Effects Of Navicular Mobilization In Patients With Planter Fasciitis

"In the prone position, when the foot is stabilized by a towel underneath, navicular mobilization is administered. The therapist's fixing hand wraps the calcaneus, grasps the talus bone, and fixes it.~By placing the thumb on the plantar surface of the foot and pushing with the thumb of the other hand in a dorsal direction, navicular mobilization is provided.~This dorsal glide will be given with 2 sets of 5 minutes. Each session will be of 30 minutes."

ultrasound therapy at 1.5 w/cm2 for 7 minutes in continuous mode at a 3MHz frequency. Stretching targets the medial arch and surrounding muscles like calf and tibialis posterior with exercises such as arch lift, heel raise, towel pickup, and toe lift. Additionally, strengthening exercises for intrinsic foot muscles like standing toe curls and towel toe curls are included. Ice pack application for 10 minutes follows