Plantar fasciopathy is a common cause of heel pain, and is usually treated in primary practice with conservative measures. Intractable cases can prove very difficult to treat. Currently plantar fasciopathy is not routinely imaged and treatment is empirical. At the Royal Surrey County Hospital patients with intractable plantar fasciopathy are managed in a unique ‘one-stop’ Heel Pain clinic. Here they undergo clinical assessment, ultrasound scanning and targeted therapy. Patients referred to the clinic since 2009, with symptoms lasting longer than 6 months and failed conservative management, were prospectively followed. Plantar fasciopathy was confirmed on ultrasound scanning. The ultrasound scans were used to classify the disease characteristics of the plantar fascia.Introduction
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