Plantar Fasciitis

You have painful plantar fasciitis, then you are probably looking a for quick and easy resolution to your pain. Right NOW! You think your alone with this one. More than 2,700,000 searches per month of people just like you looking for answers! You are probably not worried about the how's, why and what for's but are looking for plain and simple answer and techniques to get rid of your pain. This is the most common cause of foot problems in western society. This condition is a condition due to an inflammation of the flat band of tissue called the plantar fascia. Its function is to support the arch of your foot when walking. Most people describe the pain like a sharp, stabbing or burning sensation that starts at the heel and tends to spread forward into the arch of the foot. hence lots of people are looking for answers, treatment and quick results. This condition is agonizingly painful, frustrating and life draining and will get worse without treatment.

Causes
The first step in order to receive the correct plantar fasciitis pain treatment is to figure out the cause of the condition. Many different factors cause plantar fasciitis, such as, tight calf muscles, injury from running and jumping, arthritis both degenerative and systemic, poorly fitting shoes,systemic disease, poor body posture when running and walking, poor foot posture and foot biomechanics, history of lower back injury and history of lower limb surgery.

Plantar Fasciitis Treatment
Your Podiatrist can help you diagnose your condition and then outline a plan of action to treat it. After your diagnosis has occurred and prognosis determined, your Podiatrist will advise you on the best pain therapy. Most of the time, plantar fasciitis therapy can be done in your own home with exercise, rest and relaxation. There are some plantar fasciitis secrets that only a few practitioners know about and sometimes you may have to search far and wide to find a great Podiatrist who can help you with this. Staying off your feet for a given amount of time and rest from weight bearing activities is recommended. Other times, your Podiatrist may tell you to apply tape to the bottom of your feet to help support your arches and reduce tension off your plantar fascia. Typically this is located at the heel and just anterior to the insertion of the plantar fascia into the heel bone. This reduces swelling and inflammation o allow the healing process to respond more quickly.

Strengthening and foot flexibility exercises are integral and another treatment used to firstly help with reduction of inflammation and pain reduction and then looking at preventing the condition from returning. The use and application ice to the area of inflammation for 10 minutes on and 20 minutes off, usually in the middle of the day and at the end of the day. This procedure helps to reduce pain and oedema which also speeds up the healing process.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs will help alleviate some pain. A Podiatrist will suggest specific stretching exercises of the plantar fascia, Achilles tendon and hamstring and quadriceps muscles as a way of treating your plantar fasciitis. Even though plantar fasciitis is frustrating and slow to heal, a visit to a foot specialist called a Podiatrist can greatly reduce healing times and get you back into life quickly and easily.