New Years Resolutions

Every year around mid January and into February, we get an influx of patients who are very driven to lose weight secondary to overindulgent eating during the holiday season. This leads to a high degree of previously inactive individuals who are developing heel pain from their newly achieved activity level. This creates a formidable foe with regards to maintaining an exercise level consistant with weight loss goals.

At FFLC we strive to get you back out there running, and this is done via a variety of measures for treatment of heel pain, which consists of well conforming inserts for your shoes, as well as ultrasound guided examinations to pinpoint pathology and isolate sore bursal formations and fascia tears. We strive to keep this community active, and usually this can be managed without surgical interventions. We routinely perform physician guided physical therapy at out PT office and for difficult to resolve pain, we will utilize state of the art extracorporal shock wave therapy.

When you are not stretching your legs and heels appropriately, a night splint may be very useful to allow you to stretch out the fascia and reduce recurrence of painful heels. With xrays on site and experienced foot and ankle surgeons on your side, it is no wonder Naples continues to stay active, even when heel pain becomes part of the equation.