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Heel Pain: Fasciitis or Nerve Entrapment?

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Have you ever treated a plantar fasciitis that did not respond? It might be a nerve entrapment The symptoms between these two conditions often are strikingly similar. There might not be any paraethesiae on nerve compression, Tinel sign or even a loss of sensation in the area. Both may exhibit symptoms of heel pain upon arising, possibly lessening during the day, with localized pain at the medial process of the calcaneal tuberosity.

The tibial nerve runs posterior to the medial malleolus under the flexor retinaculum (Tarsal canal) and divides into the medial plantar nerve (MPN), the lateral plantar nerve (LPN) and the medial calcaneal branches. Compression at the tarsal canal ...

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