I teamed up with foot & ankle specialist @lizbayleyphysio.bsky.social to created 4 exercise programmes for Plantar Heel Pain. 3 are based on Osborne et al. (2023) where 18 experts devised exercises for PHP. The ‘LiTHE’ programme is our own creation which fits more closely with S&C principles… - ThreadSky

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running-physio.bsky.social • 87 days ago

I teamed up with foot & ankle specialist @lizbayleyphysio.bsky.social to created 4 exercise programmes for Plantar Heel Pain. 3 are based on Osborne et al. (2023) where 18 experts devised exercises for PHP. The ‘LiTHE’ programme is our own creation which fits more closely with S&C principles…

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running-physio.bsky.social•87 days ago

Osborne et al. (2023) is a Delphi study where heel pain experts created 3 programmes to target specific populations, we adapted the names to make them more patient friendly:

Young athletic adults ➡️ Athletic programme
Overweight middle-aged adults ➡️ Intermediate programme
Older adults ➡️ Improver

running-physio.bsky.social•87 days ago

The aim was to target specific muscles that can be weak in patients with PHP through progressive exercises:

- Foot intrinsics
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Calf
- Adductors
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Tibialis posterior
- Flexor digitorum longus

Osborne et al: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s13047-023-00668-2.pdf