The Plantar fasciitis, when you wake up in the morning, if your first steps cause a violent pain in your ankle, you may have a plantar fasciitis. This situation is a traumatism resulting from the excessive use of the flexor surface of your sole or foot (plantar). The diagnosis of a plantar fasciitis means that there is a very bad inflammation of the fibrous bands tissue which connects your ankle bone to the base of your toes (underside). If you are a woman and if your weigh is above the normal level or if you have a job which makes you walk a lot or stand on a firm ground, it is more probable for you to have a plantar fasciitis situation. You are also at risk if you have harsh calf muscles which specially limit the twisting of your ankle considerably when you run and walk for the planter fasciitis exercises. People who have flat or ample feet or who have a very high foot arch are much more predisposed to the plantar fasciitis disorder. This situation starts step by step in the ankle bone with a moderate and frequent pain, and is related with the fact that the foot is bruised with a rock. It is more probable for you to feel more the plantar fasciitis after the exercise than during the exercise. Classically, the pain comes out again increasingly during the lunch break. If you do not have your planter fasciitis inconvenience treated, it may turn to a chronic situation, you may not keep your activities at the same level and because the planter fasciitis changes your walking way, you may develop the symptoms concerning your foot, knee, hip and back problems. The treatments: During the plantar fasciitis exercises; while putting your heel on the ground when keeping straight one of your knee in front of a wall, bend the other knee and lean it to the wall. Your heel band (Achilles tendon) and foot arch will stretch while leaning. Stay ten seconds in this position and then relax and stay standing straight. Repeat twenty times for each hurting heel. A significant evolution is observed in 90% of the people having a plantar fasciitis after the first line treatment. You may be advised to use standard orthopaedic devices such as shoes with shock- absorber insol or appropriate rubber heel pad. You foot may be taped in a specific position. If the plantar fasciitis still continues for some months despite the conservative treatment, your doctor may inject in your ankle an anti inflammatory drug (corticosteroid) containing steroid. If your symptoms are still present, you may need a plaster that you can walk on for a period of 2-3 weeks or a positional brace when you sleep. In many cases, you may need an operationbased on releasing the ligament. The pain under the ankle is composed of the muscle named plantar fascia whose pains extend from the ankle to the pollex in this area.
A special treatment which is called biological treatment may be applied to patients who do not benefit sufficiently from these standard treatments. In this treatment, the thrombocyte cells (coagulation cells) which are separated from the blood of the patient will be injected to the painful area. It is accepted that the thrombocyte cells secrete factors which accelerate the convalescence. İt is supposed that these factors enable the convalescence. |