Sydney Sports Podiatry
Heel Pain Treatment & Management
By far the most common cause of heel pain in patients we see is plantar fasciitis, but the cause of heel pain is frequently misdiagnosedas plantar fasciitis or plantar fasciiosiswhen it is not.We have seen patients who have had long courses of shockwave therapy or orthotic therapy that have made no differences due to an incorrect diagnosis.
There are many allied health professional websites that are overly simplistic about diagnosing the cause of heel pain, that you may have read before reading this.
It is essential to get the condition diagnosed properly so that the correct treatment can be applied. If your current heel pain treatment isn’t working, please contact us so that we can get you diagnosed correctly and then commence the correct treatment for the cause of your heel pain.
Understanding the forms of Heel Pain
Many (but not all) of the different conditions presenting as heel pain in all it’s different forms:
Calcaneal apophysitis
Neuroma ankle region
Calcaneal stress fracture
Plantar fascial tear
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Tumor -and more
Plantar fasciitis
Heel pad syndrome
Inferior calcaneal nerve entrapment
Adventital bursitis
Severs disease (kids and adolescents)
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