Physio Edge 042 Treatment of Plantaris & Achilles Tendinopathy with Seth O’Neill by physioedge published on 2015-11-23T11:53:13Z In Episode 41 of the Physio Edge podcast, [Dr Christoph Spang and I discussed how Plantaris may play a role in Achilles tendinopathy. In this episode of the Physio Edge podcast, I discuss with Seth O’Neill how you can identify Plantaris involvement in your patients, and adjust and progress your conservative treatment of Achilles pain and tendinopathy with Plantaris involvement. We discuss: - What indicates Plantaris involvement and helps you differentiate from mid portion Achilles Tendinopathy - Where do patients have pain with Plantaris - What history do patients with Plantaris involvement or tendinopathy present with - Objective tests and findings for Plantaris - Biomechanics contributing to Plantaris tendinopathy Is treatment successful for Plantaris - How to treat Plantaris tendinopathy and involvement in midportion Achilles - Running adjustments - Taping - Manual therapy Genre Physio Comment by FeetGenius Lots of great nuggets about plantaris in this one, learned a lot. 2016-03-11T05:06:41Z