While heel pain and Plantar Fasciitis can be the direct result of sports injuries or foot trauma, it’s also common for these conditions to develop in the absence of a dramatic or sudden impetus. In fact, heel pain that onsets gradually can be even more...
While your feet work in tandem to walk, run, and jump, they don’t always experience injury or trauma in the same way. Suffering from heel pain or Plantar Fasciitis in just one foot is common. However, this unbalanced condition raises plenty of questions about why...
“Scraping” is a broad term that applies to several specific treatment methods used to alleviate heel pain from plantar fasciitis and promote healing. All scraping and soft-tissue mobilization techniques use tools to apply pressure and movement to the arch and heel, in...
Supination, also known as underpronation, is the name for the movement that occurs when your foot rolls outward at the ankle while you walk or exercise. Some supination is completely normal. However, excessive supination should be corrected and addressed, since it can...
When it comes to heel pain, who wouldn’t want an extra helping hand (er, foot) to improve some of the pain and instability of a compromised arch? The more support the better–right? That’s the logic behind many people’s choice to use a walking boot, night splint,...
Pain in the ball of the foot usually points to one of two conditions: Morton’s Neuroma or Metatarsalgia. The key symptoms of both foot conditions include pain, numbness, and inflammation near the ball of the foot–which can make it very difficult to tell which...
