Can Plantar Fasciitis Go Away On Its Own?| How Do You Heal Plantar Fasciitis?

Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the fibrous tissue that is found along the bottom of the foot of a person. As a result of plantar fasciitis, people feel a sharp pain in their toes with their first steps in the morning. However, when you get up and move here and there the pain starts to decrease. Again if you stand for a long or suddenly rise after sitting for a long period the pain starts rising. Plantar fasciitis is mostly found in runners. Apart from that, people who are overweight also suffer from this disease.

Moreover, people who are involved in an occupation that requires standing on their feet for long hours such as factory workers, teachers, etc. may develop this disease.

Can Plantar Fasciitis Go Away On Its Own?

Can Plantar Fasciitis Go Away On Its Own?

Many people have a wrong notion that plantar fasciitis will go away on its own but it is not true. You should do a proper diagnosis of plantar fasciitis and have to take proper medication, therapies and home remedies for healing the condition.

For proper diagnosis of plantar fasciitis, the doctor may ask to do X-ray or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) which will show whether the patient is suffering from other types of disease such as stress fracture or pinched nerve.

How Do You Heal Plantar Fasciitis?

To heal Plantar Fasciitis, one needs to go through medication and therapy. As far as medication is concerned, you can take ibuprofen and naproxen sodium which will help you to ease the pain and relieve inflammation that is associated with Plantar Fasciitis. However, these would be temporary solutions. The best way to heal plantar fasciitis is by using therapies.

For physical therapy, you should go to a therapist who may recommend you a series of exercise which will help you to stretch the plantar fasciitis and assists you in strengthening the lower leg muscles and stabilizing your ankle and heel. Apart from that, it is also seen that sometimes the physical therapist also suggests the patient wear night splints that usually helps the patient to stretch the calf muscles. It also helps the patient to arch the foot while asleep. Moreover, the doctor suggests off-the-shelf or custom-fitted arch or orthotics which may help you to distribute the pressure to your feet evenly.

You can also use some home remedies to heal plantar fasciitis. The first thing that you need to do for healing plantar fasciitis is maintaining your body weight. Secondly, it is very essential to avoid heels and prefer low or moderate heel while purchasing shoes. In addition, you should use swimming and bicycling instead of walking or jogging as a mode of exercise. If you feel sharp pains, then you can hold a cloth with an ice pack and apply on the affected area for at least 15 to 20 minute. If the problem is severe then repeat the process for three-four times a day. Regular massage with the ice pack will help the patient to reduce the inflammation.

Conclusion

Thus if you observe any kind of symptoms for Plantar fasciitis, you should quickly analyze the problem and if it is due to Plantar fasciitis then you should do physical therapy or home remedies to heal Plantar fasciitis quickly without any side effect.

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Written, Edited or Reviewed By: Team PainAssist, Pain Assist Inc. This article does not provide medical advice. See disclaimer
Last Modified On:March 26, 2019

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