Will Acupuncture Help Plantar Fasciitis

Doctors said: Treatment measures for plantar fasciitis

Treatment of plantar fasciitis is mainly to minimize the risk factors of the disease and to alleviate the pain symptoms. It takes time for the treatment to be effective, so the patient needs to be patient and understand the general principles as follows:

• Let the legs rest, do not stand for too long or exercise too much, need to alternate between rest periods, change positions.
• Soaking your feet in warm water before going to bed helps relax the plantar fascia and helps you get a good night's sleep.
• Gently massage your feet before getting out of bed, stretch the plantar fascia, and reduce pain when you put your feet on the floor.
• The plantar fascia stretching exercise is an effective method to treat the disease. Do stretching exercises regularly until the disease subsides.
• Change your living habits by wearing shoes with soft soles, do not walk barefoot on hard ground, wear shoes that fit your feet, the soles of shoes should only be about 2-3cm high, can use more insoles Soft to avoid irritating the soles of the feet.
• Apply ice on the heel for about 20 minutes to relieve pain
• Using a splint at night: helps the heel tendons not be stretched during sleep, avoiding dandruff the next morning.
• Use common pain relievers such as acetaminophen, and anti-inflammatory drugs such as corticosteroids as directed by your doctor for pain relief. Injecting corticosteroids directly into the tendons of the feet is also an effective treatment, providing quick pain relief.
• Acupuncture, transcutaneous nerve stimulation, and foot and ankle casts are also measures to help relieve pain if the pain persists.
• Surgery to relieve the plantar fascia from being stretched is the treatment of last resort if the pain persists and does not improve for more than 6 months. Surgery is usually performed to remove one side of the plantar fascia, and remove the calcaneal spur if present. This is a simple surgery, so there are few complications, it can be open surgery or laparoscopic surgery.

Truth Acupuncture Help Plantar Fasciitis

In conclusion, acupuncture may be a safe and effective treatment modality for the short-term management of plantar fasciitis. Four studies have shown a significant reduction in pain during 4–8 weeks of therapy compared to standard therapy or sham acupuncture. However, the heterogeneity of these studies limits the formation of a definitive conclusion regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture to reduce pain in patients with plantar fasciitis in the longer term, and further research is required.

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Acupuncture for Plantar Fasciitis – Some Essential Points            

Here are some important acupuncture points that can help reduce the pain in your calf muscles and combat plantar fasciitis.

1.Distal Points

The condition Plantar fasciitis is characterized by mild to severe tightness in the calf muscles, and the tightness in the muscles of your lower leg has the to potency to put more pressure on your foot’s plantar surface.

The injured or damaged plantar fascia tissue get more damaged in the calf region. The only way to get relief from the pain is concentrating on the acupuncture for plantar fasciitis points. All the points are in fact located in the lower leg. These points also help reduce the muscle tightness. It also helps reduce the excessive pressure on the foot’s plantar surface. The plantar surface is on the back of your calf muscles, in the belly of the lower leg.

2. Pattern Points

There is usually a protocol followed by the acupuncturist, or rather a diagnostic pattern. First, the acupuncturist thoroughly evaluates your condition and then tells you how he/she will treat you. This pattern is actually pretty similar to Western medicine. Thus, your acupuncturist follows a particular pattern and lists down particular acupuncture points for plantar fasciitis.

These acupuncture points will target all your problems that are related to plantar fasciitis. And these points will address the problems that are related to heal the condition right from the roots. The pattern points specifically provide pain relief and they are around the parts that do not pain much, which means they are located in the upper region of the body. But pattern points are not located in the exact same area for all patients who suffer from this condition.

Plantar Fasciitis Acupuncture Points 

In order to treat plantar fasciitis, you need to continue with the treatment for 3 to 4 weeks. The needles have to stay in a particular area for not more than 20 minutes, in order to provide proper relief.

The needles provide electric stimulation also known as electro-acupuncture. It provides maximum pain relief and also improves tissue-function.

The acupuncturist feels the patient’s foot and needles the areas that are particularly tender. Find out some of the important plantar fasciitis acupuncture points, here.

1. Kidney 3

Location: This is located on the inside or the medial surface of the ankle.

It is in level with the high point of the medial malleolus or inner ankle bone and half the distance to the Achilles Tendon. This helps to nourish the Kidney Organ System, also consolidating the Life Force.

2. Kidney 6

Location: On the medial point or inside surface of the ankle. It is exactly one cun below the high point of the medial malleolus. This point helps boost the Kidney Yin.

The Kidney is known as the Yin Organ and hence the Kidney meridian is also Yin in nature. Follow the guidelines when working with Yin acupressure points.

1. Make the contact with the point, light and gentle.

2. Gently increase the pressure all the while maintaining a soft and quiet energetic field within yourself.

3. Balance your attention and Qi into the point.

4. Be receptive to your client’s response. If there is a pain you can lighten up the pressure. If there is no particular  sensation, you can build up the pressure.

3. Bladder 60

The Bladder 60 is also known as the “Kunlun point”.

Location: It is located on the foot, behind the external malleolus, in the depression between the tip of the external malleolus and tendo calcaneus.

4. Bladder 62

Chinese Name: Shugu is also called as the Restraining Bone.

Location: It is located in the lateral aspect of the foot, posterior to the 5th metatarsophalangeal joint, and located at the junction of the red and white skin.

Functions: It has various functions. Its main functions include clearing heat, dispelling wind, relaxing the sinews, activating the meridian and of course, alleviating pain.

Acupuncture plays a big role in plantar fasciitis treatment. You can include it in your holistic treatment options list and help curb plantar fasciitis pain effectively.

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