CINCINNATI (WKRC) – For those struggling with heel pain, one woman’s experience suggests surgery might not be necessary.
Pam Squires, a medical practice manager, has dealt with plantar fasciitis for over a decade.
“It’s a sharp, stabbing pain,” Squires said. “If you step down on something wrong or even walk wrong, you just get this horrible stabbing pain that pretty much knocks you over.”
After years of enduring the pain, Squires consulted Dr. Travis McClain, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at Ohio’s Christ Hospital. When other therapies failed, Dr. McClain recommended platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, which uses the patient’s own blood to promote healing…