Plantar Fasciitis- Your questions answered

In this weeks instalment of the NK Active podcast we decided to record a slightly different format. In recent weeks we’ve been asking you for your thoughts and experiences of Plantar Fasciitis and in this 30 minute episode Nick answers your questions.

What does everyone think about Plantar Fasciitis?

We really wanted to try and understand what do people think about plantar fasciitis? As podiatrists, oury view may be biassed, because we see lots of it in clinic on a regular basis. And because we’ve got a health training background we were really interested in what everyone else thinks about plantar fasciitis? And we got some really, really good responses…The most popular thing that people wanted to know was what causes Plantar fasciitis. And truth be told, we still don’t really know.

We are still trying to identify what causes it. And the reason we think we’re still we’re still trying to find out and we will never know exactly is because it’s not just ever one route cause. That cause is normally that perfect storm of everything coming together at once which then results in the plantar fascia being being irritated. We know from the research that there are certain characteristics and certain things that may put you at increased risk. So for example, having a high arch foot is actually a risk factor, obesity is as well, as is sudden changes in activity. And obviously having it before a real risk factors of having plantar fasciitis however, I think we need to look at the bigger picture as a whole. In clinic, when we’re speaking to people, there is normally a change in activity levels that normally then result in someone coming into clinic with plantar fasciitis.

We hope you enjoy listening to this episode and that you find it helpful. We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who contributed with their questions, thoughts and opinions as you are the reason we record this podcast. We aim to be as helpful as possible!

And of course if you think that you have heel pain please don’t suffer in silence. Please do book an appointment with us and we can help you to get back on the road to recovery.

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You can also watch this current episode about Diagnosing Plantar Fasciitis on our YouTube channel.