Plantar fasciitis - one of the most common foot disorders characterized by inflammation of the plantar fascia and pain centered in the heel area. In different periods of his life more than 10% of people living on earth, suffer from plantar fasciitis.
Let's take a closer look, what is this disease and how to fight it.
Anatomy and Physiology
The plantar fascia - a tolstovoloknistaya tissue of the human body, extending from the medial tubercle to the lateral ligaments of the foot metatarsal heads. In itself and placed around the nerves responsible for the detection and propagation of stimuli pain.
The main role of the plantar fascia in the body, is to support the arch of the foot and aid in the absorption of dynamic shocks. When excessive tension as it arises tissue inflammation.
symptoms fasciitis
The most noticeable symptom fasciitis is certainly a pain in the sole and / or heel of the foot. Typically, the pain occur almost imperceptibly at first and quickly pass. But over time, the pain is growing.
It is often worse during physical education classes. For example, the morning walk / jog the most painful, but in the afternoon, when the "costs" are only unpleasant sensations in the legs.
Aggravate the damage in tissues capable of long walking and prolonged standing on his feet. As a result of constant pain in many changes gait, lameness appears, which reduces the load on the painful heel.
treatment of the disease
Most patients suffering from plantar fasciitis since, with proper therapy are cured of disease a year after diagnosis, with the help of conservative (non-surgical) methods treatment.
With ice
Since the complex therapy fasciitis, it is necessary to reduce the maximum load on the lower limbs - do not walk a lot or stand for long periods. On foot it is necessary to lift the evenings, dropping daytime fatigue. During such recovery - 30 minutes, and it is able to accelerate the ice if it is crushed to wrap the dense cloth layer 2 and applying "compress" the feet.
Node ice may also be useful for immediate pain relief - on its own or as an adjunct to pain medication.
through exercises
Physiotherapist, which sooner or later treated all patients with fasciitis, always encourages them to exercise in tension of the gastrocnemius muscle, and improve muscle stability. These exercises should be performed on a regular basis several times a day.
surgically
Less than 10% of patients, but it's still a certain group of patients from the fasciitis freed only through surgery. By that also need to be prepared, especially if the case started.
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