Have you been told that the foot pain you’re feeling, especially after you wake up, is a result of plantar fasciitis, a very common cause of heel pain? Don’t assume it is…
Over my 40-plus years as a healer and teacher, I’ve found plantar fasciitis to rarely be the problem. In fact, plantar fasciitis is consistently one of the most misdiagnosed and poorly treated health conditions I’ve encountered.
Why? Like most musculoskeletal problems, plantar fasciitis is a symptom of a lack of structural imbalance. To get to the heart of that imbalance will mean examining a lot of things.
Understanding how the deep longitudinal muscular system in your body operates reveals a lot. For example, if you suffer from weak abdominal wall function, your pelvis will tip forward lengthening and tightening muscles in your leg.
That tightness transfers down through the Achilles tendon into the heel, pulling it up and stringing the plantar fascia more tightly. When your foot hits the ground, it will feel like it’s wound-up and overloaded.
Keeping a muscle system like this wound up for an extended time reduces blood flow, thus preventing oxygen and nutrients from coming in and creating an accumulation of waste products in the connective tissue that spurs the inflammatory process.
Learn why ignoring the foot pain can affect your whole body, and create an atlas subluxation in this video from 2014.
Love and chi,
Paul
