Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis, often referred to as "heel spurs", is the most common cause of heel pain that our podiatrists diagnose and treat. Typically described as pain with the first step in the morning or after rest, on the bottom inner edge of the heel.
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Your plantar fascia is a connective tissue that fans out across your arch and helps to stabilise and support your foot during gait. When the plantar fascia is overloaded and strained, it can become injured, inflamed and cause heel pain.
Why does it occur?
Plantar fasciitis will occur when excessive load is placed through the ligament.
​According to the tissue stress model, a soft tissue structure can withstand a certain amount of load or “stress”, before being pushed beyond the load capacity, resulting in injury.
May occur gradually overtime or in one particular incident.
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Treatment
may include:
> rest, ice, compression, and elevation
> footwear modifications
> stretching and strengthening exercises
> strapping
> orthotic therapy
> foot mobilisation
> shockwave or dry needling
> load and activity management