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Plantar
Fasciitis
The plantar fascia is a
connective tissue in the
heel that stretches the
bottom length of your foot.
Plantar fasciitis is the
inflammation of this
connective band, causing
heel pain and overall
discomfort while walking or standing. Although the
condition is completely treatable, traditional
methods can take up to a year to start being
effective.
Plantar fasciitis is caused by a number of everyday
activities, so understanding and assessing the
condition is paramount to managing and treating it.
One of the most common causes of plantar fasciitis
is excessive running, especially with improper fitting
or non-supportive shoes. By over exercising and
running, the plantar fascia gets overworked and
overstretched, eventually causing tears in the tissue
and inflammation. Along with improper fitting
shoes, over-pronation is a common cause of plantar
fasciitis. By not having the right shoes to correct this
issue, once again the plantar fascia becomes
overstretched and starts to tear, causing the
inflammation.
Despite the common causes of plantar fasciitis,
there are many different treatment options. For less
severe cases, conservative home remedies such as
taking anti-inflammatory drugs to alleviate pain,
applying ice packs to the bottom of your foot and
heel, slowly stretching and exercising your feet to re-
strengthen the tissue, and using orthotic devices to
overcome issues such as over-pronation are all ways
to help manage your plantar fasciitis.
For more severe cases however, there are still things
that can be done. Shockwave therapy has become a
common solution for plantar fasciitis because it
effectively breaks up the tissue on the bottom of
your foot via sound waves which facilitates healing
and regeneration, allowing you to overcome the
chronic pain caused by plantar fasciitis. Even if this
doesn’t work, surgery is always a final option.
Surgery on the tissue itself can be done to
permanently correct the issue and stop the
inflammation and pain is your heels.
No matter what the case may be however, seeking
the immediate care of your podiatrist is the first and
best step to recovery. Even the slightest amount of
heel pain could be the first stages of plantar fasciitis
and the initial onset of tearing and overstretching of
that band of tissue. On top of this, because the
tearing of this tissue can be compounded if it
remains ignored, it could become a more severe
case than it needs to be. The solution to this is early
detection and early treatment, so be sure to talk to
your podiatrist about the possibilities of plantar
fasciitis if you’re experiencing heel pain.
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