LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH PLANTAR FASCIITIS (literature report)
Plantar fasciitis is a pathological process with a pronounced pain syndrome, caused by degenerative-dystrophic changes in plantar aponeurosis at the site of attachment to the calcaneus. It is the most common cause of pain in the heel. The analysis of Russian and foreign literature convincingly shows that various therapeutic methods, such as NSAID and cortisone injections, do not have the desired effect and can cause complications. Shock wave therapy is absolutely useless, as evidenced by the latest meta-analyzes of reliable studies. Only such a simple and inexpensive method of treatment aslow level laser therapy can be used in the treatment of patients with plantar fasciitis. It is extremely effective and has a minimal chance of a recurrence.