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What should you know?
For many people, Plantar Fasciitis can come on seemingly out of the blue, with very little provocation. However, there's so much misinformation about how to treat plantar fasciitis out there, that some recommended treatments - such as orthotics, stretching, and cortisone shots - can actually lead to making your plantar fasciitis worse. Knowing the facts will help you act preventively to stop plantar fasciitis before it starts.
Stretching, orthotics, and cortisone are not your friends
It's a common misconception that stretching will help strengthen your foot - in fact, the plantar fascia are not meant to stretch. When they stretch too far, this results in microtears forming in the plantar fascia. Every time you walk, pressure is put onto your foot, re-opening those microtears. This is why it can take so long for plantar fasciitis to heal, and it's also why you should avoid excessively stretching the foot.
It's also a good idea to avoid anything that puts uncomfortable pressure onto your foot. Arch supports are one of the main causes of plantar fasciitis, because they result in pressure pushing up onto the middle of your foot. If you use any kind of orthotics, it's best to use an insert designed to provide uniform cushioning, something like memory foam without any arch or heel support.
Stretches such as rolling your foot on a frozen water bottle, step stretching, or using ball rolling, can actually aggravate plantar fasciitis. Rest is essential for plantar fasciitis to heal. As a general rule, if any treatment causes you discomfort or pain, that is generally an indication the injury is being aggravated, so it's best to discontinue that treatment.
Cortisone shots may temporarily relieve the pain, but they do nothing to help actually heal your injury, and they can often cause more harmful side effects when used repeatedly. Cortisone shots can result in thinning the soft tissue over time, which could make surgery a necessity. They are also associated with chronic re-injury and plantar fascia rupture.
How can you prevent and treat plantar fasciitis?
King Brand products are your solution to heal your plantar fasciitis and prevent it from coming back in the future.
Use the ColdCure® to relieve inflammation, pain, and swelling with the best cold compression medical device on the market. The ColdCure® is meant to be used in combination with the BFST®, which is King Brand's Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy Device.
The BFST® works to increase your circulation, and heal the soft tissue. You can use KB Tape® to hold the skin and groups of muscles together to prevent aggravating your plantar fascia, creating armor for your injury.
Ankle Extensor Tendonitis Treatment
What causes ankle extensor tendonitis?
Tendonitis in general is when you experience inflammation, irritation, or damage of the tendons – with ankle extensor tendonitis, the tendons on the top of your feet are affected. This can make it difficult to move your ankle and toes, walk, and even sleep. Ankle extensor tendonitis may appear to come on suddenly, but is often actually caused by repeated strain or trauma, or even repetitive motion from work, sports, or other activity.
How to treat ankle extensor tendonitis
The first step to recovering from any soft tissue injury, including tendonitis, is to give your injury the rest it needs to heal. When we use our feet to walk, pressure is put onto the foot and ankle, which keeps your tendon inflamed and keeps you stuck in a state of constant reinjury. Rest and cold therapy are essential throughout your recovery, but especially in the beginning stages of healing. The ColdCure® provides superior cold compression treatment and conforms to the top of your foot and the sides.
To break the cycle of reinjury and truly heal, you need the BFST® from King Brand. This Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy medical device is specifically designed to heal soft tissue conditions, including tendonitis. The BFST® heals all of the soft tissue in the area that you treat and increases your circulation, strengthening the area and making it less likely for you to get reinjured in the future. These FDA approved, registered medical devices have helped hundreds of thousands of people to heal – they can help you too!
Exercise
How much exercise should you do while recovering from a soft tissue injury? The last thing you want to do is aggravate the injury or make it worse. So what kind of exercise is best, and for how long?
There's more than one answer to those questions. Many things about your recovery depend on your individual injury or condition - you may have a very different experience with plantar fasciitis, for example, than a friend might. Always be aware of your injury during any kind of movement or exercise - if it hurts, don't do it. Pain during exercise, especially sharp pain, is an indication that the exercise is irritating your injury. One of the most important parts of healing is respecting your limits.
It is true that the more rest you allow yourself, the better and quicker your injury will recover. However, some exercise can be very beneficial to the healing process. Non-weight bearing exercise like bicycling or swimming is best. It's a good idea to be more gentle with yourself and your injury than you think you need to. Try starting off with ten or fifteen minutes of exercise, and increase according to your comfort from there. Your circulation can greatly benefit from exercise, and that will only help you to heal more quickly.
To heal quickly, safely, and effectively at home, take a look at the BFST® and ColdCure® from King Brand Healthcare Products. These FDA approved, registered medical devices are designed to give you superior pain relief and can heal tendonitis, partial muscle tears, carpal tunnel, and many more disruptive conditions. The BFST® and ColdCure® will help you get back to doing the activities you love as soon as possible!
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Science Backed Facts to Help You Heal
Achilles injuries can be so painful that you'll try anything to get some relief. There's a lot of misinformation out there about how to most effectively heal a damaged Achilles tendon, and it's important to educate yourself to avoid treatments that can lead to negative consequences over time.
For example, one of the most commonly recommended treatments for soft tissue injuries is a cortisone shot. These shots result in temporary pain relief, but they don't do anything to heal the injury. In fact, repeated cortisone shots will cause your soft tissue to thin and increase the likelihood of a ruptured tendon.
Stretching and physical therapy are often prescribed to treat an Achilles injury as well. Physical therapy should be used to strengthen the area around the injury after the healing process is well underway. If you feel pain during exercise, that's a sign that your Achilles is being reinjured. It's important to speak up if any exercise hurts during physical therapy - stretching contributes to reinjury as well. You should never have to push through the pain.
The best way to heal your Achilles tendon is by using the BFST and ColdCure from King Brand. These are Class II medical devices that are FDA Approved to heal soft tissue injuries and speed up your recovery. Click the link to learn more - you can recover without surgery!
We use our feet throughout the day, every day. When you develop foot pain from plantar fasciitis, it can disrupt your life in more ways than one.
Various misinformation regarding plantar fasciitis does not help those who are suffering from it and can actually lead to aggravating the injury more and causing additional pain - from doing things you've been told will help! One of the biggest treatment myths about this condition is that stretching is beneficial. Stretching your plantar fascia is actually one of the most common causes of plantar fasciitis.
To start the healing process, it is vital to get as much oxygen and nutrient rich blood flow to the damaged tissue as possible. The best way to accomplish this is through the medical device, the BFST (Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy). This device should ideally be used 3-4 times daily, and uses electromagnetic energy to stimulate healthy blood flow and kick start the healing process.
MRI results from individuals who have used the BFST consistently show that it is possible to make a full recovery, even from something as persistently resistant to healing as plantar fasciitis. The BFST requires consistent daily usage, and it is not an overnight cure - conditions like plantar fasciitis take time to heal. It is often used as an alternative to surgery by those who have tried everything else - orthotics, stretching, insoles, physical therapy - and are at the end of their rope with the constant pain and little progress.
Sound familiar? It's worth it to educate yourself about your options. Nobody should have to live with constant pain.
Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy Device
Hi! I'm interested learning more about medical technology, and discussing the options I've found to treat multiple different conditions. Today I want to talk about the BFST, or blood flow stimulation device.
Have you ever dealt with a soft tissue injury, like a torn meniscus, or tendonitis?
These injuries tend to be incredibly frustrating - they take a long time to heal, and cause pain almost constantly.
The BFST is a really cool piece of technology that can speed up the recovery time you spend dealing with a soft tissue injury, and it can prevent the need for surgery.
It uses electromagnetic energy to stimulate blood flow beneath the skin - this works with the body's natural healing process.
More info at the link below, or by sending me a message!
If you've found an effective treatment for dealing with a soft tissue injury, I'd love to hear about your experience.