I have had it off and on for a few years now. Weight doesn't help, but my biggest contributing factor is the flat feet I inherited from my father. I too received a lot of relief from the Scholl inserts. Walmart has the machine you step on which then recommends which insert is best for you. Walking in hip boots makes it worse for me, so I bought a pair of inserts for them too. Tennis ball and pop bottle work for a lot of folks also.

Take your spiked boots off and lay the bottle on a piece of carpet.

Them old Coke bottles are pretty dang tough. It ain't like in the movies , where they break a bottle over someone's head. You get hit with a coke bottle, you're going DOWN.



Charlie

I always suggest filling a plastic 20-oz Coke bottle with water, then freezing. The bottle's characteristic convexity more gently stretches, and you benefit from the cryogenic effects.

Rolling objects like tennis balls, golf balls and coke bottles under the foot seems like a temporary solution at best.

Though not the solution, it's ancillary, and an effective way to stretch that tough fascia. It's like stretching a wet leather strap over a barrel vs. a table. Recall how tough coon or chicken fascia is as it wraps bone, muscle, and all manner of soft tissue.

Spenco moldable insoles (the ones with the rigid plastic arxh supports) helped me more than anything.

https://spenco.implus.com/Product/s...A7sqG3wIVAo9pCh3aegDIEAYYASABEgJ7hfD_BwE

Are those boots any good when mig welding ....or are they just a sneaker ?

My brother went through this a few years ago. Turned out he had bone spurs on his heel. Which in turn was chewing away on the plantar fasciitis. Had to have them ground off before he got any relief. Good luck

my wife had a bone spur also. hope you don't. surgery straightened her out but it took awhile for her to heal

Prolonged, excessive tension of the plantar fascia, through aggressive stretching or abuse, can cause remodeling of its attachment to the heel bone, distorting it and creating a calcium-rich spur, and is the reason I emphasize "gentle" when describing exercises.
A perfect storm scenario would involve an overweight, diabetic smoker who works all day on concrete in cheap, unsupported boots, then comes home and aggressively heel drops off stairs to "stretch."
As far as the Moabs go, I liked their arch support but the uppers weren't durable enough. I returned mine when they started pulling apart the first week.

A friend of mine had bone spurs that would cause him problems .

Had the same thing went to foot doctor and told e to get a new pair of boots. The Red wings I had on were 10 years old he called me a cheap scape.

Find the right Podiatrist...

My first Podiatrist made a pair of orthotic inserts for me. Pretty much, that was it, it didn't do much for me.

My second Podiatrist, told me when I left her office I would feel better. I got a cortisone shot right in the heel. She was right I felt much better. Then she followed up with physical therapy, the boot Lugnut commented on, exercises, ice and follow up. That was something like 15 years ago, I haven't had any problems since.

Note: I told my physical therapist, I always thought a foot massage would feel good, it was brutal! She told me I should have said something...

They had me use frozen water bottles. Laid them on the floor and rolled my foot back and forth on them, massage and icing at the same time. After work, it felt good... part of physical therapy/exercise at home.

Been there. Got the shots - about 2 weeks apart. that took care of it. Have worn inserts ever since and have not had problems. Spenco are good and I used them for several years, but have found the Power step Pinnacle Maxx are more comfortable and perform better. They also last longer. The key is to have them in every pair of shoes/boots and to not go barefoot very much. Hope this helps.

Merrel Moab are a sneaker type shoe. I tried 3 different brands of work boots. Red wing was one of those brands. I do a lot of walking and climbing ladders. These Merrel don't last very long but they don't cause pain like those work boots did.