Plantar fibromatosis, also known as Ledderhose’s disease, is a condition that causes benign, slow-growing nodules to form along the fascia of the foot. The nodules may grow slowly, undetected for months or even years at a time, followed by sudden, rapid growth....
What You Should Know About Treatments like Acid-A-Cal It’s common sense that invasive medical procedures like surgery should be a last resort when it comes to treating plantar fasciitis or heel spurs. But when it comes to evaluating the effectiveness–and...
Have you discovered a lump on your heel? If so, you probably have plenty of questions and more than a little concern. What does this new lump mean? What caused it to appear there in the first place? Is it serious? And how can you make it go away? While finding a lump...
A diagnosis of plantar fasciitis doesn’t have to go hand in hand with a pair of boring, expensive heavy orthotic shoes. With light, reusable orthotics inserts, almost any pair of shoes can be transformed into a plantar-fasciitis-fighting machine! But what about when...
Approximately 95% of plantar fasciitis cases can be successfully treated without surgery. However, for the remaining 5% of cases that do not respond to more conservative treatment methods (like icing, stretches, orthotic inserts, and rest), surgery may be recommended...
Imagine, for a moment, walking with one foot inside an inflexible boot. That classic, step-slap sound resulting from the inflexible boot hitting the ground with each step, is also the hallmark of foot drop, a gait abnormality that is the result of muscle weakness,...
