Your Ultimate Guide to Plantar Fasciitis Relief Heel pain is a real pain in the... well, heel. And if you're nodding along because you've felt that sharp stab yourself, you're not alone. People from all walks of life, like teachers,...
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...
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...
Gel heel pads vary in density and thickness. Which one is right for your needs? This article looks at the attributes of each of our gel heel pads.
Which heel lift or heel cushion is right for you? This post discussed the relative hardness of heel lifts and heel cushions.
This post is part of a seven section blog on the diagnosis and treatment of plantar fasciitis. This post discusses complications of endoscopic plantar fasciotomy.
How can you treat plantar fasciitis without surgery? There's actually a lot of options that are used as alternatives to surgery. This article explores treatment alternatives for plantar fasciitis.
How is plantar fasciits treated surgically? This post takes an in-depth looks at a procedure called endoscopic plantar fasciotomy. Video of the procedure is included.
Plantar fasciitis can be successfully treated with conservative care in most cases. This article explores the different methods of conservative care in the treatment of plantar fasciitis.
Plantar fasciitis is such a common reason for heel pain that clinicians often need to be careful not to 'over diagnose' plantar fasciitis. What can be the other causes of heel pain? This article takes a look at the differential diagnoses for heel pain when the pain is not plantar fasciitis.
Plantar fasciitis has a number of contributing factors that include age, weight and heel height of your shoes. How do these contributing factors come together to cause acute heel pain? This article explores the contributing factors that lead t painful plantar fasciitis.
Plantar fasciitis is actually a fairly new medical term that is used to describe an old problem - heel spur. What's the history of this transition from heel spur to plantar fasciitis? Thsi article explores the definitions of heel pain and the history of plantar fasciitis.
The use of a cut-out heel pad or horseshoe pad dates back to the days when we believed that the primary contributing factor to heel pain was a spur on the bottom of the heel. Popular belief was that standing on the spur resulted in pain. Cut-out pads were used to pocket the bottom of the heel.
When selecting a heel cushion or heel lift to treat plantar fasciitis, remember that there's a distinct difference between the function of a heel cushion and the function of a lift. A little background is in order.
What's the best way to treat plantar fasciitis? Stretches are helpful as are a heel lift. What's the place of a night splint in the treatment of plantar fasciitis? This article explores the use of a night splint in the treatment of plantar fasciitis.
We meet at the store each week to go over foot conditions and how to treat them. Just a good opportunity to talk shop. This week we got into some of the subleties of plantar fasciitis and how to treat it. First though, to understand the basics of plantar fasciitis, be sure to read our knowledge base article on plantar fasciitis. I think that's really a great springboard to get you oriented to the condition.
