A 27-year-old male attended the Sydney heel pain clinic complaining of plantar fibroma, but demonstrated symptoms of plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis. He had arch pain in both feet and felt most of his pain just in front of the heel at the transition into the arch of the foot. He was experiencing equal levels […]

Can we differentiate between Sever’s disease and plantar fasciitis? A 12-year-old boy presents to the Sydney heel pain clinic complaining of pain through the sole of his right foot of approximately 6 months, and his mother has been informed that he has either Sever’s disease or plantar fasciitis. He complains of pain around the base […]

A 42-year-old male presents to the Sydney heel pain clinic complaining of heel pain, and describes to the sports podiatrist at his suffering with plantar fasciitis in one foot and Achilles tendonitis in the other. He is a keen runner and has been participating in triathlons for some time. He has never had Achilles tendonitis […]

Differential diagnosis including plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis Plantar fasciitis is an extremely common condition seen amongst podiatrists in the clinic today. However, occasionally patients can be misdiagnosed due to pain in other parts of the foot anatomy and conditions that give symptoms similar to that of plantar fasciitis. These conditions include, but are not […]

Heel Pain and Plantar Fasciitis Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain evidenced in our Sydney heel pain clinic to date. The condition affects women more than men and commonly occurs in people aged approximately 50 years. Occasionally, younger people will present with heel pain from plantar fasciitis but this is less […]

Plantar Fasciitis and Achilles Tendonitis Two of the most common conditions that we treat at the Sydney Heel Pain clinics are plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis. These two conditions seem to affect people from all walks of life. While our typical patient is a female aged in the latter half of her life, these conditions […]

A 48 year old female presented to the Sydney heel pain clinic in Miranda complaining of plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis in her left foot. She had been suffering with these two conditions for approximately 3 months and reports to the podiatrist that the pain from these conditions was affecting her ability to exercise. The […]

Plantar Fasciitis History A 32 year old female who came to Sydney on holiday from Poland, presents to the Sydney heel pain clinic complaining of plantar fasciitis. She reports to the podiatrist that she has been walking around the city every day for approximately 10 days. Prior to this she was sightseeing and travelling around […]

A 52 year old female presents to the Sydney heel pain clinic in Miranda, complaining of heel pain which she thinks is due to plantar fasciitis. She has been suffering with this condition for nearly 2 years and has been unable to find a solution. The plantar fasciitis is causing pain every single day and […]