Why Do I Have Heel Pain?
When the joints in the feet are misaligned it can cause the muscles and tissues which connect to your heel to strain and tear. It can be like the plantar fascia is trying to tear itself off of the heel bone.
What Is The Plantar Fascia?
The plantar fascia is a long thin band of tissue that runs between and connects your heel bone and the ball of your foot.
Do I Have Heel Pain Or Plantar Fasciitis?
Heel Pain, Plantar Fasciitis and Painful Heel Spurs are usually caused by the same thing. If you’re experiencing heel pain, it’s likely caused by the plantar fascia tearing. This can eventually lead to plantar fasciiits and can sometimes lead to the development of a heel spur.
What Is Plantar Fasciitis?
Plantar Fasciitis is a medical condition which essentially means you have an inflammation of the plantar fascia. It is usually caused by the plantar fascia tearing leading to an inflammatory response as the body tries to heal the damage.
Why Are My First Steps Each Day Painful?
Heel pain usually comes first thing in the morning, or after resting for a period of time, because the plantar fascia shortens while at rest, but then tears upon rising.
Why Is Activity Painful?
The more activity you do, the more damage you’ll do to the plantar fascia. This results in more inflammation and more pain.
Have You Treated Many People With Heel Pain?
Plantar Fasciitis, Heel Pain and Painful Heel Spurs are the most common complaints we see at our clinic.
How Can you Help Me?
At your initial consultation your practitioner will look for the underlying cause of your heel pain. They will conduct a number of tests to correctly diagnose you and come up with a personalised treatment plan for you.
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Why Do You Use X-Rays?
X-rays are an essential way to see the internal alignment of the joints.
This is an extreme example of a problematic foot which is misaligned in the wrong position. This misalignment often causes tearing and straining of the tissues, which leads to pain. When the foot is out of alignment, the body is often out of alignment in other places. Misaligned feet can also cause misalignment in the ankles, knees and hips, potentially causing pain or other issues in other parts of the body as well.
What Are Heel Spurs?
A heel spur develops when the foot tissue is under so much strain that it starts to tear off the bone.
The body attempts to reinforce the tissues by developing down a bony spur. The more tearing, the bigger the spur.
The spur itself is not painful. The painful part is the tissues tearing out of the bone and the body building up the spur.
What Is Sever’s Disease?
A heel spur develops when the foot tissue is under so much strain that it starts to tear off the bone.
The body attempts to reinforce the tissues by developing down a bony spur. The more tearing, the bigger the spur.
The spur itself is not painful.
The painful part is the tissues tearing out of the bone and the body building up the spur.
What Can Be Done About Plantar Fasciitis, Heel Pain & Heel Spurs?
By realigning the joints in the feet, knees and hips with hands-on adjustments and with specialised exercises, we can address the underlying problem.
This can stop the tearing, stop the heel spur building and stop the pain.
You Don’t Have To Live With Heel Pain!
Getting up in the morning and getting up after rest can be excruciating if you experience pain in your feet and heels.
But it doesn’t have to be!
Every day our podiatrists and physiotherapists see patients with misaligned joints which cause them to experience heel pain.
Our podiatry treatment has helped thousands of clients get out of bed pain-free.
With the right treatment our heel pain clients can get back to walking barefoot and even back to wearing high heels because their feet are stronger and working more efficiently.
Many other podiatry treatments or clinics predominantly focus on issuing orthotics for heel pain. But this can mean you always need to wear orthotics and it can limit your choice of shoes. At Hip to Toe we know there are also other ways to treat heel pain without orthotics. This can give you the freedom to wear the shoes you want without always needing orthotics and can even get you back to wearing no shoes at all.
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