12/08/2026
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Plantar fasciitis is one of those conditions that can make getting out of bed feel like a personal attackโฃ
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You wake up, put your feet on the floorโฆโฃ
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OUCH!โฃ
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Suddenly your first few steps look less like walking & more like a 90-year-old penguin escaping a burning buildingโฃ
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But what exactly is happening?โฃ
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The plantar fascia is a thick band of connective tissue running along the bottom of your foot, helping support your arch & absorb load when you walk, run or jumpโฃ
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When it becomes irritated or overloaded, you can experience pain โ commonly around the heel or along the bottom of the footโฃ
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Itโs often worse with those first steps after waking up or after sitting for a whileโฃ
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& noโฆ your foot isnโt necessarily โ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅโ in the simple way people imagineโฃ
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Chronic plantar fasciopathy can involve changes in the tissueโs structure, sensitivity & ability to tolerate loadโฃ
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Which brings us to the interesting partโฆโฃ
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TCM doesn't look at plantar fasciitis as simply:โฃ
โ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ = ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ตโโฃ
Instead, we look at the whole patternโฃ
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From a TCM perspective, foot pain may involve Qi & Blood stagnation, impaired circulation through the channels, local tension, underlying deficiency or an imbalance affecting how the body nourishes & supports the tissuesโฃ
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In TCM, the Kidneys are associated with the bones, while the Liver is associated with tendons & sinewsโฃ
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That doesn't mean your kidneys are literally causing your heel painโฃ
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It means TCM looks at the broader functional pattern rather than treating the painful spot in isolationโฃ
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Continued in comments โฌ๏ธ
