Private plantar fasciitis treatment
If you require Plantar Fasciitis pain treatment, Joint Care Clinics offer a one-stop clinic for consultation, diagnostic scans and treatment. We have joint care clinics across the UK, where highly experienced clinicians provide this service.
What is plantar fasciitis?
Plantar Fascia is a thick band of connective tissue fibres that runs between the heel bone, called the calcaneum and toes. Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain. In plantar fasciitis, the connective tissue at the heel level of the calcaneus bone becomes inflamed, causing stabbing, throbbing, and aching pain.
Ultrasound-Guided Plantar Fasciitis Treatment
Joint Care Clinics are HCPC registered and members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Society of Radiographers. We offer a one-stop clinic for consultation, diagnostic scans and Plantar Fasciitis treatment. Plantar Fasciitis private steroid injection treatment.
Suffering from Plantar Fasciitis? Book in today for a Plantar Fasciitis treatment consultation at one of our Joint Care Clinics
Who is prone to developing Plantar fasciitis?
Though the reasons for plantar fasciitis are not always clear, the following are more likely to suffer from plantar fasciitis:
- Overweight
- Age: between 40 – 60 years.
- Aerobic dancing and ballet dancing.
- Recently increased activity/intensity.
- Tightness: tight quadriceps/hamstrings /calf/heel.
- A recent activity without treating leg muscle tightness.
- Recently started walking, running, jumping, or standing activities.
- Recently started exercising/walking on hard surfaces. Ex: Factory workers.
- Plantar fascia injury due to overstretching the sole during exercise.
How do I know if I’m suffering from plantar fasciitis?
If you notice feeling a persistent, stabbing pain in the bottom of your heel. Particularly during your first morning steps, you may have plantar fasciitis.
Typically, your pain eases off once you’re up and moving. Only for it to return after long periods of standing, walking, or rest. This is a classic sign of plantar fasciitis. Some people describe a dull ache, while others feel a sharp, shooting pain. Often, your discomfort is concentrated in one spot just in front of the heel, but it can radiate across the arch of the foot.
How can Joint Care Clinics Help with my Plantar Fasciitis?
Joint Care Clinics are private clinics located around the UK offering a ‘one-stop clinic’ service to people suffering from musculoskeletal problems, including ‘plantar fasciitis’. We can offer you a consultation, diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound scan (to determine the problem and its severity), the option of an ultrasound-guided cortisone injection, or Hyaluronic (Gel) injections in the same appointment. Or we can offer you a consultation and diagnostic ultrasound scan alone.
Personalised plantar fasciitis treatment options
Our team of experienced musculoskeletal clinicians don’t just treat the symptoms; we will examine the root cause of your heel pain. Whether it’s related to overuse, poor foot biomechanics, footwear issues or a previous injury. Here at Joint Care Clinics, we assess your symptoms and offer personalised treatment options, which can help reduce inflammation, cushion the damaged tissue, and promote healing, all while helping you stay active.
The majority of patients report over 90% of pain relief the week following a cortisone injection to the plantar fasciitis.
Please contact Joint Care Clinics or call 0333 444 2013 if you have any further questions, or book an appointment.
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If you are experiencing painful joints, muscles, tendons or ligaments please get in touch for an ultrasound diagnostic scan and or treatment
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PLANTAR FASCIITIS FAQS
HOW DO I KNOW THAT MY HEEL PAIN IS A PLANTAR FASCIITIS AND HOW SEVERE IS IT?
Plantar fasciitis can be diagnosed clinically. If in doubt, a musculoskeletal diagnostic ultrasound scan can confirm the plantar fasciitis and its severity. Ultrasound is also capable of confirming other associated problems around the heel. The conditions include atrophy of the fat pad, calcaneal spur, calcification within the plantar fascia, plantar fascia tear, active inflammation, plantar fibroma, a palpable lump in the sole of the foot, and perifacial effusion.
A diagnostic ultrasound scan can measure the thickness of the plantar fascia at the heel bone level. The severity of the plantar fascia can be determined based on the thickness of the plantar fascia and the appearance of the plantar fascia.
A diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound scan is a non-invasive, quick, and inexpensive diagnostic tool. An ultrasound scan offers an immediate diagnosis. At our clinic, we can show you the live images and discuss the ultrasound findings if you want.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS MIMICKING PLANTAR FASCIITIS?
Plantar fibroma is the other condition that can mimic plantar fasciitis, especially when the plantar fibroma is located closer to the plantar fasciitis location. An ultrasound scan can differentiate between ‘plantar fibroma, and ‘plantar fasciitis’.
WHAT HAPPENS IF PLANTAR FASCIITIS IS IGNORED?
Ignoring plantar fasciitis can lead to a chronic condition that alters your walking pattern to alleviate the pain. This altered gait pattern can affect the knee, hip, and/or back.
WHAT IS THE TREATMENT OF THE PLANTAR FASCIITIS?
Plantar fasciitis treatment is based on the causative factor that triggered the problem. Clinical consultation can help identify the possible reason(s) for developing plantar fasciitis and also provide you with a tailored treatment option.
In general, there are several options for treating plantar fasciitis pain.
We recommend lower limb stretching exercises, foot muscle strengthening exercises, ice packs, work-related modifications, insoles, night splints, NSAIDS and anti-inflammatory medications, and physiotherapy.
WHEN DO I BENEFIT FROM THE CORTISONE INJECTION TREATMENT FOR HEEL PAIN?
- If you are unable to cope with the exercises and or pain medication.
- When the above treatment options are failed to provide you with a pain relief.
- If you are struggling to cope with your hobbies, duties at work and affecting the quality of life.
- Recurrent plantar fasciitis pain following a successful steroid injection for the plantar fasciitis heel pain in the past.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BLIND CORTISONE INJECTION AND ULTRASOUND GUIDED CORTISONE INJECTION?
The process of administering blind steroid injection, also referred to as anatomical guided steroid injection, involves palpating the pain location and injecting without guidance. on the location of the pain.
Ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection: During this procedure, ultrasound imaging provides continuous monitoring of the needle, ensuring precise infiltration of the cortisone in the desired location.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF ULTRASOUND IMAGE GUIDED INJECTION OVER ANATOMICAL GUIDED CORTISONE INJECTIONS?
- Ultrasound scan helps to identify the source of the problem.
- After identifying the source of pain, needle is directed under direct ultrasound guidance to the problematic area, hence avoids an accidental injection into the plantar fibers or in the plantar fat pad.
- Plantar fat pad atrophy can occur if cortisone is repeatedly injected accidentally into the plantar fat pad, instead of perifascial region of the plantar fascia. This results in a long-term heel pain.
- Ultrasound guided injection treatment outcome is much superior in comparison to the blind injection’s outcome, due to the high injection accuracy under the ultrasound guidance.
- Ultrasound guided injections are better tolerated due to avoidance of accidental contact of bone.
WHAT IS THE SUCCESS RATE OF CORTISONE INJECTIONS FOR PLANTAR FASCIITIS PAIN?
due to the possibility of accurate infiltration of cortisone medication to the plantar fasciitis location under ultrasound guidance, the treatment success rate is over 95%. We have seen a high success rate in patients who have not responded to the blind injections or the other Conservative management.
HOW MANY CORTICOSTEROID INJECTIONS CAN I HAVE?
Not more than three injections per year for each plantar fasciitis problem.
However, we suggest keeping the number of corticosteroid injections to fewer injection possible.
DO YOU OFFER PLANTAR FASCIITIS TREATMENT NEAR ME?
We cover many areas throughout the UK for Plantar Fasciitis Treatment at our Joint Care Clinics, including:
Our Warwickshire clinics in Coventry and Rugby cover Nuneaton, Bedworth, Stratford-upon-Avon, Kenilworth, Warwick and Leamington Spa.
A West Midlands clinic in Birmingham, Edgbaston, and Harborne to cover Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull.
A Buckinghamshire clinic in Milton Keynes covering Aylesbury, Bedford and Leighton Buzzard.
And a Leicestershire clinic covering Leicester and Nottingham (Nottinghamshire).
Please check our contact page for the clinic nearest to you.
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Areas Covered For Plantar Fasciitis
Warwickshire clinic covering Rugby, Coventry, Nuneaton, Bedworth, Stratford-upon-Avon, Kenilworth, Warwick and Leamington Spa.
West Midlands clinic covering Birmingham, Edgbaston, Harborne, Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull.
Buckinghamshire clinic covering Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Leighton Buzzard.
Leicestershire clinic covering Leicester, Market Harborough, and Nottingham (Nottinghamshire).