How We Can Help Your Plantar Fasciitis

Heel pain is an irritating, exhausting nuisance that hinders one's mobility and interferes with people's ability capacity to perform simple daily tasks. If you have sharp stabbing heel pain, you may have a condition called plantar fasciitis. Your Meredith and Concord, NH, podiatrist, Dr.William McCann, specializes in treatments for plantar fasciitis, most of which are non-invasive.

How We Can Help Your Plantar Fasciitis

The first step with plantar fasciitis is to cut down on strenuous overuse of your feet and heels, especially barefoot or with shoes that do not support the fascia tissue located at the arc of the foot. Do this by choosing shoes that support the arch of the foot to relieve some heel pain.

The next more active steps to relieve pain involves stretching the fascia muscles and applying the RICE method: rest your feet, ice the heel to alleviate the inflammation, control the pain using over-the-counter medicine to reduce inflammation, and elevate your feet.

What if those methods don't work?

If the above doesn't work, the next stage is applying specialized devices to the foot, such as night splints, which keep the foot tissues extended to relieve common morning heel pain or a walking cast to ensure the foot doesn't move and cause further irritation. Place pads in shoes to reduce shock and impact on the foot, or straps to keep the foot more secure while walking.

Orthotic devices, which your Meredith and Concord podiatrist can customize-make for you, may be placed in the shoes to correct irregularities, which may be the true cause of soreness.
 

Contacting your Podiatrist

If pain persists despite these treatments, Affiliates in Podiatry located In Meredith and Concord, NH, can provide more involved procedures such as corticosteroid injections in the foot to cut down on inflammation and ease pain. And, while surgery is rare, that is an option available as well. Make sure you contact Dr. William McCann for more information by calling (603) 279-0330 for our office in Mereditch, NH, or (603) 225-5281 in Concord, NH, today!

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