Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle
Open Access

Review Article

Plantar Fasciitis: A Concise View on Physiotherapy Management

Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Shivajinagar, Pune, India

*Corresponding Author:

Rachana Dabadghav
Research Co-ordinator
Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy
Shivajinagar, Pune
India
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Received date: Sep 28, 2016; Accepted date: Oct 03, 2016; Published date: Oct 11, 2016

Citation: Rachana Dabadghav (2016) Plantar Fasciitis: A Concise View on Physiotherapy Management. Clin Res Foot Ankle 4: 210. doi: 10.4172/2329-910X.1000210

Copyright: © 2016 Rachana Dabadghav. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Plantar fasciitis is degenerative tendinosis of the plantar fascia. It is the most common cause of heel pain. It affects approximately 1 in 10 people in the world. The symptoms associated with plantar fasciitis are pain and tenderness on the inferior aspect of the calcaneum. Most of the cases respond to conservative treatment. The treatment options available are electrotherapy, manual therapy, exercises, taping, orthosis and footwear modifications. Most of the cases resolve in 12-18 months of treatment.

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