Bad Plantar Fasciitis Treatment Advise Part 2

Bad Plantar Fasciitis Treatment Advise Part 2
Orthotics Why Doctors Recommend It? Orthotics are orthopedic devices made of lightweight materials that range in complexity from simple shoe inserts that are bought over-the-counter to custom-made pieces that require impressions, casting, and computer technology to create. The two should not be confused with each other because there is a great difference in effectiveness and ...

Foot Arch Pain

Foot Arch Pain
Foot arch pain, or pain on the bottom of the foot can be caused by a number of problems. The arches of the foot control how the forces associated with activities like walking are transferred up and down the leg. If there is a problem with the foot arches or surrounding soft tissues, pain can ...

Foot Tendonitis Treatment

Foot Tendonitis Treatment
Foot pain treatment looks to reduce pain, inflammation, instability and weakness. To be effective, it should address both the cause of the problem (weakness or abnormal foot biomechanics) and the symptoms (pain and swelling). There are a whole range of foot treatment options out there, depending on what is causing your pain. This article will ...

Foot Tendonitis Home Remedies

Foot Tendonitis Home Remedies
The most common causes of foot or ankle pain is tendonitis. Tendonitis is very treatable using the simplest of home remedies. The RICE method works beautifully with this type of overuse injury. Rest Once there has been an injury, resting your foot and realizing that you’re injured is the first step in a speedy recovery. ...

Tendonitis In The Foot Treatment

Tendonitis In The Foot Treatment
The RICE method The RICE method has been implemented by doctors and proven to work in many situations. Having an injury to the foot can be annoying, but can be quickly healed with Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. With a little support of Optimal Blood Flow, there are medical devices out there that have proven to ...

Surgery for Tendonitis

Surgery for Tendonitis
You should only consider surgery for your Tendonitis if conservative treatment has failed to give you any results. However, if you have a complete tendon tear, where your tendon is in two separate pieces, surgery may be your only option. For Tendonitis that doesn’t involve a complete tear, surgery should be a last resort. Surgery ...

Tendonitis In Foot

Tendonitis In Foot
There are plenty of ways to get tendonitis in the foot. Tendonitis refers to the inflammation of the tendon, so therefore any tendon in your foot can become inflamed and cause tendonitis in foot. A tendons purpose is to connect muscle to bone. There are over 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments in the foot. Tendons ...

What is Achilles Tendonitis? Comments

What is Achilles Tendonitis?
Achilles tendonitis is a common condition that causes pain along the back of the ankle. The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the body. It connects the calf muscle with the base of the heel, and it is used when walking, running or jumping. The Achilles tendon can withstand great stresses, and this is ...

Plantar Fasciitis Treatment

Plantar Fasciitis Treatment
There is so much misinformation that is on the internet and how to treat plantar fasciitis, this post is going to outline the ONLY things that should be done to help heal your plantar fasciitis. After reading up on all of the treatment modalities out there, there are many many things out there that will ...

Extensor Tendonitis Comments

Extensor Tendonitis
Tendonitis implies to inflammation of the tendon whereas tendinopathy is a more general term which refers to the degeneration of the tendon. As with many types of tendonitis, extensor tendonitis is an overuse injury. Badly fitting shoes or shoes that are laced too tightly causing pressure over the top of the foot. Running up hill, ...