Plantar heel pain part 2 - Exercises & progressions with Henrik Riel

What exercises will you use with your next Plantar heel pain (PHP) patient to help your patients get back to painfree walking, running and getting out of bed?

Almost anyone can develop PHP, but your most common PHP patients are likely to be from two very different groups - male runners and sedentary females. What’s the best treatment for each of these types of patients?

In Plantar heel pain part 2 - Exercises & progressions with Henrik Riel, you will discover:

• How to differentiate patients to guide treatment
• Are foot orthoses or insoles helpful as an addition to treatment?
• Taping - is it useful, and what taping techniques can you use?
• Patient education and advice
• Advice for runners about whether they are able to continue running or not
• Which is better - rigid orthotics or a soft heel cup for PHP?
• How can you adjust your patients work and sport activities so their PHP can continue to improve?
• What can you do if your patient has persistent pain?
• How can you treat sedentary middle aged women with a high BMI?
• How can you tailor your treatment to the individual?
• Strengthening vs stretching - Is heavy slow resistance training or stretching a better treatment?
• How your patients can perform strengthening
• What speed should strengthening exercises be performed?
• Exercise progressions
• What pain levels are ok during exercises?
• How heavy can your patients go with heavy slow resistance?
• Pre-determined or self-dosed protocols? Should you instruct your patients on how much weight and how many sets to perform, or should your patients decide?

In Part 1 you discovered how to assess & diagnose PHP.

In Part 2 (this part) you will explore treatment options and exercise progressions you can use with your PHP patients.

Part 3 (next week) you will compare the different types of exercises, and explore the latest evidence on additional treatment options such as extracorporeal shockwave therapy (EWST), manual therapy, surgery, and what corticosteroid injections and the Loch Ness monster have in common.