spurs disappeared. I was like totally wow. Sadly this woman will most likely end up near where she started off as she has figured out how to get around the gastric band by sucking on chocolate all day. It is sad that some simply will not change their habits and have to resort to such drastic measures. Anyway I thought the story of this lady may be of some use for some.

• This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by Sharon E.