Heel Pain Conservative Treatments

Heel Pain Conservative Treatments:  Stretching For Heel Pain- Good or Bad?

Although I am a big advocate of aggressive physical therapy, stretching etc.  I am only a big advocate at the appropriate time period.  There is a great deal of information regarding early stretching of the plantar fascia when experiencing heel pain.  For mild cases this definitely seems to have benefit.  For those patients experiencing more severe pain, I believe that a more appropriate treatment course is immobilization for at least 11 days.

Think about this for a second, if you sprained your ankle the treatment would not be to keep spraining your ankle.  It would be some immobilization to allow the ligaments to heal enough that they could withstand the pressure of your body weight.  The plantar fascia is no different.  Small tears in this ligament need time to heal, or a more chronic condition can occur.   Stretching is great if done at the right time in the healing cycle. 

-Dr. Dan Margolin, DPM of New Jersey Foot and Ankle Center

New Jersey Foot and Ankle Center is located at 550 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, NJ 07649. As a premiere podiatry practice in Bergen County, Dr. Dan Margolin and his staff have treated over 25,000 patients coming from places as close as Paramus, Ridgewood, Emmerson, Hackensack, River Edge, New Milford, Teaneck, Hillsdale, Westwood, or as far as New York City and South Jersey.  Give us a call at 201-261-9445 if you have any questions or visit us online at www.heelpain911.com and www.njfootpain.com.