Heel pain is not always plantar fasciitis. First-step morning pain, the location of tenderness, numbness or burning, and the response to weight-bearing can all provide important clues. Teresa Shen shares how she assesses plantar fasciitis and what she has learned from treating persistent heel pain.

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This young dancer had heel pain for 8 months. In India, she received 6 months of physiotherapy. All of them diagnosed plantar fasciitis and treated the bottom of her foot. But the pain never truly improved. When she came to my clinic in New Zealand, I found something very different during the examination. She had […]

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