TORONTO PODIATRIST TREATS PLANTAR FASCIITIS IN TORONTO BLUE JAY

TORONTO  PODIATRIST, DR. GLENN COPELAND HAS BEEN TREATING DUSTIN McGOWIN FOR PLANTAR FASCIITIS AND HIS STATUS FOR THE START OF THE SEASON IS IN DOUBT.  HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE THE GAME DURING THE SECOND INNING ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

PLANTAR FASCIITIS IS INFLAMMATION OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT BEGINS AT THE HEEL OF THE FOOT AND EXTENDS TOWARDS THE SOLE.   IT CAN BE VERY PAINFUL AND OFTEN BECOMES A NAGGING PROBLEM THAT IS DIFFICULT TO TREAT.  IT IS THE SAME AILMENT THAT TORONTO OUTFIELDER SCOTT PODSEDNIK EXPERIENCED LAST SPRING.  THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT PODSEDNIK'S CONNECTIVE TISSUE WAS COMPLETELY TORN OUT AND McGOWAN'S IS JUST INFLAMED, WHICH SHOULD HELP EASE THE RECOVERY PERIOD.

MOST FOOT SPECIALISTS, INCLUDING FOOT DOCTORS, CHIROPODISTS AND PODIATRISTS AGREE THAT HEEL PAIN AND PLANTAR FASCIITIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON AILMENTS WE SEE IN PRACTICE.  IN OUR OFFICE WE USE SHOCKWAVE THERAPY, INTERFERENTIAL THERAPY, LASER THERAPY, ULTRASOUND, A.R.T. (ACTIVE RELEASE THERAPY), CRYOTHERAPY, MYOPERCUSION, STRETCHING AND EXERCISE.  SOMETIMES CORTISONE HAS TO BE INJECTED WHICH WE DO BY MEANS OF COMPUTERIZED PAINLESS INJECTIONS.  ONLY IN RARE CASES IS SURGICAL INTERVENTION NECESSARY.  USUALLY THE INJURY IS A RESULT OF IMPROPER BIOMECHANICS, FOOTWEAR OR OVERUSE.  IN THOSE CASES THE PATIENT HAS TO BE PRESCRIBED CUSTOM ORTHOTICS IN ORDER TO RESTORE THE NORMAL MECHANICS AND HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE INJURY DOES NOT REOCCUR.

PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR CLINIC WILL BE CLOSED FROM THURSDAY, MARCH 29TH UNTIL MONDAY APRIL 2ND AS MARZ IS RECERTIFYING IN A.R.T AND NICOLE IS DOING THE COURSE FOR THE FIRST TIME.  ALWAYS STRIVING TO BRING OUR PATIENTS THE FINEST AND BEST POSSIBLE CARE.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. JOHN A. HARDY, OWNER OF ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.