Cure Foot Pain in North Austin

Treat Heel Pain or Plantar Fasciitis

North Austin doctor heals patients often without surgery

Plantar fasciitis, more commonly known as “heel pain,” is a painful inflammatory condition caused by excessive wear to the plantar fascia of the foot or biomechanical faults that cause abnormal pronation of the foot.  Heel pain is commonly associated with weight gain, jobs that  require a lot of walking on hard surfaces, shoes with little or no arch support, and inactivity. The pain is most intense with the first steps of the day or after standing for long periods of time.

The mainstays of treatment are stretching the Achilles tendon and plantar fascia, resting, discontinuing aggravating activity as much as possible, night splints to keep the foot in a pronated position, cold compression therapy, weight loss, arch support and heel lifts, taping, and manipulation.   For chronic cases, or for those seeking faster results, our office is the first to offer RadialspecTM  in our office, the latest in extracorporeal wave therapy.   “Extracorporeal” means “outside the body”.  Radial waves, or pressure waves, are focused onto the targeted tissue to relieve pain and trigger your body’s own repair mechanisms by stimulating and reactivating the tissue to promote normal healing.   The best part about this therapy is that there are no shots and zero downtime so you can walk right away. 

In our experience of treating thousands of heel pain patients over a period of 20+ years, we’ve found that 95 percent of our patients find relief without surgery.

Learn more about heel pain in these blogs from Dr. Prant:

Treat the Cause of Heel Pain, Not the Symptoms

High Tech Solutions to Heel Pain

Weight Gain Commonly Aggravates Heel Pain

Ultrasound Imaging of the Foot

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