By Dr. William Booker, D.C. and Dr. Ed Beck, DC

WHAT IS PLANTAR FASCIITIS?

Plantar Fasciitis is one of the most common causes of foot and heel pain. Itinvolves pain and inflammation of the tissue that runs along the bottom of thefoot connecting the heel bone to the toes. Plantar fasciitis is caused by biomechanical flaws in the foot that eventually leads to repetitive stress or microtrauma of the plantar fascia. e Mayo Clinic describes plantar fasciitis as “causing stabbing pain that usually occurs with your very first steps in the morning. Once your foot limbers up, thepain of plantar fasciitis normally decreases, but may return after long periods of standing or after getting up from a seated position.”Specifically the plantar fasciitis commonly involves the Plantar Aponeurosis, along tendon in the bottom of the foot, and two muscles, the Quadratus Plantaeand the Flexor Digitorum Brevis.

WHY TRADITIONAL TREATMENTS HAVE NOT PRODUCED LONGTERM BENEFIT FOR PLANTAR FASCIITIS

Plantar fasciitis can be a frustrating injury for both the patient and the doctor, with traditional treatments providing mixed results. Historically, traditionaltreatments including anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids, rest and ice havefocused on reducing pain and not correcting the biomechanical flaws associated with plantar fasciitis. A significantly higher level of improvement has been noted when the focus of care has addressed and corrected the imbalances and theirassociated biomechanical flaws.

WHAT IS ART OR ACTIVE RELEASE?

ART is a patented, state of the art approach developed by Dr. Michael Leahy fortreating soft tissue injuries, in particular, repetitive stress and overuse injuries.

WHY DOES ACTIVE RELEASE WORK?

When a person has biomechanical or training ﬂaws such as over-pronation, ﬂat

Active ReleaseTechnique

Runners Injuries & Plantar Fasciitis

Dr. William Booker D.C.

Dr. William Booker D.C. holds aDoctorate of Chiropractic from theCleveland College of Chiropractic,Los Angeles. He completed hisundergraduate studies at theUniversity of Virginia, where hegraduated with a major inpsychology and a minor in Biology.After completing his internship inPhiladelphia, Dr. Booker relocatedto Arlington to open the ﬁrstCapitol Rehab inside of Gold’sGym. Dr. Booker establishedCapitol Rehab-Arlington as theﬂagship for what would be theeventual opening of eightadditional Capitol Rehabs locatedthroughout Virginia, West Virginiaand Maryland.