We're going to talk about one of the biggest mistakes people make when they have plantar

fasciitis or heel spurs.

Now the plantar fascia is a connective tissue sheath right underneath the foot and a lot

of times it could become inflamed and you'll feel pain mainly in the heel area but sometimes

in the middle area right here.

You can have micro trauma going on, you can also have a buildup of uric acid crystals

which I'm going to talk about or you can even have oxalic crystals from certain things

that you're eating that are depositing in the bottom of the foot.

Now sometimes people think that the spur which usually occurs in the bottom of the heel

right here is causing the pain because on an x-ray you'll see that it's jutting out

and it looks like it's sticking right into your tissues but in reality this is not causing

the pain.

There's a lot of people with spurs that don't have the pain and a lot of people who don't

have the spurs that have pain so there's not a direct correlation.

Now one of the biggest mistakes that people make with plantar fasciitis is to actually

stretch your calf or foot.

Now why is that a mistake?

Because when you're stretching this soft tissue and you have micro tearing it can actually

aggravate their tears.

Last thing you want to do is stretch something that is torn or irritated.

Now at the end of this video I'm going to show you the correct way to do it that will

give you tremendous relief and you can apply this even with flat feet so stay tuned for

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