Advancements in Heel Pain Therapy
In the World War II era, the only treatment options for a person suffering from unremitting heel pain included taking medicines, wearing orthotics in shoes, or undergoing an open surgical procedure.
In the 1970s, a patient spent an average of three weeks in the hospital for heel pain surgery. The extremely painful procedure included a large incision that extended around the rim of the heel, necessitated by the instrumentation used at the time. A general anesthetic was administered and the patient required hospitalization for recovery. Suture material was quite crude (the use of wire was very common), and non-weightbearing drains were placed due to the large nature of the incision.
The evolution of this procedure has been extraordinary. As time progressed, technology became cheaper, faster, and smaller. Technological advancements led to small, one stitch incisions in the 1980s and 1990s, and today, open surgery is rarely done.
There are many options for the eradication of heel pain, and the evolution of available treatment options has experienced extraordinary progress in the last few years. The Heel Pain Relief Center offers the following innovative, minimally invasive treatment technologies. These FDA-approved technologies and devices safely and effectively treat chronic heel pain through in-patient procedures, with little or no discomfort or recovery time.