Heel pain just above the heel in soft area. Feels bruised.?

I have recently started having fairly bad heel pain. It hurts jus above the heel in the softs area. I recently began working out (flag football/running) however the injury didn't start hurting till about a week after my first workout so im not sure if that was the cause. I also purchased a new pair of Addidas running shoes for running, they have more arch support than Im used to but I thought this might be good. The heel portion does feel padded or soft though. Now I don't know if it is my new shoes causing the problem or whether I actually injured it working out. The pain subsides if I take Ibuprofrin. I read about Plantar Fascitis do you think this is the problem, how do I remedy this I can't hardly run. It has been about a week now.

Yes, could be plantar fasciitis. Ultrasound therapy can help or get a steroid injection in the heel if it really is plantar fasciitis. Hurts like hell during the injection but pain disappears completely in about a week in most cases. Why don't you see an orthopedist?

This is your achilles tendon, and your describing either tendonitis or a rupture of it. The pain is usually about 1" above your heel on the back of your foot. It's probably inflammed, but if you hear a popping noise when walk walking, if you can't walk on it then you've probably ruptured it. Report It

look up heel spurs too

From here I would say heel spurs, indeed treatable with corticosteroid injections: painful but efficient. You could also try an insole in the form of a horseshoe which takes the pressure off the spur bone. This sometimes works. As the previous answer said: consult an orthopedist.