All About Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis is a condition of the foot that is very painful and inflammatory.
It is a very common and known cause of heel pain that demands professional care only.
It is also referred as Tennis Heel, Jogger's Heel, Policeman's heel, Flip-flop disease, etc.
this condition is a result of extreme wear to the plantar fascia or biomechanical faults, hence leading to abnormal pronation.
Any person suffering from this condition experiences pain on the hollow side of the heel.
It is often connected with abrupt changes in weight bearing activity or long periods of weight bearing.
The tasks that needs more walking on the hard surfaces, an abrupt gain in weight, wearing shoes having little or an arched support and excess activity on foot; all these are associated with this condition of Plantar fasciitis.
Signs and Symptoms: - There is pain when the inside of heel is pressed along the arch.
- One experiences excessive pain usually in the early morning, because the fascia tightens up at the night.
The condition eases after sometimes as the foot gets warmed.
- Pain arises when the plantar fascia is stretched.
- Sometimes, the person may experience pain on the outer border of the heel.
This is because of the offloading painful side of the heel.
It may be due to the high impact of landing on the outer portion of the heel, if in case you have arched feet.
- The pain can worsen as the condition gets severe throughout the day if your daily activities continue.
Plantar fasciitis is commonly seen in sportsmen wherein they have to sprint, jump or run.
The sprinters who have to roll or flatten their feet are at higher risks.
The biomechanics of the foot pronating results in excess stretching of the plantar fascia.
Causes of Plantar Fasciitis: - The very common cause of this condition is tight calf muscles that results in prolonged velocity pronation of the feet.
As a result of this, it produces over stretching of the plantar fascia continuously leading to thickening and inflammation of tendons.
The thickening of the fascia looses its strength and flexibility.
- Low or high arch feet, biomechanical abnormalities such as oversipunation that needs to be assessed by biomechanist, or physiotherapist.
- Overpronation - Footwear lacking in proper arch support does not offer adequate walking and hence causes plantar fasciitis.
- Overweight individuals are at higher risk to develop this condition because of excessive impact of body weight on the feet.
Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis: A number of cases of plantar fasciitis have given a better response to non-operative treatments.
It is recommended to rest completely and stop all your unnecessary activities that will give additional stress to the fascia.
Apply ice or cold therapy, stretching the plantar fascia, using a plantar fasciitis taping technique all are important part of the treatment and help your foot to get rest.
You can always consult a physician before using any treatment on your own.
It is a very common and known cause of heel pain that demands professional care only.
It is also referred as Tennis Heel, Jogger's Heel, Policeman's heel, Flip-flop disease, etc.
this condition is a result of extreme wear to the plantar fascia or biomechanical faults, hence leading to abnormal pronation.
Any person suffering from this condition experiences pain on the hollow side of the heel.
It is often connected with abrupt changes in weight bearing activity or long periods of weight bearing.
The tasks that needs more walking on the hard surfaces, an abrupt gain in weight, wearing shoes having little or an arched support and excess activity on foot; all these are associated with this condition of Plantar fasciitis.
Signs and Symptoms: - There is pain when the inside of heel is pressed along the arch.
- One experiences excessive pain usually in the early morning, because the fascia tightens up at the night.
The condition eases after sometimes as the foot gets warmed.
- Pain arises when the plantar fascia is stretched.
- Sometimes, the person may experience pain on the outer border of the heel.
This is because of the offloading painful side of the heel.
It may be due to the high impact of landing on the outer portion of the heel, if in case you have arched feet.
- The pain can worsen as the condition gets severe throughout the day if your daily activities continue.
Plantar fasciitis is commonly seen in sportsmen wherein they have to sprint, jump or run.
The sprinters who have to roll or flatten their feet are at higher risks.
The biomechanics of the foot pronating results in excess stretching of the plantar fascia.
Causes of Plantar Fasciitis: - The very common cause of this condition is tight calf muscles that results in prolonged velocity pronation of the feet.
As a result of this, it produces over stretching of the plantar fascia continuously leading to thickening and inflammation of tendons.
The thickening of the fascia looses its strength and flexibility.
- Low or high arch feet, biomechanical abnormalities such as oversipunation that needs to be assessed by biomechanist, or physiotherapist.
- Overpronation - Footwear lacking in proper arch support does not offer adequate walking and hence causes plantar fasciitis.
- Overweight individuals are at higher risk to develop this condition because of excessive impact of body weight on the feet.
Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis: A number of cases of plantar fasciitis have given a better response to non-operative treatments.
It is recommended to rest completely and stop all your unnecessary activities that will give additional stress to the fascia.
Apply ice or cold therapy, stretching the plantar fascia, using a plantar fasciitis taping technique all are important part of the treatment and help your foot to get rest.
You can always consult a physician before using any treatment on your own.
