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Plantar Fasciitis Case Study - Assignment
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Plantar Fasciitis Case Study - Assignment
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CASE STUDY
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN............................................................................................7CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9.......................................................................................................................................................10
INTRODUCTIONOverview: Podiatry is defined as the branch of medicine to study, diagnose and treat thedisorders under both medical and surgical types in context to ankle, foot and lowerextremity. A podiatrist or chiropodist helps in the treatment of the disorders related tofoot or ankle exclusively. This branch helps in solving the common foot problems andwork under the framework of The society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, The Instituteof Chiropodists and Podiatrists and The British Chiropody and Podiatry Association. Themajor concern is the overuse injury and it takes place when people are obese orperforming any physical activity like running etc. (Schmidt and et.al., 2017). The entirecreation of tension builds in the surrounding muscles that hamper the foot or ankle andsometimes affect the calf muscles of the lower extremity part.Background: Plantar Fasciitis is the inflammatory part in the fibrous tissue which iscalled as plantar fascia. This part moves along with the bottom of the foot that connectsheel bone to toes. Primarily, this plantar fasciitis leads to pain in the intense heel area. Itis mostly caused by any injury or accident where the ligament gets micro tear ortightness on the sole area (Farndon and et.al., 2018). In addition to this, the tissuesunderneath the foot area gets inflamed or has pain which might get exaggerated due tolong standing processes or performing any physical activity.This assignment is based on understanding the plantar fasciitis or inferior heelpain and its related aspects regarding the entire pathological presentation. It includesabout the aetiology, differential diagnosis, mechanism and prognosis of this disorder inrelation to the theories of MSK pathology. Moreover, it also describes on themanagement plan related to this practice to give insights on the causes, diagnosis,treatment plan etc. Lastly it emphasis on outlining the intensity of the damage and theassociated clinical features as well.MAIN BODYAetiologyThis section highlights the origination of the condition or disorder through seriesof investigation to understand the real causes behind the pain or onset of disease. Inregard to this, Planter fasciitis is one of the general disorders that occur due to lack ofproper support and are mostly refereed by the mechanical instability. It paved the need1
of arch assistance while walking, sitting for longer duration or conducting any standingjobs. This disorder consists of any formation of soaring or inflammation in the musclesor tissues. Additionally, the ligament might get tear down which causes pain and alsoimpact the patient in adverse manner (Wylie and et.al., 2019). It is understandable thatthis condition takes place either gradually or suddenly. This is primarily because of theunawareness which mostly people tend to ignore at the initial levels. One must analyseif they suffer with any sharp stab or any ache in the heel or calf area.The mechanism of injury in the context of tissue stress is based on combinationof gaining knowledge about both symptoms and several causes. The symptoms includepain in the ankle, foot or nearby areas while practising any sport activity or experiencingthe hobble nearby the foot area. The causes involve two types of conditions such asbiomechanical issues and over training related components. This is mostly existent foraround 6-18 months without any medical assistance but gets aggravated when notundertaken any concrete steps for its recovery. It has been found out that 97% time, itgets recovered without any operative treatment. The main culprit is the lack ofknowledge before running or doing any exercise or stretching by the people. In addition,they lacked the common sense on using this particular body parts while doing chores athome or office and leads towards meeting with some uncertain accident.In regard to this, it is mainly refereed as the non inflammatory structuralbreakdown and is observed under the microscope to know about the triggering points. Ittakes place on the foundation of occurrence of small tears called as micro trauma and itleads to several negative influences in the form of unsystematic collagen fibres, calciumdeposits in between the gaps of the connective tissues. It mainly forms a thickening inthe central part, medial part and lateral part of the plantar aponeurosis which is relatedto the digital slips in the prolonged part of the foot which lies beneath the heel (Wylieand et.al., 2019). Moreover, it formulates towards the calcaneal tuberosity on the plantarsurface where the plantar ligament is attached with the anterior projection called thecalcaneal tubercle. This entire mechanism can be identified through proper inspectionon the affected areas whether any inflammation or tear is seen or not.This aetiology is useful in understanding about the pathological process andprogression of injury. The plantar fascia has many gaps or disruptions which gets2
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