Plantar Fasciitis

Ever wonder why your feet just ache and burn? You wake up from bed in the morning and walk and you feel like your muscles are tearing. You wonder why sometimes it’s only on one foot but it can be on both feet too.  You’re in luck! You probably have a chronic case of Plantar Fasciitis. Now, separating this condition from severe ankle sprain, bunions, foot surgery to repair broken bones, and the first week of ballet dancing you will know if you have Plantar Fasciitis if the sole of your foot from behind the ball of your feet (commonly where your toes meet your feet) to the inside edge of your heel bone follow that up around the back side of your heel into your achilles tendon and sometimes finishing in your calf. Millions of people suffer with this every year. They try treatments to resolve it such as: super expensive prescribed foot orthotics, special socks, night splints, sports creams, which, unfortunately, have minimal resolution for plantar fasciitis pain. Some individuals will go as far as getting high powered ultrasound procedures on the bottom of their feet which also results in minimal resolutions. Others may seek out physical therapy trying to stretch and strengthen the problem away. They’re probably met with a 30% success rate. Springs Family Chiropractic has the best solution for you. Our Plantar Fasciitis protocols have a 90% success rate. And you don’t have to use night splints, unique socks, orthotics, or smelly sports creams.

Let’s teach you a little about this first. Your foot and ankle have 28 bones. These bones take on extreme forces when we walk and run, up to 5 times your body weight. When our bones in the foot, ankle, lower leg or knee misalign, ligaments are deformed causing muscles to spasm, in an attempt to stabilize the structure. At the same time, muscles begin a compensating movement pattern. This means friction builds up between the muscles that are over working. The inflammation around the overworked muscles turns into scar tissue, adhering the muscles to your connective tissues and bones. The scar tissue keeps you in a compensating pattern of pain motion restriction and compensating foot and leg movements. This is why all of the previous methods mentioned before have minimal success. Stretching and strengthening can’t fix misaligned bone s and scar tissue.

At Springs Family Chiropractic we use the top multidisciplinary protocols that combine conventional medical methods, physiotherapy, and chiropractic manipulations. First, we do a comprehensive physical examination, identifying abnormal mechanics in the pelvis knees ankle and feet. Second, we do chiropractic manipulations aligning all the misaligned joints in the pelvis, knees, ankles and feet correcting abnormal mechanical compensations. Third, we use physiotherapy to break up scar tissue and decrease inflammation. Fourth, we use neuromuscular reeducation to reteach the body how to move with better mechanics to become stronger and more mobile. Fifth and lastly, we do maintenance care to sustain optimal movements, sports performance, and work abilities. Patients commonly see resolution in these problems in three to four weeks. Depending on their lifestyle and schedule and availability. If this applies to you, you can call to schedule a new patient examination for $25. You can even go onto our website and print out our new patient forms so we can get you relief today.