Stone Bruise Heel Pain

Sometimes we step on an extremely hard object in the wrong way.  This can cause bruising underneath our heel.  This is known as a stone bruise.  The word bruise can be somewhat misleading because you may or may not have a buise-like discoloration on your foot.  The name stone bruise comes as if you stepped hard and wrong on some form of rock or stone.  The good news about a stone bruise is that it will eventually go away.  You may want to rest, take it easy, in order to speed the healing process up, but you will not do any long term damage by walking on a stone bruise, though it may be painful.  The best treatment, however, is rest.