Heel Pain
A 48-year-old overweight woman presents with 6 months of plantar heel pain. The pain is worst with the first steps in the morning, improves with activity, but worsens again after prolonged standing. She works as a nurse and recently started a walking program. Examination shows point tenderness at the medial calcaneal tuberosity with pain on dorsiflexion of the toes. Regarding plantar fasciitis:
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Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain; it involves degeneration (fasciosis) rather...
The classic presentation is plantar heel pain with first steps in the morning (post-static dyskinesi...
Plantar fasciitis is primarily an inflammatory condition; pain is typically worst at the end of the ...
Conservative treatment includes stretching (gastrocnemius and plantar fascia-specific stretching are...
Surgical treatment is reserved for cases refractory to 6-12 months of conservative treatment and inc...
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