10 Facts About Plantar fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis or plantar heel pain is a disorder of the plantar fascia, which is the connective tissue which supports the arch of the foot.

Plantar fasciitis is a disorder of the insertion site of the ligament on the bone characterized by micro tears, breakdown of collagen, and scarring.

When plantar fasciitis occurs, the pain is typically sharp and usually unilateral.

Plantar fasciitis is commonly a result of some biomechanical imbalance that causes an increased amount of tension placed along the plantar fascia.

Cause of plantar fasciitis is poorly understood and appears to have several contributing factors.

Plantar fasciitis is a non-inflammatory condition of the plantar fascia.

Plantar fasciitis is usually diagnosed by a health care provider after consideration of a person's presenting history, risk factors, and clinical examination.

In such cases, it is the underlying plantar fasciitis that produces the heel pain, and not the spur itself.

Corticosteroid injections are sometimes used for cases of plantar fasciitis that have proven resistant to more conservative measures.

Plantar fasciitis is estimated to affect 1 in 10 people at some point during their lifetime and most commonly affects people between 40 and 60 years of age.