Transcranial stimulation for plantar fasciitis

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Severe Chronic Heel Pain in a Diabetic Patient with Plantar Fasciitis Successfully Treated Through Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation.
Al Sawah Mohomad, Rimawi Mohammad, Eileen Chusid, Michael Trepal, and Fortunato Battaglia
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association: March 2015, Vol. 105, No. 2, pp. 173-176.

Background: Recently, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a noninvasive brain stimulation technique, was proposed as a suitable method for the treatment of several chronic pain syndromes. We describe a case of severe heel pain in a diabetic patient with plantar fasciitis successfully treated with tDCS.

Methods: The present study investigated whether tDCS treatment could reduce pain and pain-related anxiety in a 65-year-old diabetic man affected by treatment-resistant right heel pain due to plantar fasciitis. The patient underwent five tDCS treatment sessions on 5 consecutive days. Each session consisted of 20-min anodal tDCS over the left primary motor cortex leg area.

Results: The neurostimulation protocol induced a decrease in pain intensity and pain-related anxiety that outlasted the stimulation (1 week). Furthermore, the patient stopped the intake of opioid medication.

Conclusions: Therapeutic neuromodulation with tDCS may represent an alternative option for treating severe lower-extremity pain
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