Bilateral chronic proximal plantar fasciopathy: treatment with electrohydraulic orthotripsy.

Background: Patients presenting for treatment of chronic plantar fasciopathy often have bilateral involvement. When various nonoperative treatments fail, subsequent intervention may be problematic, especially since bilateral surgery (bilateral fascial release) may not be realistic because of variable, frequently restrictive postoperative weightbearing limitations.

Methods: Twenty-three patients (46 heels) were treated with electrohydraulic high-energy orthotripsy to the plantar entheses of both feet while under the same anesthesia (conscious sedation).