Steemit Learning Challenge-S21W5; Plantar Fasciitis"

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What's Plantar Fasciitis? Write in your own words after getting knowledge from the lesson post.

This is a condition that affects the foot. A condition that affects the plantar fascia with inflammatory symptoms after the heel bone to the toes. There is perceived pain around the heel area due to this inflammation. To know if the pain we have around the heel area is plantar fasciitis, we would notice pain from the few early morning steps we have after a night's sleep or steps made after a prolonged sitting over time.

Causes of Plantar Fasciitis

1. Overuse of feet over prolonged standing or unstructured exercises that strain our muscles to the extreme.
2. The kind of feet we have may be why this condition happens. Our foot structure is likely the cause of plantar fasciitis. Likely to occur with those with flat feet, high arches, and irregular walking styles.
3. Age-related cause as a result of loose elasticity of plantar fascia
4. Obsessed individuals are likely susceptible to plantar fasciitis. This is simply because of the pressure exerted on the plantar fascia.

Symptoms of Plantar Fasciitis

There are a few universal signs we should look at when suspecting plantar fasciitis.

1. Heel Pain: each time we wake up from our night sleep, the first few steps would come with a sharp pain. Or after a long time of sitting down. Our first few steps will also see these sharp pains.
2. Stiffness around the feet area each time we want to use our legs after periods of inactivity.
3. Swelling and inflammation in the heel area. When we observe this, it is obvious that we are faced with plantar fasciitis.

Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis

1. We can rest the feet from prolonged use, especially from the female gender, who indulges more in home chores. Or desist from unstructured exercises that exert pressure on the plantar fascia.
2. Indulging in foot exercises that stretch the plantar fascia. We cannot forget the physical therapy exercises.
3. Use of ice rollers on the feet as a tool of massage, to help reduce pain and bring calm.
4. Medication and other across-the-counter medications can also help reduce effects.

Types of Plantar Fasciitis

We've already been told about some of the types of plantar fasciitis (acute and chronic plantar fasciitis), however, we still have the following;

1. Insertional plantar fasciitis: this is a type of pain occurrence around where the plantar fascia connects the toes.
2. Noninsertional plantar fasciitis: unlike the explained insertional type, this happens with pain in the middle of the plantar fascia.

How would you diagnose a plantar fasciitis? Any clinical investigation or assessment tests?

Diagnosing plantar fasciitis is simply a combination of medication, special testing, and physical examination.

Medical examination:
This would require that the medical personnel shall take into cognizance the medical history of the patient. Trying to ascertain the source of the pain would be paramount. By so doing, the nature, location, and duration are ascertained.

There should be an observed and recorded change in mobility. If there are cases of foot stress and all that. We have to be mindful to know to take note of the kind of footwear we wear.

Physical examination:
We have to look at for some universal signs like ascertaining the range of motion. If the feet and ankles are flexible. Outwalking posture is considered before and present to help determine if we are gradually

We can also observe if there is the presence of tenderness around the foot area. This would help deteçt the pain source, the exact location of pain, and inflammation.

Assessment & Imaging Tests
In this case, we may find useful the use of windlass and heel raise test where the big toe is dorsiflexed to ascertain pain from plantar fascia. The imaging text is quite advanced to help get certainty of results. We have the X-ray, MRI, and Ultrasound for this purpose.

Try to practice at least 3 exercises that you have learned from the lesson. Share images, gifs, or videos while practicing.

Heel Raise Exercise

This happens to be one of the strenuous exercises carried out in plantar fasciitis therapy. Requires stand on the 5 toes for several seconds. This stretches foot muscles.