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Plantar Fasciitis Verses Plantar Fasciosis

Plantar Fasciosis Verses Plantar Fasciitis

The Plantar Fascia The plantar fascia ligament helps support the bones of your foot and absorb the loading forces associated with standing, walking, running… Heel pain associated with the plantar fascia and plantar fasciosis can be quite disabling. Typically heel pain of plantar fascia origin is at its worst first thing in the morning, or… Read More >

Treatment For Heel Pain

Heel Pain Physiotherapy Treatment

How Is Plantar Fasciitis Diagnosed? A physiotherapist can typically diagnose plantar fasciitis through using the history of the condition and a clinical examination. X-rays can be used to investigate for the presence of a heel spur, which are calcium deposits that build up on the underside of the heel bone. Heel spurs are a process… Read More >

Spotlight On The Plantar Fascia

Spotlight On The Plantar Fascia

What Is The Plantar Fascia? The word fascia owes its origin to the Latin language, meaning “a band”, a layer of fibrous connective tissue surrounding different structures of the body including organs, nerves, muscles, bones… Specifically the plantar fascia is the fibrous tissue layer beneath the skin on the sole of the foot anatomically referred… Read More >