Plantar Fasciitis Treatment
Plantar Fasciitis Treatment in Aurora, Ohio
Heel pain that hits with your first steps out of bed, then comes back after long days on your feet, is a common sign of plantar fasciitis. Chronic plantar fasciitis is one of the conditions we treat with StemWave therapy most often, and Dr. Nicholas Toumazos and Dr. Lauren Mayes build each plan around your exam.
Understanding Heel Pain
What Is Plantar Fasciitis?
Plantar fasciitis and heel spurs are two of the heel problems we treat with StemWave at our Aurora office. Plantar fasciitis affects many of our active patients, especially runners who log miles on the Aurora Branch Trail and around Sunny Lake Park. Once it turns chronic, scar tissue in the plantar fascia can keep it from healing on its own, even when other treatments have not helped. Common signs include the following.
Sharp heel pain with the first steps in the morning
Pain that returns after standing or sitting for a long stretch
Tenderness under the heel
Heel pain that has not improved with rest, medication, or physical therapy
StemWave for Heel Pain
How Does StemWave Help Plantar Fasciitis?
StemWave sends acoustic pulses into the irritated fascia to encourage cellular repair and increase blood flow, and it can help break down the chronic scar tissue that keeps a stubborn heel from healing. Sessions take 10 to 15 minutes with no needles or incisions, and most patients walk out and go about their day.
Most plans run 8 to 12 sessions, weekly or every other week, set from your exam findings. Read the StemWave therapy page for more on how acoustic wave treatment works.
Where Chiropractic Fits
An Exam Before Any Treatment.
Your first visit starts with an exam of the foot and the joints above it, with in-office digital X-ray when your case calls for it. Many patients pair StemWave with a chiropractic adjustment in the same visit when the exam shows other joints are part of the picture. If your feet feel numb, tingly, or burning rather than sore at the heel, that points to nerve trouble instead, and our neuropathy treatment page explains the four-step protocol built for it.
More StemWave Conditions
Other Pain We Treat With StemWave.
Our Aurora office also uses StemWave for knee pain, shoulder pain, tennis elbow, and golfer's elbow. The guide to advanced pain relief with StemWave in our health library covers the conditions treated and what sessions feel like.
Heel Pain Questions
What Aurora Patients Ask Us.
For chronic plantar fasciitis, it is one of the treatments we reach for most at our Aurora office, especially when rest, medication, or physical therapy have not been enough. Your exam confirms the heel pain is coming from the fascia before a plan is set.
Yes. Most patients walk out and pick up right where they left off. A session takes 10 to 15 minutes and involves no anesthesia, so there is nothing to recover from before you head back to work or home.
Plantar fasciitis usually shows up as a sharp or aching pain at the heel, often worst with the first steps in the morning. Neuropathy tends to feel like numbness, tingling, or burning in the toes and feet. They are treated differently, so the exam sorts out which one you are dealing with first.
Plans usually run 8 to 12 visits, set weekly or every other week. Dr. Toumazos or Dr. Mayes picks the spacing from your exam findings and how your heel responds between visits.
Ready for Mornings Without Heel Pain?
Request your appointment with Dr. Toumazos or Dr. Mayes today, or visit our contact page for directions and hours.
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