Plantar Fasciitis -
What is It? • What Causes Plantar
Fasciitis Pain?
What Causes Heel Spurs?
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Plantar Fasciitis
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Many people who have considered plantar fasciitis surgery have found that they could relieve plantar fasciitis with a natural application. Please read the following information before deciding to undergo plantar fasciitis surgery.
Plantar Fasciitis is inflammation of the plantar fascia. "Plantar" means the bottom of the foot, "fascia" is a type of connective tissue, and "itis" means "inflammation". The plantar fascia is attached to the bottom of the heel and extends to the toes to create the arch of the foot.
Plantar Fasciitis is a common problem among people active in sports or activities that cause them to be actively on their feet. Plantar fasciitis pain ususally starts as dull pain in the heel and may become a sharp constant pain. Plantar Fasciitis pain ususally increases after standing or being on the feet for long periods of time.
The heel bone is the largest bone in the foot. This bone supports the body's weight and is responsible for absorbing the daily stress placed on the feet, thus making it a target for various pains and disorders such as heel spurs and plantar fasciitis.
People who experience heel pain often find out that they have developed a tiny spur (heel spur) at the point where the heel bone attaches to the plantar fascia. When weight is added to the heel bone, the heel spur can rub against the plantar fascia causing damage. The cause of the pain is usually the heel spur. The repeated rubbing of the heel spur against the plantar fascia often results in tearing of the plantar fascia at the point of attachment of the plantar fascia to the heel bone. The result of the damage is inflammation and pain. Often times, when the heel spur is eliminated and the plantar fascia damage has healed, the heel pain will disappear.
There are many hard-to-believe theories on the cause of heel spurs. After many years of hearing what works for different people, our conclusion on the matter is this:
Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body, but it may also be the most lacking. The amount of calcium that we absorb from our food varies widely. One factor is our age. An adolescent may absorb up to 75% of the calcium obtained from foods, while, in adults the maximum absorption rate ranges from 20% to 30%.
Even though our bones feel solid and permanent, they're just like any other body tissue - they're constantly being broken down and formed again. In an adult, 20 percent of bone calcium is withdrawn from bones and replaced each year.
Calcium is found in the extra cellular fluids and soft tissues of the body, where it is vital to normal cell functioning. Much of the calcium in soft tissues is concentrated in muscle, although it is contained in the membrane and cytoplasm of every cell. The role of calcium is so vital in these fluids and tissues that, is it's supply runs low, the body will actually leach calcium from its own bones. In many people this happen to be in the heel of the foot or some other weak are of the body. As the calcium is being leached, it forms and eruption (similar to a volcano.) This eruption is the bone spur. When a bone spur appears in the heel of the foot it is refered to as a heel spur.
Many people that suffer from heel spurs and plantar fasciitis find relief, without surgery, when they properly supplement their diet daily with "good calcium" - The calcium must be carefully formulated to be easily digested. When the body is fed the right amount of "good calcium" the heel spurs subsides - along with the plantar fasciitis pain.
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Often times when people undergo plantar fasciitis surgery/heel spur surgery, they find that the pain comes back because they have not gotten to the source of the plantar fasciitis/heel spur problem.