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What is Plantar fascitis?
Plantar Fascitis is typically and overuse injury brought on by inflamation of the plantar fascitis which runs length wise underneath the foot from the calcaneus (heel bone) down to the metartarsals. There are many factors responsible for causing this condition. Individual risks include excessive pronation, and a discrepancy in the leg length of both legs. Also, tightness and weakness in the gastrocnemius, soleus, Achilles tendon and the small intrinsic foot muscles can be responsible for plantar fascititis symptoms. However, overuse rather than anatomy is the most common cause of plantar fasciitis in athletes. A reported history of an increase in weight-bearing activities is common, especially those involving running, which causes microtrauma to the plantar fascia and exceeds the body's capacity to recover. Plantar fasciitis also occurs in elderly adults. In these patients, the problem is usually more biomechanical, often related to poor intrinsic muscle strength and poor force attenuation secondary to acquired flat feet and compounded by a decrease in the body's healing capacity.
What is a Heel Spur?
A heel spur is a hook of bone that often forms on the bottom of the calcaneus and is often associated with plantar fasciitis although the two terms refer to different conditions. Roughly 70 percent of patients diagnosed with plantar fasciitis have some type of a heel spur that can be seen on an X-ray. However, many patients without plantar fasciitis pain can have a heel spur. Heel spurs themselves are not thought to be the primary cause of pain in the arch and/or heel, rather inflammation and irritation of the plantar fascia itself is thought to be the central focus of the problem. |
