I started having heel pain while on Armour and it has continued even when switching to Synthroid and Cytomel. Mine is a pain in the back of the heel (Achilles tendinitis), but others have pain on the ball of the heel (plantars fascitis). Now that I am on Hydrocort (oral hydrocortisone), I have not had any heel pain. I theorize that the Hydrocort is letting the thyroid hormones into my cells while before they were just pooling up in my blood. Other people have noticed their heel pain went away once starting thyroid meds.
It's likely that the edema many complain about is compressing the nerves in the ankles and feet. The Achilles Foot Clinic says that most cases of PF are caused by the genetic structure of a person's foot...BUT other causes include HIGH/LOW THYROID, diabetes, arthritis, collagen disorders, tumors or nerve injuries.
If you do have a thyroid disorder and are suffering from heel pain, try to optimize your thyroid medications and see if the pain doesn't go away.
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