| Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the plantar | | | | suffering from plantar fasciitis may also find climbing |
| fascia, a tough fibrous band of tissue that runs from | | | | stairs or walking on the toes very painful.The pain is |
| the heel bone to the base of the toes. Excessive | | | | also noticed when an individual resumes walking or |
| stretching of plantar fascia through physical activities | | | | standing after a long rest. For those who routinely |
| like running and jumping or from natural causes such | | | | exercise, pain that may disappear at the beginning |
| as flat feet, high arches or overpronation (feet rolling | | | | may return after the completion of the exercise. The |
| in or flattening) leads to the development of tears in | | | | other symptoms that are generally associated with |
| the plantar fascia. These tears in the plantar fascia | | | | plantar fasciitis are tenderness in the heel and |
| result in symptoms of pain and inflammation.The main | | | | tightness in the calf muscles.There are certain other |
| symptom of plantar fasciitis is the feeling of acute | | | | conditions that may be confused with the symptoms |
| pain in the inner side of the heel. If an intense pain is | | | | of plantar fasciitis. Tarsal tunnel syndrome is one |
| felt in the heel on taking the first few steps in the | | | | among them. A stress fracture of the heel bone, |
| morning, then it is most likely a case of plantar | | | | ruptured plantar fascia, rheumatological conditions, |
| fasciitis. The pain eases as the day progresses | | | | wearing down of the heel fat pad and problems with |
| because the plantar fascia gradually stretches due to | | | | the circulation can cause pain in the heel. The doctor |
| warming up of the feet. Sometimes, the pain may | | | | must be consulted if the pain persists for a long time, |
| start as a dull pain in the heel and the arch and may | | | | and the right cause of the pain must be diagnosed. |
| later accentuate to a sharp, persisting pain. Patients | | | | |