heel fat pads worn out ve PF
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Posted by Janet Lee on August 10, 1998 at 17:40:13:
Does anyone have any information about this idea: LOOSE heels allow feet to move sidewise in a way that "wears out" the fat pad in the heel that cushions the planar tendon's insertion point. When the fat pad is depleted, severe heel pain results. CURE?? Wear a cushioned heel cup that holds the foot firmly preventing lateral shifting, and the fat pad will regrow over 3-12 months time and the pain will go away. A physical therapist at my HMO explained this theory to me about a year ago and the cure seems to be working. One correspondent in the questbook mentioned foot fat pads but thought that they could not regrow. Apparently some fat pads in the feet do not the ones cushioning the heel can and do regrow.
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