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How does compression treat plantar fasciitis?

Compression is a well known therapy for acute injuries and chronic swelling.  For example, use of compression in the case of an ankle sprain helps to facilitate healing by reducing swelling, stabilizing the ankle injury and improving proprioception.  Pr...

How do you cure plantar fasciitis? 

How six little hairbands can fix your feet.  We call it banding.

I’ve seen thousands of patients who suffer from plantar fasciitis, and there's one thing for sure, they all suffer from the same problem; equines.  Equinus is a medical condition that describes tig...

A unique fracture of the calcaneus not found within any fracture classification.

I saw a unique fracture of the heel bone (calcaneus) this week that in 32 years of practice, I don’t believe I have ever seen before.  This fracture is not described in the most common fracture classifications, includi...

Chronic Achilles tendonitis – treatment with Spring Plates

What’s a Spring Plate got to do with Achilles tendinitis?  Quite a bit, actually.  A Spring Plate changes the gait cycle enough to ‘unload’ the Achilles tendon during gait.  Let’s take a little closer look.

The leg, the ankle and the foot ...

Understanding the anatomy of the foot and ankle

Many of our customers who follow this blog and subscribe to our newsletter are in the medical profession.  We hear from home health nurses, wound care professionals, students, and physicians.  One of our best resources for these health care profession...