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The best physiotherapy to cure plantar fasciitis and foot pain, in general, is that one targets not only the symptoms but also the underlying causes of plantar fasciitis and/or foot pain.
Generally, the best physiotherapy protocol for any type of sports injury and/or muscle injury is that one combines different physio techniques and equipment to treat both symptoms and causes of the injury.
The most common mistake of sports physiotherapists is to focus the physiotherapy session on the foot and not on the lower leg where the most important muscle of the foot biomechanics are located.
Another common mistake is to focus the physiotherapy on the calf muscle which is the biggest and strongest muscle but not the most important for the foot’s biomechanics.
So the best physiotherapy for plantar fasciitis and foot pain should follow two principles:
The most common causes of foot pain and plantar fasciitis come from the muscles related to the foot and ankle biomechanics. So the physiotherapy sessions should focus on these musculoskeletal parts:
the best approach to cure foot pain and plantar fasciitis is to use different physiotherapy techniques to treat both the symptoms and causes of.
Generally, the first step is to reduce the inflammation, pain, and eventually swelling with physiotherapy machines such as:
The second step is to perform hands-on physiotherapy that will help to reduce swelling, muscle stiffness, and adhesions such as:
The third step is to set up a physiotherapy exercise plan with specific goals based on the causes of the plantar fasciitis such as:
When the main cause of plantar fasciitis or foot pain comes from body posture issues the best therapy plan is to focus on postural physiotherapy.
The most common postural causes of plantar fasciitis are:
The best way to assess these kinds of foot postural issues is through a high-tech Gait Analysis or 3D Foot Pressure Scan which can analyze and assess the foot’s biomechanics.
With this kind of assessment, the physiotherapist will have dozens of analytical data to work on to set up the perfect exercise plan to correct these postural imbalances.
In our sports injury clinic and gait lab we have designed an innovative postural physiotherapy session that, thanks to our gait analysis system we can analyze and correct in real-time feet and body posture imbalances.
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