Plantar Fasciitis Timeframe-Healing Expectations

October 16, 2008 by: ToddieM

One of the first things I tell my patients who come to see me regarding plantar fasciitis is that it’s going to take some time.

Plantar fasciitis, especially when it gets to the point of forming a heel spur, is a long developing process.  The spur you are seeing is literally the bone being pulled away by the tight fascia.  As you can imagine, this is not an overnight process.

Plantar Fasciitis Damage

Plantar Fasciitis Damage

I am setting up my patients on the expectation that this will take a while to heal.  And by “heal” I mean relief of symptoms to the point where they feel about 85-90% better than when they first came in.

I don’t want patients to have the false expectation that Dr Schafer has a little magic pill to make heel pain go away overnite.

It doesn’t happen that way.

Anything that takes a long time to develop, stands to reason will take a substantial period to heal.  The good news is that heel pain is treatable 85% of the time without surgery.

Patients hear this, and it makes the timeframe seem not so bad.

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