plantarfasciitisrelief Archives

Plantar fasciotomy post-op

By Dr Damien Lafferty|2022-05-29T14:21:50+10:00February 18th, 2022|Heel pain, Post operative|

Following on from a post (Chronic Heel Pain, October 2021) I shared a few weeks ago about the minimally invasive plantar fasciotomy for chronic recalcitrant plantar fasciosis/fasciitis. A patient presented this week with a problem, involving DJD/OA of the left 2nd MTPJ. She is an existing patient, whom I carried out a plantar fasciotomy eleven years [...]

Chronic heel pain

By Dr Damien Lafferty|2022-02-20T14:20:17+11:00October 27th, 2021|Heel pain|

This 24-year-old male presented at my rooms with an 8-year history of bilateral "plantar fasciitis". He had been treated with various modalities and health practitioners over the years, including 4 steroid injections in each heel and was actually wearing a CAM/moon boot on his right foot. The patient presented with radiographs and ultrasounds with a diagnosis [...]