Treating Foot Pain With Physical Therapy
Did you know that wearing the wrong shoes is the most common cause of Plantar Fasciitis and foot pain? Plantar Fasciitis occurs to often because people don’t have the right information on how to keep their feet healthy and comfortable. When it does occur, there are two important steps to take.
The first thing to do is to make sure you are wearing the proper shoes and foot orthotics. People with flat feet and high-arched feet are most prone to developing plantar fasciitis. Generic, cheaply made in soles and buying the wrong shoes lead to foot pain. Did you know that different shoes are made for different types of feet?
You may have walked into the shoe store and just bought a shoe that you thought looked nice but some shoes are made for people with flat feet while other shoes are shaped in such a way as to be made for people with high-arched feet. You may have flat feet and be wearing shoes for people with high arched feet or vice versa without even knowing it and then, your shoes are leading to foot pain and the condition of plantar fasciitis.
Seeing a podiatrist is helpful in understanding what type of shoes and orthotics you should be wearing to protect your feet and heal your plantar fasciitis condition. Custom made orthotics will improve your foot’s ability to heal itself as generic and cheaply made orthotics that come with store bought shoes can also provide tremendous harm to people with flat feet or high-arched feet.
Road To Recovery
After making sure that you have the correct footwear, the next step on the road to recovery is physical therapy. Cross Bay Physical Therapy will help you stretch your calf muscles and your plantar fascia band, re-strengthen your calf muscles and plantar fascia band, and provide therapeutic treatment to the plantar fascia band in order to heal plantar fasciitis and your foot pain.
The physical therapists at our state of the art facility will create an individualized treatment plan for you after your first evaluation and guide you when healing your plantar fasciitis. Stretching exercises loosen up the plantar fascia band and the calf allowing the plantar fascia band to not only heal but also also relieve much of the tissue-damaging pressure that tight muscles cause. Then, strengthening exercises will help a weak plantar fascia band that cannot handle normal standing or walking and make it stronger so that it can handle all of the activities of the day. Finally, therapeutic strategies such as massage and electrical stimulation relieve both tension and scar tissue that is preventing the plantar fascia band from healing.
Plantar Fasciitis only gets worse without treatment. If you are experiencing foot pain, it is time to begin physical therapy.
Call (718) 835-0084 and schedule your evaluation today.