especially in runners increasing their training. Careers that require a great amount of standing, including police officers and teachers, are also at risk for the injury. Besides career risk factors, physical risk factors such as obesity, pes planus, excessive pronation, as well as Achilles tendon...
The patient confirms that the stretch was correct by palpating tension in the plantar fascia (see the image below). Plantar fascia tissue-specific stretching exercise View Media Gallery A randomized, prospective study with 2-year follow up compared Achilles tendon stretching with plantar fascia–...
calcaneal enthesophytes, have been investigated in great detail as a possible cause of plantar fasciitis [17–20], but they are not specific and also occur in asymptomatic individuals. The diagnosis of plantar fasciitis generally relies on clinical history and physical examination. The main symptoms...
Highly regular aligned trabeculae are found in the superficial posterior and inferior calcaneus appearing to connect the Achilles tendon (AT) to the plantar fascia (PF) in a bridge-like manner. This provides a morphological basis for the stretching-based heel pain treatment. However, the continuity...
double-blind clinical trial was conducted. A total of 57 subjects from the Clinical Podiatry Area of the University of Seville (Spain), clinically diagnosed with plantar fasciitis, were randomized into two groups. For one week, in the gastrocnemius–Achilles–plantar system, one group was treated...