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Chronic
Foot Problems and the Achilles Tendon As we age, flat feet become more
common. This means that the foot has too much pronation. As
the foot pronates excessively, a
plantar fasciitis or even a heel spur can
occur. To prevent these injuries from occurring, proper footwear is essential
to support the
arch through correct orthotics. Once
plantar fasciitis occurs,
Prolotherapy of the plantar fascia (strong attachments at the bottom of the
foot) can be quite helpful in eliminating this pain. This type of injury generally
comes on gradually and presents itself as discomfort noticed at the front of
the heel or arch when one first gets out of bed in the morning. Pain
exacerbates significantly with any increase in athletic activity. When the
athlete is off of his/her feet for any period of time, the injured fascia
begins to feel better. Unfortunately, the healing bond is quite weak so that
when walking without arch support or exercising, the plantar fascia begins to
tear. This results in pain in the area where the plantar fascia attaches to
the calcaneous (heel bone), and a formation of a bone spur. Bone spurs tell
the athlete and physician that there is weakened and injured tissue present,
which is generally a
ligament. Use of an arch support helps to prevent the
plantar fasciitis from recurring, but Prolotherapy is needed to strengthen the
healing bond. In addition to the Prolotherapy,
proper
stretching of the muscles of the lower leg is also helpful. Correction
of this problem will also involve evaluation of the gait in order to determine
if there are other factors that may be perpetuating this problem, such as
other
ligament weakness, skeletal malalignments, or muscular imbalances.
However, the most important factor in curing
sports injuries is to stimulate
the regeneration of the injured tissue by Prolotherapy. The Achilles Tendon: The Weak Link for Many Athletes The Achilles tendon is the
largest
tendon of the human body and is one of the most commonly injured
tendons in sports. It is the tendon responsible for plantar flexing of the
foot, which is how athletes are able to spring off of each step. Athletes in running sports have a
high incidence of Achilles tendon overuse injuries. About 75 percent of total
and the majority of partial tendon ruptures are related to sports activities
involving abrupt repetitive jumping and sprinting movements. Surgery is supposedly required in
about 25 percent of athletes with Achilles tendon overuse injuries, and the
frequency of surgery increases with patient age and duration of symptoms, as
well as occurrence of tendinopathic changes.
Of those who receive surgery, 20
percent require reoperation. These
are sad statistics if one knows the pathology in chronic Achilles problems.
The condition begins as a
tendonitis because the Achilles tendon is trying to
strengthen. But often, because of
NSAIDS and
cortisone shots, the
inflammatory
process is halted. The tendon then begins to show signs of cellular damage and
collagen
degeneration. This is called
tendinosis. Tendon pathology such as
this can only be encouraged to repair itself with Prolotherapy. Only
Prolotherapy will be able to stimulate the growth of the Achilles tendon
tissue to make it stronger. Steroid injections not only do not help the problem, they likely cause the problem. Steroid shots with cortisone have been implicated as a significant cause of Achilles tendon rupture. |
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