Plantar Fasciitis – Causes
Plantar fasciitis is a commonly seen, painful foot condition. It actually refers to the condition of inflammation of the band of tissue that runs from the heel along the arch of the foot. This is seen often in middle-aged men and women, but it can also be found in people of all age groups nowadays. [...]
Plantar Fasciitis – Symptoms
Plantar fasciitis pain occurs only on the sole and heel of the foot. It may cause severe pain along the entire length of the plantar fascia tissue and where these ligaments are attached to the heel bone in the rear foot and the five metatarsal bones also. Some of the most common symptoms of the [...]
Treatment for Arch Pain
Just like heel pain, arch pain must also be diagnosed at an early stage, because chances of it to get worse as time passes is very large and it can become harder and harder to manage. Fortunately treatment options are available depending on the severity of the pain you are suffering with. Let’s just go [...]
Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis Pain
For curing plantar fasciitis conservative treatment is the best choice and it is almost always successful, if given enough time. According to the contributing factor, the treatment can last from several months to 2 years before symptoms get better one by one. Mostly the patients will be better after 9 months of treatment itself. At [...]
Surgery Treatment For Plantar Fasciitis
Surgery is considered as an option for relieving from plantar fasciitis pain only if the pain persists even after the period of 9 to 12 months of conservative treatment by which it should have been cured properly. If it is in the case of athletes who cannot give proper rest for their feet and if [...]
Arch Pain Symptoms
Arch pain is commonly called as foot pain, A patient having arch pain will be usually having inflammation of the tissues within the midfoot. The arch of the foot is actually made of a tight band of tissue that connects the heel bone to the toes which is really important in proper foot mechanics and [...]
Symptoms of Heel Pain
Heel Pain can be caused because of many reasons, its main symptoms are the following… Plantar fasciitis – This commonly cause intense pain along the bottom of the foot when you start walking getting down from bed in morning. This will go away once you start to walk around and return at a later time [...]
Morton’s Neuroma
Morton’s neuroma is caused due to the swelling of the inter metatarsal plantar nerve, usually involving the third and fourth inter metatarsal spaces. It is not a true tumor formation rather a fibrous tissue formation around nerve tissue. Pain on carrying weight, shooting pain while causing pressure are symptoms of this disease. MRI scan can [...]
Diabetic Foot Neuropathy
Diabetic foot neuropathy is a common feature of people suffering from diabetes mellitus. The most common feeling is numbness and other signs include tingling and burning sensations. The problem if left untreated can culminate in foot deformities and foot ulcers. The way to proper well being is wearing the right kind of shoes, proper diet [...]
Bunion Metatarsal Orthotics
The bone at the bottom of the big toe is usually called a bunion. It happens sometimes that this bunion tends to be a painful and problematic deformation of your bones. This can be caused due to prolong irritation from a disease like arthritis, or sometimes it is hereditry too. This causes the base joint [...]