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Plantar heel pain

Plantar heel pain is a highly prevalent condition in both non-athletic and athletic populations. Despite its prevalence, little is known about the pathology, risk factors, prognosis, and the best possible treatment. The purpose of the course is to give an update on state of the art within plantar heel pain management and to give participants even more tools to aid them treating patients in the clinic. Read more ↓

4 Episodes 58m

The learning objectives are:

1) Be able to differentiate plantar heel pain and plantar fasciopathy from other common types of foot pain,

2) Improve your confidence in deciding on which of the many different treatments you should prescribe based on the latest evidence available,

3) Have an up-to-date knowledge about the risk factors, deficits and prognostic factors that you can you use to tailor treatment to your patient, and

4) Have knowledge about stepwise approaches to treat the condition when first-line treatment fails.

Episodes

Plantar Heel Pain Diagnosis, Terminology and Differential Diagnoses

How common plantar heel pain is, how to diagnose it from history, palpation and ultrasound, why heel spurs and the term plantar fasciitis mislead, and how to tell it apart from other causes of heel pain.

Prognosis, Risk Factors and a Stepwise Approach to Treatment

What to tell patients with plantar heel pain about prognosis, which factors predict a slower recovery, the known risk factors in runners and non-runners, and how to build a stepwise treatment plan.

Foot Orthoses, Taping and Heavy Slow Resistance Training

What the evidence shows for insoles and taping in plantar heel pain, how to prescribe the heavy slow heel raise with a towel under the toes, and how self-dosed and fixed progressions compared in a trial.

Manual Therapy, Injections, Shockwave and Surgery for Heel Pain

The evidence for manual therapy, corticosteroid injections, shockwave, needle electrolysis and surgery in plantar heel pain, and why simple, low-cost treatments should be tried before more invasive options.

The learning objectives are:

1) Be able to differentiate plantar heel pain and plantar fasciopathy from other common types of foot pain,

2) Improve your confidence in deciding on which of the many different treatments you should prescribe based on the latest evidence available,

3) Have an up-to-date knowledge about the risk factors, deficits and prognostic factors that you can you use to tailor treatment to your patient, and

4) Have knowledge about stepwise approaches to treat the condition when first-line treatment fails.

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Plantar heel pain

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4 Episodes

58m

Dec 4, 2025