IL PODIATRIST DISCUSSES SYMPTOMS OF PLANTAR FASCIITIS

THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF HEEL AND FOOT PAIN AMONG LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS AND ATHLETES IS PLANTAR FASCIITIS, WHICH CAUSES PAINFUL INFLAMMATION OF THE PLANTAR FASCIA LIGAMENT ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOT. DR PAUL KIRCHNER STATES "MOST SUFFERS WILL BE ABLE TO FEEL IT IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THE FASCIA LIGAMENT TIGHTENS UP DURING THE NIGHT WHILE WE SLEEP, CAUSING PAIN TO DIMINISH.  DR. PAUL KIRCHNER IS A PODIATRIST ON STAFF AT SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL.

AT ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS WE TREAT A LOT OF PATIENTS WITH PLANTAR FASCIITIS.  WE HVE HE LATEST TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING SHOCKWAVE, LASER, INTERFERENTIAL CURRENT, ULTRASOUND, MYOPERCUSION, ART AMONGST OTHERS.  ALL OF OUR PATIENTS ARE EDUCATED IN RICE, REST, ICE, COMPRESSION AND ELEVATION AS WELL AS STRETCHING, EXERCISES, PROPER FOOTWEAR AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOM ORTHOTICS.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE, TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.