Avoid These Huge Mistakes With Plantar Fasciitis 

I had PF for 8 months had to stop running completely tried all usual RU-vid videos that made no difference until a physio told me to get some barefoot shoes and strengthen my feet, I did that now I'm back running 60 miles a week and my feet feel great.

I love this!. I had in the past tried all the things you said were *myths* .. and nothing worked!. I started walking barefoot, got barefoot shoes, strengthening for my feet and wear toe separators and this has basically eliminated my symptoms. I never used to be able to walk barefoot and now thats how i feel the best!!

I go barefoot as often as possible. Even at work I will go without shoes at lunch and when I am the only one in the office. My feet still hurt, but they are better. The best exercise I found is heel dips on a stair. That has done more than any other thing for my feet.

Thank you, I am in my late 50’s and stand all day at my workplace and suffer from plantar fasciitis ❤

Thank you for this video! I've had PF flare ups on and off since my 30s and it's been worse now since I was sedentary due to illness and surgery. I wanted to try exercises before I considered a podiatrist so I'm glad RU-vid put this where I could see it.

I had plantar fasciitis back when I was in my early forties for 2 years! What helped me was a nice side effect of my taking a high dosage of Vitamin D3, 15,000 I.U. Daily. I had to start taking it because a blood test revealed I was severely deficient in Vitamin D3. I still take the same dosage daily and it has been 20 years. I hope this helps someone.😊

You have no idea how happy I am to have found this video!!!!! I can barely walk and have spent hundreds of dollars to no avail ! Thank you for this video . I have subbed and will continue to learn these ways of fixing it ! Everything you say makes total sense in from a primitive aspect ❤.

Wow this video is such an eye opener. I work as a nurse in the operating room, so I basically stand and walk literally the whole day. I started having knee problems (valgus), to which my physio identified was due to weak hamstrings and overworking my quads. My knee is now okay. My overanalysing self decided that I start wearing arch support and buy myself the latest and most expensive asics running shoes and this is when the heel pain started. Never got the heel pain when I used to wear my big bulky clogs despite standing 8+ hours in major surgery. Your video has shed some light and gave me my AHA moment. You gained a follower. Great stuff!

6 months brutal pain tried just about everything. Now doing shock and taking celebrex with stretches and it’s now improving. Don’t know if it’s temp or perm but feels so much better!

Barefoot walking has actually made it horrendously worse

I love what you're saying. I have had plantar fasciitis for years and recently , my knees became inflamed to the point where i could not walk. Every pair of shoes that I bought hurt my feet. After spending thousands on shoes, I finally found shoes that are comfortable and allow my toes to spread when I walk. All of those other shoes are going to have to go.

This is brilliant. I followed your advice and within 24 hours the pain in my foot has lessened. I use arch supports in all my shoes, but now I am walking barefoot in the house. Finally, I understand about the tightness in my calf muscles and how to release the fascia. I am also using red light therapy on my feet.

You are awesome!!! But I must add that trying a nite foot splint/boot was what ABSOLUTELY turned the corner for me on PF. Sure, it would not have been curative alone and I avoided it for months. But when I finally used one a neighbor gave me, it tipped the scale to healing notably. Of course your guidance has been the foundation of my treatment😊 I just wouldn't discourage trying additional modalities if the pain is lingering. (Over 7 months here!!) Hiked a 5 mile stair challenge last nite with NO Pain. THANK YOU!!!! Rarely use the boot now.

I have plantar fasciitis in both of my feet for now 18 years already, the more I tried the traditional methods, the more pain I’ve experienced trough the years which made me give up trying to get better.I will look into your videos and hopefully your adivce will help me.

10 years ago I had cortisone shots and I’ve been pain free since but was told it might not work. Was so grateful that it did.

I’m 44 with high arches. This current PF flare is the worst of my life. Because of your education, I’m finally getting relief! Thank you so much! Just ordered a pair of Altras. ❤

Its a deconditioning disease where there is an imbalance between load and capacity. Thank you for this video because not many stress the need for a rehab program. People wont get better unless they get their conditioning back. Im still struggling with this after 2 years, purely because my capacity was so low any exercise would result in a strong reaction. Im getting there, but its been a long and painful journey.

So, my foot doctor told me the exact opposite of you’re saying - so who do we believe? I WANT to believe you, but how do we know? I’m going to try your exercises, because nothing else worked, so hopefully I’ll be back here in a few weeks with good news!

Wearing zero drop shoes GAVE me severe plantar fasciits. I haven't been able to walk without pain for nearly 2 years now from trying to change my footwear and strengthen my feet.

Wow, thanks you! I developed PF due to a foot drop due to radiation and chemo on my spine. I am walking barefoot whenever I can and only wear barefoot shoes since many years. Because of the foot drop it is not easy to walk barefoot but I do it anyway. I do strength training to get rid of my muscle atrophies. Just downloaded your free guide. Thank you!

There is so much truth in this video. Thank you so much.

It definitely is opposite of the five other videos I've watched on this condition. And definitely makes the most sense.

Hey dr Angela,everything you say makes sense,I’ve trained in martial arts most of my life ,totally barefoot my feet are really strong because they’re allowed to move n flex in all positions,if they are restricted by ill fitting shoes or sports wear that’s when problems start, great channel👍

I've argued with so many people and also quit going to foot doctors because they've made things worse for my feet! I've been doing my own research and found some things that align with all that you just shared in this video. One being, many PTs want to call it fasciopathy, instead of fasciitis because it is NOT inflammation. I've been working on the calf stretching, had dry needling done in calf (that helped get me started on recovery), massage, and now am working on fascia "melting" in all parts of my body! Thank you for this video. Started following you on IG and will share your info!

So glad this video came across my feed a month ago. Since then, I've been able to quit taping my feet, walk barefoot again with low pain, can pick my socks up off the floor with my toes and getting better by the day. I've got months maybe years left to correct the 20+ years of bad advice I was given to me by my old Podiatrist and wearing narrow toe Brooks and Hoka shoes. I actually used to wear cowboy boots in my teens and 20's which has to be the mac daddy of bad shoe wear.. except for wooden clog shoes. One problem I'm going to have is getting my toes straight again, especially my pinky toe. It actually hurts to try and straighten it. Wish I could put it in a cast for 6 months. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Just developed plantar fasciitis out of nowhere about 2 weeks ago. Work recently mandated that everyone at work has to wear safety shoes with composite or metal toe boxes. Barely 1 month in and I started noticing pain in my heal. Fast forward today, and Ive done a ton of research and watched a ton of videos. The information to fix this is all over the place. I do know one thing for certain.. I never had pain until I started wearing those shoes. I ordered some PF orthotic insoles and they just made it worse by beating up the fascia. Yesterday, I switched back to my wide military style jump boots and my pain is less today than the day before. I also just started to go back to the gym yesterday, so I will be incorporating strength and rehab on my food. I have very large calf muscles.. and everyone says 90% of PF is from tight calves. My calves aren't tight. I can barely get them to stretch. Ill try to remember to update in a month or so to document any progress.

Rolling my foot on a tennis ball works immediately, if I need to, do it a few times over a few days. Once I found this, haven’t had any trouble. Before that I did have trouble for a long time, months and years 😯. I did try splints and that did not work and was terribly uncomfortable. I work 12 hour shifts on my feet as a nurse. First hint of pain I find a tennis ball, my German Shepherd always have one.

What worked for me was buying Altras zero drop shoes for work and gym. Heat (super hot) for 10 mins, ice for 10 mins about 2 times a day or more. Stretch your foot first thing in the morning stretching your toes to your arch. Stretching towards ankle made it worse. Also toe spacers works and buy a scraping tool to scrape your heal. Hope this helps someone

I got rid of my orthotics , went to a chiropractor that used the facia release tool, got larger toe box shoes, went barefoot more often and practiced toe/heel raises and arch lifts, toe towel scrunches everyday. It all worked for me. So thankful to be pain free.

Greetings from East Texas! I am SO happy your Channel popped up on my feed! I was researching PF causes and treatments today! Hurt so bad I just wanted to CRY! THANK YOU!

It would be useful to see visuals like xrays showing how inserts etc affect feet & legs & back. Because inserts help so many people incl me. Barefoot is trendy & may be the way we should have done it. But people have been wearing all kinds of bad shoes for years. I don't believe it's the answer for a lot of people, esp older people. Quite a few friends get relief from stretching & inserts plus rest periods.

My plantar fasciitis has caused major issues that have moved into my knee. Both my knee and now both feet are totally messed up.. getting rid of so many of my shoes right now

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I just had toe surgery recently they used a k-wire to reconnect my toe bones so I've been on a kneeling scooter and crutches for 8 weeks. I finally had the wire removed and was told to just start walking. I've only been walking for 2 weeks now trying to slowly get my calf muscle back. I went to physio where i was already receiving treatment for Achilles tendonitis and they found plantar fasciitis in the recovering foot.

JESUS bless you for your good work! I pray for healing for you all in JESUS mighty name, amen! I know that days get hard, but this to shall pass! Keep on pushing on, we got this✝️🙏🏼🙌🏼💪🏽‼💕

I've walked barefoot my whole life and can't seem to stop, so I'm so happy to hear this. How about K Tape, laser treatment, and shockwave?

Bless your heart. Thank you for keeping it real 😊

I wish I heard this 10 years ago. I just started zero drops 2 years ago, and I've never had a PF flare-up again. I can now go for long walks and not cripple myself after sitting down and resting more in the morning. I started with LEMS, and I now use XERO HFS as my favorite.

I’m a year and a half in and after PT, cortisone shots, boot for 8 weeks and nothing but the thickest Brooks I could find, I now have a partial tear and more deterioration of the ligament and more pain. So glad to find you. I’m going back to minimalist shoes to start with. I’m back in PT just to reduce inflammation with ultra-sound and suggested dry needling.

Heel dips and rolling my feet on a rolling pin from the kitchen has brought the relief I've been needing for a while. That angled shoe insole is the culprit for me. I suspected it but was also skeptical. It makes so much sense though!

Well said. ❤❤❤❤ ❤ I love your videos Thank you.

Amazing, as someone who has been dealing with this condition for over 2 years and had to learn everything you went over myself, I can say for certain you are spot on. The only critique I can give you ties into myth 4. You covered everything with it correctly, its just "fasciitis" doesn't exsist. Itis would mean inflammation. And as you so accurately described, it isn't a thing. Its the lack of blood flow and cells dying. Since the condition is cells dying it is necrosis. There for the correct medical term for this condition is plantar fasciosis, not plantar fasciitis. I understand having fasciitis in the title and description because that is what everyone incorrectly calls it and that would help with SEO. Just saying if you really want to come across as the authority for this horrible condition I would at least mention that in your videos and would add the correct term to description and tags as you could snatch up the market that knows the correct name for this condition. Even though we seem to be less then 1%. Also kudos for suggesting Altra shoes. I tried barefoot shoes before getting Altras. While the barefoot shoes are amazing, I am not at the point where I can wear them without pain. The Altras are the best imo if you are use to normal narrow toe box shoes to transition to while you rebuilding your feet. Out of the hundreds of videos I have seen on this condition, yours is by far the most accurate and truthful to this. Bless you for this since there is some much misinformation on this condition.

Thanks for the informative video! Does the same advice apply to people with PF and flat feet? My PF definitely gets horribly exacerbated from walking barefoot around the house or even on the beach. Thanks for your advice!

I walked barefoot all the time and developed this problem during that time. Shoes helped initially but no shoes are shaped like feet, even the hokas have a narrow toe box which makes no sense. I've been doing the heel raises for six months with limited improvement. I'm incorporating more stretches throughout the day but I'm already very flexible and its challenging to get into the stretch so I bought the foot rocker thing. Doing warm ups every morning for 20 minutes before putting load on the foot. I did use toe spacers for a while but my toes are pretty flexible anyway, I don't really feel any stretch. I've started walking backward uphill as a hail mary. I don't run or do any extreme exercise so I'm not reinjuring it. Get plenty of sleep and lots of nutrition. I try to walk for 20-30 minutes a day carefully as additional rehab. Basically I'm doing 90 minutes of care for my feet every day. I used to wear low support shoes as well, so I'm not sure going to low support will help- I have been wearing hokas but as a woman I bought the mens double wide, so they aren't terribly restrictive but I'll try some of the low drop low support shoes. Arch support really helps my pain, so I'm not sure I want to give it up. I never tried support before this problem so it wasn't caused by the support. This is a really difficult problem. Going on two years and it is very life limiting. I feel like I am 25 years older than I am.

Thank You.

I can attest to much of what is states in this video from personal experience. I had foot pain for years. I don't know if it was PF but it got so bad that I started researching ways to get rid of my pain. When I discovered zero drop shoes in that search, I bought a pair of Vivobarefoot primus. Soon after my foot pain began to diminish. Today, I have no foot pain and I cannot wear shoes with a heal or narrow toe boxes.

I totally agree with the barefoot walking to help PF. I found it more comfortable to walk without footwear at home than with them. Barefoot walking considerably eased my discomfort! In fact when i used heel orthotics in my shoe while walking it made the condition a lot worse. So i literally got rid of those and now i am a lot better. The heel raise exercises and bending my big toe back to stretch the foot also helped a great deal.

2 years of agony. And a mum at school told me to try volterol in tablet form. 2 weeks in, i had no pain and forgot to take a pill, hours passed when I remembered, no pain. That pain was gone! I went back to my doctor and told her. I suffered all that pain, saw her several times and specialist and all I needed was those pills. Worked for the mum who advised me too. Its worth a try. Speak to you doctor to check if your current medication is compatible first!!

Day 1 today and I’m noticing a glimmer of hope. It’s 1:15 am and I’m not in severe pain. Still aching but it’s Day 1 and I’ve been on my feet all day. I took my second sole out of my “Shoes for Crews” “Blood Stone” model. Just one insole. Doing your stretches throughout the day and I’m in a great place for Day 1. Thank You. Please give me some tips on what to do at the end of the day as well as a wake up routine. I’m a chef on a cruise ship. Next week I’ll be starting 7 weeks straight no days off, with 10 hour days with some breaks. I could really use some tips to handle my upcoming 7 week schedule. Thank You So Much❤️❤️

For me this most recent bout of PF is BECAUSE I have been walking barefoot in my house. I have mostly hard floors and it triggered it horribly. Wearing shiatsu pressure point house shoes have made it calm down significantly. There is just a lingering pain now that I’m trying to figure out how to solve.

I suffered PF for 3 years. Pain and restricting my activity made me gain a lot of weight and miss out on more of life than i like to think about. Walking barefoot and/or in barefoot/minimalist shoes is the answer. I started in Xero shoes and the transition was a bit too quick because my feet were too weak, as most people's are. This led to a new pain in my arch and sometimes some very sore and tired legs and ankles. I highly recommend starting with shoes that have zero or minimal drop, good flexibility, and a wide foot-shaped toe box, but still have some cushion. Eventually, you may want to go with less cushion/more flexibility, or you may be comfortable where you're at. Lem's shoes was the answer for me. Altra is one of the most popular "transition" brands. Barebarics and Saguaro also make great options. Another more affordable option is Whitin (an Amazon brand) which comes with a removable cushioned insole. It took me about 9 months or more to build up the foot core strength and transition to really wear truly minimal shoea all the time. I still have a couple pairs of Lem's, and I probably always will. But, I find myself gravitating towards more minimal brands like Xero, Origo, Wildling, Softstar, and Unshoes. My PF pain started improving drastically as my feet got stronger and were allowed to move more naturally. One last thing that I might recommend is the use of a toe spacer. I was a doubter for too long on this, but my feet were weak and my toe alignment was poor. My arches were flat. Wearing spacers just a short time while walking helped force more proper toe alignment and that changed how my foot moved and helped with pain until my feet got stronger. I used these only temporarily and now no longer need them. I wish I had seen your advice years ago! Most "advice" online is counter-productive. The best part about where I'm at now is that your feet are really the base of everything above them. By having better strength and circulation and proper alignment, I no longer have cold feet. I have better overall posture. I have less stiffness in my legs and lower back. Its all related!

I've suffered with PF for months, even a year at a time and the doctors always advise the same treatments as you talked about. No surprise that the problems persist. My issue with footwear is that I run a lawn care business and need to wear at least over the ankle work boots. Wearing casual footwear is not an option. I'd like to think that if I follow your guides to go after the root cause and still wear my work boots I should get some significant relief. What is your opinion of that?

Someone told me it stopped when he walked barefoot. Thanks for the suggestion to start slowly.

I’m on my second pair of HOKAS. I have a night splint and orthotics. And I have gotten the cortisone shots. The dread of that needle entering my foot only to give two weeks of relief terrified me into research. Going barefoot. Nothing I step on can be as horrible as that needle.

Thank you for your blessings! ❤️🙏🙏

I've been having intuition that the standard PF information just isn't correct. All the "usual" recommendations for relief haven't been working. I noticed that when I put on my "supportive" Brooks with Powerstep insoles my foot actually hurts more! When I walk around the house barefoot my foot feels better. When I wear my Birkenstock sandals my foot feels better. Thanks for confirming my suspicion.

Thanks Dr Angela

I run barefoot and go hiking barefoot all the time I am glad I heard you say it’s better walk barefoot when ever you get the chance

Fantastic presentation Dr, that was really an eye opener.....thanks for such incredible facts .....very very useful.

I'm a massage therapist who's recently got on board the barefoot shoe bandwagon! When I suggest to clients to try going barefoot or wearing minimalist shoes to relieve plantar fasciitis, they think I'm nuts. They all think that they need arch support.

I find that the more support i have in a shoe the more it hurts my feet. I love walking barefoot, but years of wearing the wrong shoes at work left me with a shortened achilles tendon which caused a bone spur to grow through my achilles tendon. I never felt much PF pain until after my achilles surgery last August. I had a lot of complications and everything in my foot completely locked up. I haven't had the strength in that leg fully return so I'm unable to put my weight on the front of my foot. My weird gait is causing a lot of problems with PF. I actually just ordered a good scraping tool before watching this video. I was intending on using it on my achilles because it's starting to feel like i have rocks under my skin and it feels terrible when i stretch it. Going to try it on my PF too! I need to get my foot functioning like a foot again! Thank you again for this advice!

Im no doctor but everything she said seems to make sense

Holy crap. I've recently spent $400 on insoles and 2 Hokas. My heals hurt more. But they do have a wide toe box.

Everyone is different, but I would caution anyone thinking about going straight from a 10mm high-cushion shoe to zero drop. My daily wear shoes had been zero drop for over two years so I thought it was time to switch to zero-drop running shoes as well. I went from a 10mm to Altra zero drop. I had no running pain or issues before (except occasional toe pain on long runs because of the narrow toe box). I ran maybe 15 to 20 miles in those shoes and started to have arch pain. I returned them and went to a 5mm Topo shoe (which I love!), but the pain never went away. Well, what I thought was arch pain was actually closer to my heel and was plantar fasciitis. That was almost a year ago. In short, going to a zero drop too quickly for running *caused* my plantar fasciitis. Hoping the advice in this video help me hell it for good. It's not awful pain right now, but I've been doing a lot of the traditional approaches and just can't seem to get it fully healed (pun intended).

One of the most effective things for me is slow barefoot running/jogging on a deep sand. It's like a massage, 15-20 mins work amazingly well.

How does a pronounced heel spur with the PF alter your recommendations?

THANK YOU! Like other comments, I have been following physiotherapy instructions including heel cups, orthotics etc, and was told to stop wearing jandals/thongs which I live in throughout summer But was still in pain. This makes so much more sense! I believe in a natural approach with an understanding of the muscoskeletal mechanics Thank you Dr Angela

Thanks doctor. Be blessed by the divine.

Every single foot specialist on youtube says something different

Dear doctor, I hope you see this and can give me guidance - I cannot stand in one place longer than two minutes. Since I went with zero drop Altras, I was able to heal and now I can walk for miles without any pain - but I cannot stand in one place. Especially when I’m home barefoot and trying to cook. Pain is mostly in various area of foot, but not my classical PF pain. Some heel pain too!

You might have just saved my life.

I just found your channel. This is my last hope! Will update after trying the guide. Thank you so much ❤

The bologna mainstream debunked was the 1st attraction. I'm DOIN this and things are already better after a week. The biggest shot over the top has been proper shoes and MAN!, DOES BAREFOOT WORK!, THANK YOU YOUNG LADY

THANK YOU!!!

I discovered running in 2019, and it was what saved me during the pandemic. Unfortunately, my left foot couldn’t handle the repetitive strain. Over 20 years ago, I fractured my big toe, didn’t treat it properly, and ended up with painful arthritis. Ten years ago, a marble slab fell directly onto that same toe, worsening the situation (it’s still there, haha). Due to these functional imbalances caused by running, I believe my plantar fascia became overloaded, and a pre-rupture was diagnosed via MRI. Since then, I’ve stopped running. Periodically, I try to return, but after a few weeks of light training, the pain reappears. I’ve tried all the "miths" you mentioned, including shockwave therapy. I was told that only surgery would solve the issue… Do you think my case has a solution?

Thank you so much for the information in this video! I’m currently hobbling through my home with my foot taped because of the pain. I love to be barefoot but haven’t been able to for about a year. The PT and doctors have not recommended anything that helps outside of 2 specific stretches. I will be looking into these shoes you recommend🙏🏼

Very informative. Thank you!

You are an angel sent from above to help us all. Thank you so much! I will do everything you say

This is very, very interesting! Thanks Dr. Angela!!! I had pain in the bottom middle of my heel for 8 months. I couldn't get rid of it, so I finally got an injection 2 months ago. A week later, it finally felt great so I eased back into my walking routine. Now it's starting to hurt again in the same spot. In that particular area (bottom of the foot, right in the middle of the heel), do you think it's Plantar Fasciitis, or could it be Achilles Tendonitis? Thanks Dr. Angela for any help you can give me!!!

I had pf for close to 9 months and despaired of ever healing from it. After I retired, I quit wearing shoes, go barefoot 90 percent of the time, and it went away on its own. Shoes are the worst thing ever for pf, especially cushiony shoes with arch supports!

Hello Doc! I’m not sure if my mother has plantar fasciitis or Heel Spur. She’s 76, and always on her feet, doing chores etc. She wears an insert with her sketchers, but the pain is quite a nuisance. She has seen seen the foot doctor, but he hasn’t helped, and says she’s fine🤷🏻‍♀️ The pain is in her right heel, and extends to the bone behind her heel. Her family DR prescribed pain killers, instead of a better solution, of course. She’s flat footed, btw. Thanks!

Wow Great video. Thanks I am sure my life is going to change for the better.

I think it's going to depend why someone has PF. I have narrow feet, high arches, Morton's toes, and right foot pronation. Also born with a club foot I was told, that I seemed to outgrow as I did gymnastics through Jr. High. Have had a couple of bouts of PF over several decades. Now every time I forget my arched slippers and go barefoot my pain returns. I finally have it under control with wide toe box Hokas, and hard rubber arch supports in all my shoes to keep from pronating, also a small toe pad under the ball of my foot in my shoes to mitigate the Morton's toe from landing first instead of my big toe. That last idea is from Claire Davies' book Trigger Point Therapy Handbook. Best of luck for each sufferer finding out what works for them.

Doing my 45min walking bang extream pain 15mins of vacuuming bending boom ...I find it hard to straightening my back with slow pain in my lower back

Thank you VERY MUCH !!!!!!!

Right now I am wearing 2 different shoes. 1 on right is 0 . But even though they are a wide toe box they rub my small toe on the left foot. If I wear them to long on the left foot it rubs a blister. So, as long as I am at home I wear 2 different shoes just to be able to get up and do what I have to do at home. Such as clean, cook, garden, ect .

I'm floored, no pun intended.😅 We should be more barefoot!

I had a painful case of plantar fasciitis 5 years ago. I bought the "Superfeet all-purpose support low arch (previously superfeet black)" and I haven't had any pain since. Explain that? I'm truly interested in your thoughts Doc? I've heard a lot about barefoot shoes, but to me that sounds painful. I hate being barefoot because it's uncomfortable for my completely flat feet. I have zero arch. My pool side for print is a complete impression of the bottom of my feet, flat.

Thank you for this, I have suffered from gout in my ankle which in turned caused the worst PF I have experienced. I do PT exercises in my hot tub to reduce joint pain. I have every shoe you said to stay away from in one of your other videos and I now know why I have not been improving to the extent I want. How long would it take to transition to more minimal footwear? I have good strength in my calves but really bad flatfeet.

What is the best shoe for walking around the Florida theme parks all day? Last time I went I could have cried at the end. I walked like 17,000 steps! Wore On shoes with two socks for cushion.

My heels didn’t start hurting until I started wearing the FLUX shoes and now I can’t get rid of the pain

Ive had mild PF in one foot since September, 2023. I have spent the last 3 years getting rid of every shoe that presses my toes together and converting to zero drop. I was proud of myself last summer as I hiked twice a week with Topo Trailventure boots and no orthotics. At the end of the summer I ended up with a spot on the medial side of the heal where the fascia connects... PF that felt like it was tugging or tight. I've found that my Topo hiking boots irritate my big toe because of the aggressive toe spring, but otherwise they are so comfortable. Now that the top of my big toe hurts I can't do some of my usual exercises. No matter how many strengthening exercises I do I feel this spot after hiking or long walks. I do heel drops, calf raises, short foot, walking on toes, etc. I'm getting quite concerned because I have summer plans to do travel hiking trips out of country. PS I recently ordered zero drop minimal shoes from Vivo and XERO and found that the very flat, hard sole inflamed my otherwise non existent neuroma right away.

I’m barefoot most of the time, I wear wide toe shoes only when driving or shopping. And I have started experiencing severe plantar fasciitis pain. This is definitely a puzzle.

I've just started weigh bearing after a broken ankle an orif surgery. I had planter fasciitis before the injury and calf streches helped. Now i cant do deep streches because I haven't walked for 9 weeks and have lost all range of movement and muscle.

Thank you for the tips, but not sure which I should follow, hope this tips will help me,

What is your advice of dealing with concrete floors. At the end of the day feet and every joint in the body is screaming.

AS A PERSON BORN WITH SUPERHUMAN GENETICS THAT USED THAT AS AN EXCUSE TO WORK AND PLAY EXTREMELY HARD, I CAN SAY IT IS MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT ORTHOTICS ARE A FREAKING MIRACLE😮

I woke up one morning and couldnt walk. Got diagnosed with PF. I was told to wear leather shoes and gently massage my foot every morning and night. Took me 2 months to repair.

My problem is that I work in construction so I need a zeroed workbook with steel toe and shank. If anyone knows of one please let me know

I am still skeptical about a lot because there is SO much conflicting information. However, as far as the intervention that gave me the biggest relief so far, that would be the fascial release with a scraping tool. Thanks for this suggestion!