Plantar Fasciitis Treatment in Austin, TX

Okay. So, we’re going to start with
plantar fascitis today. So, plantar
fascitis is when the fascia in the foot
usually gets scar tissue adhesions in it
which will cause uh inflammation at the
attachment where the tendons at. So,
with this we us do a combination of
laser and shockwave therapy. We’ll do
shockwave in the arch of the foot and
then we will do laser at the attachment
point where it’s at.
We’re not going to go over the proper
spacer sizes on this video. We’ll do
that in a different video. But uh
generally speaking, we want to start u
anywhere in the arch. It doesn’t really
make a difference. We want to be going
up and down that arch, sweeping, paying
particular attention to keep this
perpendicular to the bottom of the foot.
So someone has high arches like you can
see with her as we go. I’m not keeping
it like this. I’m actually moving the
base of the treatment head to stay
perpendicular to where her foot is
actually going. We may actually go all
the way over to the inside of the arch
and follow that. Obviously, letting the
findings from the therapy session itself
dictate where we’re going to be. Um,
with any sort of tendonopathy, whether
it be here or tennis elbow, golfer’s
elbow, we can go over the bony
attachment where it’s at. In that
instance, we want to be like a three or
five out of 10, not the typical six to
eight out of 10 that we that we uh do in
the arches. Um, don’t be afraid to use
more energy as you are uh going up. As
someone’s getting better, they may make
jumps in the plantar fascia. So, if you
can’t find something, you know, as
always, look at the tension in the foot.
So, if her foot’s really tight, we may
let her foot relax like that to take
some tension out of the arch. Uh, we may
actually flex her toes for her like
that. Let it just relax. I’ll do it for
you. So, that way it’s completely
relaxed. And you can see how much more I
can actually change the arch of the foot
just by changing that. If someone’s like
this, you’re probably never going to
find something. So, just make sure they
keep that relaxed. Notice how we have
this up on a pillow. Um, we we don’t
want to have it We could actually have
it like that to let it relax more, but
just make sure the ankle is actually
actually relaxed. That’s it.