Dynamic and Static Splinting as a Treatment for Plantar Faciiopathy

Dynamic and Static Splinting as a Treatment for Plantar Faciiopathy

The purpose of this study is to compare the Ankle Dorsiflexion Dynasplint System (DS) to static night splint for the reduction of pain from Plantar Fasciitis (Fasciopathy).

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients will have had a history of at least 3 consecutive months of plantar heel pain well-localized to the plantar fascia.
• All patients will have failed an initial treatment of non-weight bearing plantar and Achilles stretching.
• Diagnosis will be confirmed by physical examination by a single physician (JPF) with a typical point of maximum tenderness over the medial tubercle of the calcaneus

Exclusion Criteria:

• rheumatoid arthritis
• local infection
• pregnancy
• patients with tumors
• unresolved fractures
• severe peripheral vascular disease
• history of prior plantar fascia surgery
• history of plantar fascia rupture
• age <18 years
• recent ( within 6 weeks) steroid injection