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 [...]
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 [...]
Diabetic Foot Wear
Diabetic Shoes are custom made therapeutic shoes and are made so as not to cause any breakage of skin in patients suffering from diabetes. The major use of using such footwear is to decrease the risk of ulcer, callus and gangrenes. Shoes are also provided with orthotics such as arch supports, wedges and heels. These [...]
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 [...]