If you are experiencing pain that is worse first thing in the morning or after you have been standing for long periods of time then you may have Plantar Fasciitis. Get back your lifestyle today.
Have you been thinking about changing your career as you can’t stand for long hours without experience heel pain?
Would you like to improve your lifestyle and avoid a loss of income?
Heel pain is one of the most common disorders that foot and ankle physicians treat and fortunately conservative treatment is successful in roughly 90% of patients.
If you are experiencing pain that is worse first thing in the morning or after you have been sitting for long periods of time then you may have Plantar Fasciitis.
Other signs include having to stop when you have been walking to let the pain decrease. Stretching your fascia (heel) to allow for mobility and to reduce the pain.
For other people, the pain can be unbearable when they are spending long periods of time standing due to their work. Plantar fasciitis affects nurses, retail staff, warehouse workers, pharmacists, post-menopausal women, overweight people and young mothers who as a result can’t play with their children.
This can be debilitating, causing them to look for other jobs and even change long term careers.
Other causes include wearing non-supportive footwear on hard, flat surfaces and faulty structures of the feet such as high arches or overly flat feet.
Surgery is advised if non-surgical treatment fails.
Although most patients with plantar fasciitis respond to non-surgical treatment, a small percentage of patients may require surgery. Dr Kim will discuss both options with you to determine which approach would be most beneficial.
Minimally Invasive Plantar Fasciitis Surgery
We offer minimally invasive keyhole plantar fascia release surgery (instep fasciotomy) which releases a portion of the plantar fascia. Only requiring a small 1 – 2 cm incision you will be up and walking the same day* and this surgery has a 93.6% success rate. (link reference)
The operation for plantar fasciitis is usually day-case procedure and can be done under local anesthesia, twilight sedation or general anesthesia. The operation usually takes around 20 – 30 minutes.
Large Heel Spur Surgery
Minimally invasive keyhole surgery is also used to remove larger heel spurs.
This unique procedure effectively treats the condition at its source reducing significant downtime, scarring, or compromise to the other soft tissue structures around the heel area.
Postoperative Courses
*Immediate weightbearing is allowed in a surgical shoe with limited activities.
Sutures are removed between 10 – 14 days postoperatively.
Patients return to comfortable tennis shoes gradually between 2 – 3 weeks.
Postoperative pain
Severe pain after plantar fasciotomy is rare although pain is subjective. Many patients need mild postoperative analgesics only after plantar fasciotomy.
Bunions will not just go away on their own, but this does not mean that your lifestyle has to be affected.
There is a treatment that is minimally invasive and affordable so you no longer have to feel like your entire life is being controlled by flat feet.
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