Ep. 051 | Plantar Heel Pain | Henrik RIel

Hi and welcome to Physiotutors podcast episode 51 with Henrik Riel. Henrik is a physiotherapist from Denmark and has obtained his PhD in the management of plantar heel pain. He is doing a post-doc fellowship at the university of Aalborg and he is an assistant professor at the physio department of the university of northern Denmark. In this episode we will talk about plantar heel pain etiology, the risk factors associated with it, Henrik's approach to examination, imaging, and treatment. We will answer the question if there are prognostic factors for the condition, what mode of strength training is recommended and discuss the efficacy of adjunct treatment modalities for plantar fasciopathy. So make sure to listen to the entire episode.   Content 00:00 Intro 00:45 Plantar fasciitis, Plantar Fasciotpathy or Plantar heel pain? 02:41 Is it a tendinopathy? 03:33 The typical patient 04:40 Risk factors 07:13 Signs & Symptoms 09:05 Differential Diagnoses 10:10 Examination/Imaging & Testing 13:00 What about Heel spurs? 14:10 Prognosis 19:28 Isometrics for Plantar Heel Pain 22:04 Treatment Options 26:35 Load Management 28:15 Plyometrics/SSC Exercises 30:54 Henrik's Closing Thoughts 32:00 Outro   Bonus Material To view and download the bonus content such as transcripts of this episode become a Physiotutors Member. All episodes and bonus content can be found here   Follow our Podcast on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts