Part 3: Heel Pain: Confessions Of A Podiatrist with Heel Pain Injury and Her Tips for Runners with Heel Pain

Not all heel pain will resolve using a conservative home-treatment approach.  In a clinical setting we find runners will approach us after weeks, if not months, of trying multiple treatments at home.  By this point, most heel pain injuries can be classified as chronic (i.e not healing on its own).. I will outline the treatment … Read more

Part 2: Heel Pain: Confessions Of A Podiatrist with Heel Pain Injury and Her Tips for Runners with Heel Pain

Treating Heel Pain Yourself at Home Are you like me when it comes to asking for recommendations?  When I treat a patient of a certain nationality I ask for their opinion of where to go to enjoy an authentic meal from their country.  When I listen and end up taking my family out to those … Read more

Part 1: Heel Pain – Confessions Of A Podiatrist with Heel Pain and Her Tips for Runners with Heel Pain

A PODIATRIST WITH A CONFESSION Will you judge me if I say I’m a runner who has experienced a long list of foot injuries? Because I am a Podiatrist, would you think I am incompetent because I fall victim to the same foot conditions and injuries that I treat on a daily basis? Similarly, when … Read more