It s not dead center, because that s not where the When you examine you can put a stress on the plantar fascia either by pushing on the forefoot up, or just putting your thumb right into this area of the insertion. It will usually be tender. Treatment generally involves antiinflammatory drugs which often work quite well. Sometimes just modifying the shoes a little bit, getting some inserts. You can buy them in a drug store or sporting goods store.
Corticosteroid injections can be useful.
I don t like to do them repeatedly, again because this structure has a tremendous amount of stress on it. So I ll do it once, maybe twice. A lot of times that s all you need. Sometimes patients do need ongoing antiinflammatory treatment if they continue to do what it is that caused the situation in Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common thing that we see. The symptoms are pain and burning in the wrist and hands.