plantarheelpain Archives - Waikato Podiatry

Plantar Fasciitis

What is Plantar Fasciitis? The plantar fascia (PF) is a bundle of strong connective tissue which runs the entire length of the sole of the foot. It fans out from the heel running towards the toes. The PF is important for maintaining strength and arch of the foot. Due to the huge forces placed on…

Managing Toe Infections

Today what we’re going to do is we’re going to have a look at and talk about some infections. Usually, infections will be secondary to a break in the skin. They can also be inter-digitally or between the toes. But for a case example, what we’re going to use today is an infection secondary to…

Simple Toe Dressing

Today what we’re going to do is we’re going to do just a simple toe dressing. Toes can be quite tricky to dress and so there’s a couple of little techniques and things that we can do here to try to help make that a little bit easier. How to Apply a Simple Toe Dressing:…

Treating Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar heel pain treatment options. There are a number of treatment options that you can use for plantar heel pain. As we’ve already touched on the main four are: education around the condition; doing stretches for first step pain; using radial shockwave therapy, or extra corporal shockwave therapy to help stimulate healing and the tissue;…

Causes of Plantar Heel Pain

With plantar heel pain syndrome, we know that about 10% of the population suffer from this condition. And we know that 70% of plantar heel pain is caused by this problem with the plantar fascia. So our rubber band here is very close to the location of the plantar fascia. When we stand down the…

Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar heel pain syndrome is a frequently diagnosed condition, around 10% of the population will suffer from it. We know that 70% of plantar heel pain is attributable to this condition known as plantar fasciitis. This is a representation of the plantar fascia here. We know that there are a number of different causes for…

Plantar Heel Pain

What we’re going to talk about today is a condition known as plantar heel pain syndrome. More correctly a combination of different conditions that result in pain underneath the plantar aspect of the heel here. The main cause of plantar heel pain syndrome is plantar fasciitis. This is a condition that is typified by the…