Many of us will struggle with heel pain at some point in our lives but how do we know the difference between general heel pain and an injury to the plantar fascia (plantar fasciitis)?

This short 'Spotlight' segment with leading podiatrist, Ian Sadler, looks at how plantar fasciitis commonly presents itself and what we can do to avoid misdiagnosis.
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Ian is a specialist podiatrist. He spent five years as a battlefield medic in the British Army working in Elite and Special Forces, where he became experienced in treating lower limb injuries in many fields of operation. After completing a degree in medicine for the lower limb (Podiatry), Ian worked in the NHS and subsequently with the UK’s leading biomechanics technologies company as its principal clinician and orthotics consultant. Here he helped pioneer the use of gait analysis technologies, and specifically the interpretation of foot pressure and video imaging. Ian now runs a private biomechanics and gait analysis clinic in Norwich, Norfolk. He lectures on biomechanics and gait analysis, both in local academic institutions and worldwide. As a consultant to several orthotic and international training footwear manufacturers, he helps to ensure that trainers and orthotics ‘do what they say on the tin’. His real passion, however, is helping to improve the quality of life for those 80% of the population suffering as a result of poor lower limb biomechanics.

For more info on Ian, please visit www.bxclinic.co.uk
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Filming by MK Ceesay (www.zigzagzig.co.uk)
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