Author: Foot Doc
Date: 5/31/2008 5:06 pm PDT
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***********************************************************The issue with shoes and plantar fasciitis is the height of the heel, not the style or make of the shoe. Plantar fasciitis is most always the result of an excessively tight plantar fascia (it would not be far from correct to term that, "tight arches.") So the podiatrist offered no real revealation in citing tight arches as your problem.
Sit in a chair and cross the leg with the painful heel over the knee of the other. place the foot in a neutral position relative to the ankle and check the tightness of the plantar fascia. Then dorsiflex your foot (toes toward nose) and notice how much tighter the plantar fascia becomes. Then move your foot at the ankle in the other direction (plantarflexion) and note that the plantar fascia becomes much less tense. This is the effect of wearing a shoe with a heel. It cause your foot to plantarflex at the ankle and relieves tension on the plantar fascia. This is not, by any means, the entire treatment for plantar fasciitis, but it is an important aspect of it. A plantar fasciitis sufferer should not be going barefoot or wearing shoes without at least some amount of heel.
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