This brand new paper has just been published by Josh Burns’s group out of The University of Sydney. The key findings were: Highlights • Plantar heel pain is associated with high Body Mass Index in non-athletic groups. • Plantar heel pain is associated with specific foot strength deficits and reduced ankle dorsiflexion range of motion….
Simon Bartold
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Downloaded the paper and looking forward to a read over the next few days. I am just wondering, is it time we rethought the name plantar fascia stretch? Been doing this approach and teaching pts this approach for years. I tend to suggest to my pts this is more a move towards desensitising of the tissue/brain reaction.