Are you suffering from heel pain?

Does it often interrupt with your routine work?

Are you having difficulty walking?

Well, you may be suffering from Plantar Fasciitis, which is one of the most common causes of heel pain.

With the extreme painful heel, I know you are overwhelmed and questioning yourself how to get rid of it as quickly as possible.

Without further ado, let’s get started!

What is plantar fasciitis?

Fascia is an internal connective tissue, which connects, supports and holds organs and other parts of our internal body structure.

Similarly, a fascia located on the plantar side of our foot that connects the heel and toes is known as Plantar Fascia. It gives support and absorbs shock while walking, running and jumping. It also helps in maintaining the curve of our foot.

Any repetitive injuries, causing multiple tiny tears to the plantar fascia, leads to inflammation, stiffness, and pain.

An inflammation of the plantar fascia is known as plantar fasciitis.

Exercises

Taut muscles of your feet and calves aggravate Plantar Fasciitis. Stretching exercises to loosen the tight muscles of the heel is important.

Orthotics

There are three main Orthotics to manage Plantar Fasciitis. Heel pads, Shoe Insoles, and Night Splints. All of this orthotics helps in reducing inflammation caused by repetitive tear and relieve the tension of the Plantar Fascia-band.

The Night Splints blocks or minimise the ankle movement which allows the heel to rest and reduce inflammation.

Soft tissue manipulation

Muscles and soft tissue of foot affected with Plantar fasciitis get taut or tight. To bring back the elasticity of the soft tissue to get rid of pain, Soft Tissue Manipulation from Therapist plays a great role.

With the help of Soft Tissue Manipulation or massage, the local blood circulation increases, it softens the taut muscles and tissues and relieves pain.

The sports massage, which involves deep tissue manipulation is even more effective.

Electro modalities

Electromodalities like TENS and Ultrasound helps in reducing the pain and relieving the tension and tightness of the soft tissue of the feet.

Depending on your severity and history, your therapist will prescribe the duration, intensity, and frequency of the modalities accordingly. Therefore, it is highly recommended to get consulted by the certified therapist before getting yourself treated with electro modalities.

Postural training

Poor posture or improper techniques for running, walking, jumping and any other activities involving feet is the main cause of Plantar Fasciitis. It is important to get proper techniques for your activities to treat and prevent from being the victim again.

Your Therapist will access you and how you are performing the activities, and correct according to the proper techniques.

Arc Support Tape

Another reason to get pain in the heel is a weakness of the intrinsic muscles of the feet that maintains the arc. Along with the strengthening exercises, Physiotherapist also prescribes and apply tape to support the arc of the feet to prevent from stress on your Plantar Fascia.