Following on from my recent post on the causes of Plantar Fasciitis, I had a new client recently with this issue and thought it would be good to give you a ‘real life’ account of this condition. New client came in just over a week ago complaining of right foot pain along the sole and hadn’t been able to run for over 3 months. Even walking was very painful, especially first thing in the morning and at the end of the day. The client had seen someone else who ‘diagnosed’ a ruptured tendon and would need an MRI scan and… read more →
One of the banes of runners lives is that dreaded foot pain, just in front of the heel pad. You wake up in the morning and it’s nigh on impossible to put weight onto your foot. You walk around for a few minutes and it eases a little. Try to run and it stops you in your tracks. But it isn’t just runners that suffer with this. It can happen to anyone. Now when I was starting out in sports injury treatment, the protocol for this was to massage and stretch the tight fascia of the sole of the foot. Thankfully,… read more →