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Inclusion Criteria: * age will range from 40-60 * both sex male and female * unilateral calcaneal spur * Patients with pain and inflammation at the bottom of heel, or the location where the spur is present. * All subjects have body mass index less than 29 kg/cm2 * sharp pain like a knife in the heel when standing up in the morning * pain may also appear at the end of the day or after spending long periods of time on the feet * sharp pain with the first steps in the morning or after a long period of rest and dissipating when weight bearing is initiated. * All diagnosed patients, were evaluated and confirmed radiologically by specialist doctor, by performing a standard X-ray foot profile image Exclusion Criteria: * Surgery within the last 6 months * Sensory or motor paralysis -Received steroid injections within the last 3 months- * discrepancy in length of the lower extremities greater than or equal to 1 cm. * systemic disease in the last six months that may predispose to heel pain(e.g., rheumatoid arthritis and lupus). (Dudoniene V et al.,2023). * Calcaneal spurs are associated with various medical conditions, including obesity, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's disease, and spondylarthritis.