Overuse injury of the plantar fascia caused by repetitive microtrauma from prolonged walking or running –Bilateral squeeze of calcaneus can be useful in identifying stress fracture (rare), but if done ...

Background Ten percent of the population present with heel pain during their lifetime. More than 80% of these patients are active working adults between the ages of 25 and 65 years. Plantar fasciitis ...

Heel pain is one of the most common reasons that people visit a podiatrist, but the reasons behind the pain are not always easy to determine. Podiatrists emphasize people who are experiencing heel ...

A 75-year-old woman was ascending an icy staircase when she had a sudden onset of right calf and heel pain, which resulted in abrupt dorsiflexion of her plantar-flexed right foot. She presented to the ...

Careful physical examination generally allows the clinician to make the diagnosis of plantar fasciitis. Patients with an atypical history and pain on palpation of areas other than the medial aspect of ...

This week we are going to discuss something that mimics plantar fasciitis in the foot which does not respond to traditional treatment for plantar fasciitis and can be quite confusing for both patient ...

Objectives: To determine if, in the short term, acetic acid and dexamethasone iontophoresis combined with LowDye (low-Dye) taping are effective in treating the symptoms of plantar fasciitis. Methods: ...