FLORIDA PODIATRIST DISCUSSES HEEL PAIN
posted: Mar. 14, 2015.
PODIATRIST, DR. ERIC WEINSTEIN STATES, "HEEL PAIN IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS PODIATRISTS SEE. PEOPLE WITH TIGHT CALVE MUSCLES AND FLAT FEET ARE AT GREATER RISK FOR SUDDEN HEEL PAIN. THER'S A LIGAMENT THAT MAKES YOUR ARCH CALLED THE PLANTAR FASCIA, AND WHEN THAT PULLS, IT'S THE WEAKEST LINK THAT CAUSES INFLAMMATION. STRETCHING THE CALF MUSCLE, ICING THE AREA, AND TAKING ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATIONS CAN HELP. IN SOME CASES CORTISONE SHOTS ARE NECESSARY. SOMETIMES ONE INJECTION IS ENOUGH AND VERY RARELY, IF EVER , DO I NEED TO DO SURGERY ON IT. IF IT HURTS TO STEP OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING OR AFTER RESTING, IT'S TIME TO SEE A PODIATRIST. EARLY INTERVENTION CAN HELP KEEP HEEL PAIN FROM BECOMING A CHRONIC PROBLEM."
ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TREATING HEEL PAIN SINCE 1980. WE HAVE ALL THE LATEST PHYSIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT AS WELL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY, THE LATEST IN CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT. MY FOOT CLINIC ALSO PRACTICES CONSERVATIVE FOOT CARE WHERE WE AVOID SURGERY AND MEDICATIONS AT ALL COSTS.
IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE IS SUFFERING FROM ANY TYPE OF FOOT AILMENT, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT MY FOOT CLINIC AT 416-465-8737.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. JOHN A. HARDY, OWNER AND CONSULTANT.