Review on Purastep Silicone Heel pad - An Ankle Pain reliever A short r eview on ankle pain reliever - Purastep Silicone Gel Heel Pad Socks for Pain Relief for Men and Women. But let's look at causes that produce foot pain. What is Heel pain? Heel pain is usually not caused by a single injury like from twisting of ankle or just falling, but it is more of less from repetitive stress that your ankle is taking and/or by repetitive hitting your heel on something solid like ground. It can be caused from plantar fasciitis or heel spur syndrome, stress fracture, tendonitis, arthritis, nerve irritation and sometimes rarely from a cyst. Common Causes of Ankle pain Include: Plantar fasciitis means inflammation of plantar fascia which happens to be a band of tissues that runs from heel to the tip of your toes which produces heel pain. This type of pain is often happens because of the way how your foot is, for example, if the arches of your foot is ...