Plantar Fasciitis & Foot/Ankle Pain Treatment in Fort Lauderdale

Heel pain with the first steps of the morning is the classic sign of plantar fasciitis — and like most stubborn foot and ankle problems, it responds best to a combination of load management, progressive strengthening, and, for persistent cases, shockwave therapy. Pure Kinetics treats the foot and ankle problems of runners, athletes, and people who are simply on their feet all day, at our Fort Lauderdale sports rehab facility.

What we treat

  • Plantar fasciitis / heel pain — including chronic cases that have outlasted rest, ice, and inserts
  • Achilles tendinopathy — mid-portion and insertional, mostly in runners
  • Ankle sprains — both the fresh sprain and the ankle that "never got right" and keeps re-rolling
  • Posterior tibial / arch pain — the inside-of-ankle ache of runners and walkers
  • Big toe pain and stiffness — which quietly changes how you run and load everything above it

What care looks like

  1. Assessment — where the load is exceeding capacity: training history, footwear, calf and foot strength testing, balance and hop testing for ankles
  2. Calm it down — hands-on soft-tissue work, dry needling, IASTM as indicated; shockwave therapy for chronic plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinopathy (how shockwave works)
  3. Build it back up — calf and foot strengthening, graded return to running or sport, and for recurrent ankle sprains, the balance and control work that actually prevents the next one

Common questions

I've had heel pain for a year. Can anything still help? Chronic plantar fasciitis is precisely where shockwave therapy has its best research support, layered on a loading program. "It's been a year" is a common starting point here, not a lost cause.

Do I need orthotics? Sometimes useful as a tool, rarely the whole answer. We'd rather build a foot that needs less rescuing, then use inserts strategically if indicated.

Keep running or rest? Usually modified running beats total rest — we adjust volume and intensity to what the tissue tolerates and progress from there.

When does an ankle sprain need an X-ray? Inability to bear weight and certain tenderness patterns are the red flags (clinicians use the Ottawa rules). We screen for these and refer for imaging when indicated.

Location and booking: 1130 NE 7th Ave Unit 11, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 — an easy stop after a Fort Lauderdale Beach or Middle River run · (954) 504-6144 · Book a consultation

This page is for general education and isn't medical advice or a substitute for an individual evaluation. Results vary from person to person.