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What is Plantar Fasciitis?

What is Plantar Fasciitis?

What is Plantar Fasciitis? Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of the foot. This inflammation typically causes a stabbing pain in the bottom of your foot near the heel. Pain can be triggered during your...

What is Shockwave Therapy?

What is Shockwave Therapy?

What is Shockwave Therapy? What is Shockwave? Shockwave therapy is a non-invasive treatment that involves creating a series of low energy acoustic wave pulsations that are directly applied to an injury through a person’s skin via a gel medium. How does it work? Shockwave therapy accelerates the healing process in the body by stimulating metabolism...

Dry Needling

Dry Needling

What is dry needling? Dry needling is a procedure that treats pain. Practitioners use very fine needles inserted in target locations on the body. These are called trigger points. Trigger points are spots where muscle has knotted or contracted. The tight spot is sensitive to the slightest pressure and when touched, pain can radiate down...