Plantar Fasciitis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments - SLUCare Orthopedic Surgery

SLUCare Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Megan Walters discusses what plantar fasciitis is, the causes, and what treatments there are available. Dr. Walters discusses treatments including night splints, physical treatments such as using a frozen water bottle to relieve pain, orthotics, injections in the plantar fascia as well as anti-inflammatory medicine. Dr. Walters also goes into more extensive treatment of surgery that varies from patient to patient.

Dr. Megan Walters offers treatments for these various forms of foot pain that vary from medical to surgical approaches. You can learn more about these treatments at https://slucare.edu/orthopedic-surger...

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