Over the last 13 years of Treating people in Stratford Upon Avon with Plantar Fasciitis having had lots of conversations about how I can help you. Here are the 9 most common questions.
1. What is the price of treatment?
Answer: Treatment is in packages depending on the severity and complexity of your plantar fasciitis. An Initial 1:1 Assessment and treatment is essential to ensure I can successfully help you and Includes:
- Review of Medical History and Assessment of Pain Issue
- Mobility Assessment and Pain Triggers
- Diagnosis of issue and explanation of what is happening
- Treatment plan and medical device trial treatment
- Rehabilitation plan with initial structured movements
- Next Steps and devise a treatment plan
Answer: Cost of a Initial 1:1 Assessment and treatment is £149, currently on a special offer of £99.
Treatment Packages vary depending on the severity and complexity of your plantar fasciitis. Packages range 3 sessions, 6 sessions and 9 sessions.
2. What exactly is the treatment? you use medical devices tell me more?
Answer: Treatment uses the medical device InterX to treat the pain and inflammation of the Plantar Fascia and the pulsed electro stimulation helps the fascia heal along with rapidly reducing pain and inflammation. Red Light therapy also helps reduce pain and accelerate healing. In the initial 1:1 you will experience all of the medical devices as I use them to establish a baseline to how bad your plantar fasciitis is.
3. You talk about a multidisciplinary approach and Homework what do you mean?
Answer: Homework is mobility movements at home to be done daily. These help in the first instance with Range of Movement, the progression onto walking and standing and finally extended walking. You normally have to do 6 minutes walking a day as a starting point. Their are some standard movements but the majority of you have different specific needs and goals. Also the severity of your plantar fasciitis varies how you start and progress.
4. You talk about obvious success, how successful is the treatment?
Answer: For Plantar Fasciitis this year I have had a 93% success rate of people having a pain reduction of 90% or more and a 300% increase in mobility (difficult to be accurate based on magnitude of improvement). I have clients going from less than 1000 steps a day to been able to walk 15000 repeated over several days. The pain is difficult to reduce to zero all the time as I am constantly pushing you to improve physically so fighting against myself. I have conducted a significant amount of research on Fascia and Plantar fasciitis with numerous success stories, and google reviews.
5. You talk about this 3, 6, 9 process how does this work?
Answer: Pre 3, 6, 9 is a Initial 1:1 Assessment and Treatment which is very extensive and covers medical history, pain, physical movements and is essentially fault finding to build a treatment plan. This also includes extensive solutions and treatment.
I look at 3 treatment areas, the first is using medical devices to reduce the pain and inflammation and with extended treatment to heal the painful area of the foot.
The second is to focus on the root cause of the problem and look at ways of modifying movements so it’s less painful. This requires an extensive movement analysis in the consultation, but, if you can do movements that limit pain increase or triggering it helps the recovery process significantly and stops further damage to you.
The third is to alter movement so to change the loading or forces on the body. This has two significant advantages, firstly it reduces aggravation of the area and secondly modified movement allows for a lasting change. An example is altered foot position with plantar fasciitis, to reduce pain, but, allow the foot to move better to promote healing and a lasting fix to the fascia.
This new approach has simplified my treatment to be 3, 6, or 9 sessions depending on severity of the plantar fasciitis and treatment goals. This helps with speed of recovery and impact of treatment, so a 3 session package is completed in 2 weeks, a 6 session package in 3 to 4 and a 9 session package in 5 to 6 weeks.
I have also developed a 3, 6, 9 treatment Course Plantar Fasciitis Rehabilitation for people who cannot get to the clinic due to location which is available HERE www.plantarfasciitisrehabilitation.com/course
6. How does your treatment compare to others for example Physiotherapy, Osteopath, acupuncture or another medical device shockwave?
Answer: Some of the movements I use are taken from physiotherapy and adapted. I have analysed human movements for 14 years in rehabilitation and sport at University. Importantly I have adapted and improved rehabilitation with real people at the clinic over 14 years of tailoring bespoke programmes for maximum success. This gives me a basis to adapt movements to suit the treatment, but, most importantly, You! Again some movements are adapted from Osteopaths and Chiropractors, but, the advantage is I am not limited by one perspective so can blend techniques and customise to the individual. Acupuncture has links with interX for nerve stimulation and some forms of acupuncture use current t0 enhance the effectiveness of treatment. Acupuncture also works with fascia at its core so again has links with interX. Other medical devices have a positive impact, shock wave therapy works well on soft tissue and has had some great results. Essentially treatment is a combination of ingredients I use a variety and assess effectiveness, and adapt if needed. This I have found significantly increases success, limiting to one approach will not always work. More detail on the differences between Shockwave Therapy and InterX Treatment are available HERE https://interxpainclinic.com/is-electric-shock-wave-therapy-eswt-better-than-interx-nin-in-the-treatment-of-plantar-fasciitis/
7. I have plantar fasciitis but I also have lower back pain do you help with other issues?
Answer: Yes I also am a expert at working with ankles, hips, knees, and lower back.
8. You seem to not like and discourage orthotics and insoles? Why is this when I have prescription orthotics?
Answer: Orthotics in my experience, should be used for plantar fasciitis as a short term option to help with healing and foot strengthening. Not a permanent thing as the foot relies on the crutch of the orthotic and cannot heal as not been used correctly. Essentially with plantar fasciitis you have an injury, it needs some temporary support then you need to rehabilitate. For example if you break your arm, it’s in plaster for 6 weeks, then taken out of plaster and you start using it again. Its weak at first and movement is difficult, but, with the correct Rehabilitation it improves quickly. Plantar fasciitis is exactly the same in my view.
9. Who are you and what is your skills and experience?
Answer: I am Stephen Grinnell and I have successfully treated over 3000+ people over the last 14 years at my Energy Medicine Clinic in Stratford Upon Avon. I have a MSc in Physical Rehabilitation and I am an expert at treating Plantar Fasciitis and Rehabilitation Specialist. I have a bespoke system of Plantar Fasciitis Recovery and adapt and modify it for you to get the best results.
Plantar Fasciitis Treatment is Available at the Energy Medicine Clinic Stratford Upon Avon!
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