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EXPLANATIONS OF COMMON
FOOT AILMENTS
 WHAT
IS PLANTAR FASCIITIS?
With Plantar Fasciitis, the bottom of your feet may hurt when you stand,
especially first thing in the morning. Pain usually occurs on the inside
of the foot, near the spot where your heel and arch meet. Pain may
lessen after a few steps, but, it comes back after rest or with
prolonged movement The cause is when the foot flattens too much or the
foot flattens too little. |
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Heel Pain
Is a chronic inflammation of the plantar fascia, a ligament like
structure that passes from the heel to the forefoot. The inflammation is
caused by the fascia partially pulling away from the heel. A bony spur -
which may or may not cause pain - can also develop here, caused by
excessive heel rotation, excessive heel pounding, longitudinal arch
weakness, stretched plantar muscles. |
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 WHAT CAUSES
CALLUSES AND CORNS?
Underlying bone problems can cause excessive irritation, where shoes
repeatedly rub. Dead skin cells can pile up, creating calluses on the
bottom of the foot and corns on the toes. |
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WHAT CAUSES HAMMERTOES?
Hammertoes are produced by a muscle imbalance which cause the end joints
of one or two or more smaller toes to bend down, while the closer joints
bend up. Another cause may be Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome. |
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WHAT CAUSES BUNIONS?
Bunions are painful when the bursa sac becomes inflamed from the
irritation caused by the spreading of the forefoot, pronation,
supination or imbalance. |
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 WHAT IS MORTON'S
NEUROMA?
It is a nerve growth that often accompanies metatarsalgia. It develops
when the nerve between two metatarsal heads is pinched and bruised. The
symptoms are a burning numbness, or electric shock sensation in the ball
of the foot, caused by tight shoes, repeated impacts, jolts to the fore
foot, or by a dropped metatarsal arch. |
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