276. Plantar Fasciitis: Navigating Foot Pain With Dr. Adam Tenforde
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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🗓️ 4 December 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
No one should have to live with chronic pain. That's something Dr. Adam Tenforde of Mass General Brigham sports medicine and I agree about. For this week's episode, I'm talking to the assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School about all things plantar fasciitis. Questions we cover:
- What is plantar fasciitis?
- What are the primary symptoms of plantar fasciitis?
- What causes plantar fasciitis and who gets it?
- How do doctors diagnose plantar fasciitis?
- How is plantar fasciitis treated?
- Home remedies for plantar fasciitis
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| 0:00.0 | this isn't a condition that you just need to live with or that you need to give up activities |
| 0:04.6 | or footwear that you enjoy wearing. Hopefully, those listening in feel empowered that there are |
| 0:10.4 | ways that their pain can actually be addressed. What is going on, everyone? |
| 0:28.8 | Emily Abadi here. |
| 0:30.1 | You are listening to episode 276 of hurdle. |
| 0:34.2 | A wellness focus podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to |
| 0:38.0 | top experts and industry CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments and everything in |
| 0:43.6 | between. We all go through hurdles in life and my goal through these discussions is to empower you |
| 0:49.3 | to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride towards your own big potential. And of course, |
| 0:56.4 | have some fun along the way. For today's convo, I am chatting with Dr. Adam 1040 of Mass General |
| 1:04.3 | Brigham Sports Medicine. Say that five times fast. Dr. 1040 is also an assistant professor in the Department of Physical |
| 1:12.0 | Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. And we are talking about something super |
| 1:17.8 | sexy today, and that is feet, specifically planter fasciitis. Now, if you have been following |
| 1:23.9 | along with my personal journey over the last year, I have been dealing with and can confidently say at this point, I beat planter fasciitis. |
| 1:35.2 | Now, for those of you that are not aware of what planter fasciitis is, is an inflammation of the |
| 1:40.5 | planter fascia on the foot. |
| 1:42.9 | And Dr. 1040 really dives into what it is today, what causes it, |
| 1:47.4 | and so many other things. But like I said, I really dealt with a bad case last year. And in dealing |
| 1:53.2 | with bad planter fasciitis, I experienced a ton of discomfort, notably in the mornings. |
| 2:00.2 | Throughout my day, I had to change the way that I was active, how I worked out, adjust the way that I like to move, specifically pertaining to running. |
| 2:09.0 | I invested tons of money in physical therapy and working with podiatrist, all different treatment options, which I speak about today with Dr. 1040. |
| 2:19.7 | And I also realized just how many people are truly struggling with this. It is so frustrated to get up in the |
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