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Do you suffer from foot pain, heel pain or other foot complaints? Fysio Fitaal specialises in treating people with all kinds of foot complaints. Read more about how we can help you get rid of your symptoms, whether it's forefoot pain, osteoarthritis in the big toe, or an overworked foot, for example. With our specialist approach, we will help you on the road to recovery.
Cause
Foot complaints origin often by a combination of various factors. An increased tax, overload at sports or walking, decrease from muscle function or stand changes at the foot structure can all contributions. Also footwear plays herein a important role. Long-term at hard substrate walk, at little damping or right at narrow shoes can the complaints worsen.
Common Foot complaints
Heel spur complaints plantar fasciitis
This tendon plate starts at the heel and runs to the toes via the underside of...
Risk factors
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Long-term standing or ongoing work
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Bad suitable or at rigid footwear
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Heel- or foot problems at the past
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Sports with much impact, as running or jumping
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Loss from mobility and muscle power at the parent be
Ultrasound for foot complaints
At doubt about the nature from the injury can ultrasound a valuable add are. We use ultrasound to muscle and tendon structures accurate at image at bring. So can we distinction make between e.g. fasciitis, grease chamber damage or a heel spur. The helps to a clear diagnosis at set and the right treatment path at choose.
Types of foot complaints
Fasciitis plantaris (heel pain)
A common cause from heel pain. The tendon plate (fascia plantaris) under the foot hits irritated or overloaded. Often feel your pain at the first steps at the morning or after long sit.
Heel spur
A calcification at the attachment from the tendon plate to the heel bone. Goes often together with fasciitis plantaris, but is not always painful. The bone formation is visible at imaging, but is not always the cause from the complaints.
Fat path syndrome
Reduction or relocation from the fat pad under the heel, what leads to a sense from a "sharp heel" at the walk, especially at hard underground.
Other foot problems
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Morton neuroma: Nerve irritation between the toes, often between the 3e and 4e toe.
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Hallux valgus: Stand change from the large toe, often with a painful lump to the side.
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Osteoarthritis large toe (Hallux rigidus): Stiffness and pain at the large toe joint.
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Forefoot complaints: As metatarsalgia or overload from the metatarsals.
Anatomy of the foot
Heel
Exists mainly from the heel bone (calcaneus), that together with the fat pad (fat path) under the heel provides for shock absorption at any step. Here tight-knit also the fascia plantaris to, a important tendon plate those under the foot through.
Midfoot
The metatarsal exists from five metatarsals (ossa metatarsalia) and the foot root bones: os naviculare, os cuboideum and three ossa cuneiformia. This structures forms together the foot arch those essential is for shock absorption, stability and the distribute from print during are and walk. Loss from solidity or mobility at the metatarsal can lead to overload and pains elsewhere at the foot.
Forefoot
The forefoot exists from the cups from the five metatarsals and the corresponding toes (phalangen). This part from the foot plays a crucial role at the sales phase during the run, in which the body weight about the large toe (hallux) is transferred. Important structures its under other:
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The MTP-joint from the large toe, that often affected is at osteoarthritis (hallux rigidus).
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The sesame bones under the large toe, those act as pulleys for the flexor tendons.
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The nerves, those between the toes by run and irritated can hit at o.a. Morton neuroma.
A good cooperation from bone structures, tendons and muscles at this area is essential for balance, force development and the prevent from overload.
Physiotherapy for foot complaints
At Physio Vital believe we not at standard solutions. Every foot is unique - and that asks to a personal approach. We start therefore always with a comprehensive intake and physical research, in which we if needed use make from ultrasound to a clear diagnosis at pose. The treatment is targeted at the repair from function, the reduce from pain and the prevent from recurring complaints. Exercise therapy plays hereby a central role; we improve muscle power, mobility and control from the foot and surrounding structures, as the calf and hip, so that the tax at the foot better distributed becomes. In addition give we targeted explanation and advice about factors those the complaint at state can keep, as footwear, running or sports load. If needed fit we manual techniques toe, as mobilisations or dry needling at muscle tension or movement restriction. At long-term tendonitis can we also percutaneous electrolysis stakes. At some fallen analyse we the running or the attitude, to subtle anomalies those complaints cause at at tracks and at at send. Also can we at consultation with a foot specialist temporary insoles or taping deploy to the print local at reduce. So build we together targeted to a sustainable recovery.
Making an appointment at FysioFitaal
We work from multiple locations in Tilburg, always close by for professional and accessible physiotherapy. Fill in the contact form and we will contact you soon. Together, we will work on your recovery!
