Plantar Fasciitis Embolization
When someone has plantar fasciitis, the body’s natural response is to repair the damage. A process called angiogenesis occurs where the body creates new, abnormal blood vessels around the heel. Unfortunately, new vascular growth meant to help heal a chronic condition may also create an unfortunate feedback loop where inflammation stimulates more blood vessel growth, and the new blood vessels carry more inflammatory cells into the joint that actually worsen the inflammation and pain. This can occur in the elbow, knee, shoulder and other joints as well.
