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Plantar Fasciitis

If your first few steps out of bed in the morning cause severe pain in the heel of your foot, you may have plantar fasciitis, an overuse injury that affects the sole of the foot. A diagnosis of plantar fasciitis means you have inflamed the tough, fibrous band of tissue (fascia) connecting your heel bone to the base of your toes.

Source: footcaremd.org

 

Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the fibrous tissue (plantar fascia) along the bottom of your foot that connects your heel bone to your toes. Plantar fasciitis can cause intense heel pain.

Plantar fasciitis (PLAN-tur fas-e-I-tis) is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes (plantar fascia).

Plantar fasciitis commonly causes stabbing pain that usually occurs with your first steps in the morning. As you get up and move, the pain normally decreases, but it might return after long periods of standing or when you stand up after sitting.

Plantar fasciitis is more common in runners. People who are overweight and those who wear shoes with inadequate support also have an increased risk of plantar fasciitis.

Source: (webmd.com)

What is the plantar fascia?

What is the plantar fascia?

Your plantar fascia is a strong band of tissue (like a ligament) that stretches from your heel (calcaneum) to your middle foot bones. It supports the arch of your foot and also acts as a shock absorber in your foot.

Source: patient.info

Why would a plantar fascia degenerate?

Plantar fasciitis is seemingly caused by tissue fatigue in the arch of the foot due to excessive strain, plus probably some vulnerability due to a variety of biological or pathological factors that are usually unknown and probably often unknowable. Genetics are likely part of the mix. Not everyone who asks a lot of their feet gets plantar fasciitis; some lucky jerks can abuse their arches with impunity!

If the arch of your foot is like a bow, think of the plantar fascia as the bow’s string. The plantar fascia, along with several muscles both in the foot and in the leg, supports the arch and makes it springy.

Too springy, and the foot flattens out, overstretching the plantar fascia. Not springy enough, and the plantar fascia absorbs too much weight too suddenly.

Either way, it starts to burn with the strain.

Other than the fact that it’s on the bottom of your foot and you step on it a lot that’s the easy part of this equation to understand why is the plantar fascia vulnerable to strain? Why exactly? What happens?

Source: painscience.com

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