TORONTO HEEL PAIN DISCUSSED BY TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST

IN OUR OFFICE, ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS, 416-465-8737, WE TREAT A LOT OF HEEL PAIN.  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CONDITIONS TREATED AT OUR OFFICE.  WE ALWAYS START WITH CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT FIRST, WHICH MEANS INJECTIONS OF STEROIDS AND SURGERY ARE ALWAYS LAST RESORTS.  FIRST WE HAVE TO FIND THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF THE PLANTAR FASCIITIS.  MOST PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH A GENETIC DEFICIENCY KNOWN AS OVER PRONATION.  THE CORRECTION FOR THIS IN MOST CASES IS CUSTOM MADE ORTHOTICS AND PROPER FOOTWEAR.  IT IS NO GOOD TREATING THE SYMPTOMS OF A CONDITION IF YOU DON'T ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE.  THAT WOULD BE CALLED THE BANDAID APPROACH OR ASPIRIN APPROACH.  MAKING THE PATIENT TEMPORARILY FEEL GOOD, BUT NOT CORRECTING THE UNDERLYING  CAUSE PERMANENTLY.

USUALLY THE PATIENT IS PRESCRIBED CUSTOM ORTHOTICS SO THAT THE FOOT IS PLACED IN THE NORMAL, NON-WEIGHT BEARING POSITION TO IMPROVE THE MECHANICS OF THE FOOT AND REDUCE STRESS ON THE PLANTAR FASCIA.  PROPER FOOTWEAR IS ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT AND MANY TIMES A CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.  WE USE THE ACRONYM R.I.C.E., WHICH STANDS FOR REST, ICE, COMPRESSION AND ELEVATION.  THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE PATIENT CAN DO AT HOME.  IN OUR OFFICE WE USE LASER, INTERFERENTIAL CURRENT, ULTRASOUND AND SHOCKWAVE THERAPY.  OUR FOOT SPECIALISTS ARE ALSO ONE OF THE FEW PRACTITIONERS IN CANADA TRAINED IN A.R.T, OR ACTIVE RELEASE THERAPY WHICH IS A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF SOFT TISSUE INJURIES AND IN THIS CASE PLANTAR FASCIITIS.

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

PROFESSIONAL FOOT CLINIC

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