By: Hsbuena | 2010-10-27 | Fitness I'm a dance trainer and train 23 hours a week. I have plantar fasciitis and can't seem to get rid of it. I've been stretching, icing, rolling my toes on tennis balls, sporting tennis footwear in all dance lessons, wear insoles recommended to me by my chiropractor, gotten my feet adjusted and put electric stim through them, and taped my feet daily. I'm still in pain. This started in Nov. I was just questioning if you had another ideas. I respect any recommendation you can provide! read more
By: Thomas J Mark | 2011-08-09 | Parenting There are causes of foot can be quite tricky to determine. You have to make accurate diagnosis as it will determine the kind of treatment that you will be doing. There are several results of heel pain. An example of this would be foot pain arch or plantar fasciitis. This is considered as a common cause of the pain. read more
By: healthchiro | 2011-04-19 | Health & Fitness Plantar Fasciitis is one of the most common causes of heel pain in runners. It involves pain and inflammation of a thick band of tissue, called the plantar fascia, which runs across the bottom of your foot - connecting your heel bone to your toes. read more
By: Michel Yvonne Maling | 2010-10-20 | Fitness The plantar fascia is a sheath that stretches along the full length of the bottom of the foot. This muscle is very important to ballet dancers, as it ensures good propulsion in steps of elevation and is used in walking and running. If the plantar fascia gets inflamed or irritated, the condition is called Plantar Fascitis. read more
By: Christine Dobrowolski, DPM | 2010-04-02 | Health & Fitness Plantar fasciitis is the tearing, inflammation and subsequent degeneration of the plantar fascia, a long ligament in the bottom of the foot. Plantar fasciitis develops due to overuse, poor shoes and/or abnormal foot mechanics. Common conservative treatments for plantar fasciitis include eliminating the aggravating factors, icing the heel, contrasting between hot and cold, stretching, supportive shoes, orthotics or semi-rigid arch supports, night splints, taping and steroid injections. read more
By: David | 2012-02-27 | Anti aging First step in the morning heel pain is no joke? Nor is the surgery performed if you fail to correct the cause of this debilitating condition. Pronounced plan-tar fash-ee-eye-tis, this condition is a common cause of heel and foot pain and can be disabling. Professional athletes like Dwayne Wade and Ryan Spilborghs know this first-hand. read more
By: Robert Frankfather | 2011-03-07 | Health & Fitness There are many causes of pain directly under the heel. Perhaps the most common cause is called plantar fasciitis. This is also commonly known as a heel spur. Whatever name you call it, the evaluation and the treatment remains the same. This discussion will include the anatomy of heel pain the treatment alternatives and what you can expect during your recovery. read more
By: qs health | 2012-02-20 | Health & Fitness Qs Health provides solutions of Foot Pain, Knee Pain, Heel Pain, Arch Pain, Foot Corns, Plantar Fasciitis and Orthopedic Solutions. Also provides Blood Pressure Monitors and Healthcare Products. read more
By: Dr. Mathew Ullom, D.C. | 2010-04-03 | Health & Fitness Under normal circumstances, your plantar fascia acts like a shock - absorbing bowstring, supporting the arch in your foot. But if the tension on the bowstring becomes too great, it can create small tears in the fascia. Repetitive stretching and tearing can cause the fascia to become irritated or inflamed, and leads to adhesions in the fascia and surrounding tissues. read more
By: Jason R Reynolds | 2010-03-28 | Health & Fitness The best treatment for plantar fasciitis is to treat the root cause of the problem. Plantar fasciitis is a very painful condition of the feet that results in inflammation and discomfort. read more
By: Anna Thomson | 2011-12-15 | Fashion Plantar fasciitis is a painful swelling of the thick tissue on the underside of the foot. Some symptoms include a dull pain in the heel of the foot, which becomes increasingly worse during the day. read more
By: Seth Godfrey | 2011-05-17 | Alternative Medicine Plantar fasciitis surgery is in fact suggested for treating the complications of plantar fasciitis, a foot problem. Continue reading to know a lot more relating to the medical procedures for plantar fasciitis. read more
By: Kip Tucker | 2011-02-26 | Health & Fitness When a patient comes in to see Ian Klein DPM, they have a different experience than they might have at a run-of-the-mill podiatrist’s. This is because Ian Klein DPM is not your average podiatrist! Many of the doctors who share his specialty are happy to treat each patient and move swiftly on to the next. Ian Klein DPM believes that this is not the best way to do things in his field. read more
By: mslingland | 2010-10-30 | Health & Fitness What’s plantar fasciitis? This is basically a medical condition in which the heel or heel bone plantar fascia is affected with tiny tears read more
By: Scot Robinson | 2010-09-13 | Hair Loss Plantar fasciitis is the result of an inflammation of the plantar fascia, a band of connective tissues connecting the heel bone to the toes. read more