Heel pain remains one of the top reasons a person comes in to see a podiatrist. Pain in the AM that improves slightly, or pain upon rising out a chair or out of a car is the common complaint. This can be debilitating in nature and take a person out of their game mentally and physically.

Treatment at home can be stretching the achilles
OTC antinflammatories if you can take them
Rolling a frozen can on the bottom of your feet
Heel Pain Site has more stretching exercises for your review.

Treatment in office include injection, strapping, steroid Rx, Rx non steroidals, and physical therapy when all else fails we have shockwave therapy and of course surgery.

If you have a large spur on the bottom of your foot, you are more likely to require the surgery to remove the spur and lengthen the inflammed plantar fascia.
Shockwave therapy is the ultimate in heel pain treatment by causing an acute injury via the strong shocks, thus tricking the body into healing.

Typically when a patient has had heel pain for some time, it is because they have entered into a chronic inflammatory phase. This phase has inflammatory signals but no healing potential thus a dull, chronic pain that is not responsive to typical anti inflammatories.

Shockwave will transform the chronic condition to “rally the troops” to help heel fresh injury caused by the shockwave.

Wait, you are injuring me to help me heal? Yes, we are causing tiny injuries to the bone itself to increase circulation and bring about healing cells to the area where it is needed.

If it good enough for family and olympians in Beijing olympics, then it is good enough for our patients.

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