Botox beats steroids for painful foot condition, plantar fasciitis

(SAGE Publications) Plantar fasciitis is the most frequent cause of chronic heel pain, leaving many sufferers unable to put their best foot forward for months at a time. Now a Mexican study suggests that physicians should turn to Botox rather than steroids to offer patients the fastest road to recovery. The research appears in the journal Foot & Ankle International, published by SAGE.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-01/sp-bbs011713.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news