I just started having problems with it a couple weeks ago. Any advise on how to get it under control. Wife is going to a chiropractor for hers and is slowly getting some relief.

Got some arch support insoles cleared mine up.

Foot and ankle specialist. Don't mess around if you can afford to go.

Freeze a bottle of water, then roll your foot over it.

Also, rest, rest, rest.

Really the frozen bottle of water works! Just don’t fill all the way and leave the cap open so it doesn’t burst while freezing. When I was running 8 or so miles a day and had plantar fasciitis, it worked wonders.

i went to walmart and bought a pair of dr scholls Plantar Faciitis relief insoles. pretty cheap. cut them to size and the relief was immediate

frozen water bottles


I had the steroid injection and it didn't really help that much


very good walking shoes I like New Balance 608

stretching on the bottom stair , frequently

if you stand often make a incline box so that your heals are lower than the toes

wear shoes basically from the time you step out of bed till you get back in with the shower the only exception

and rest it is really hard mine would often flair up in late summer how do you stop and rest with all that going on

you need to stretch the tendon but also not inflame it any more either part of why the frozen water bottle works

High quality footwear

High quality fish oil and a baby aspirin

I used Spenco moldable insoles. I did all the stretches and massages that were prescribed to me with some results, but when i got the insoles they cleared it up fast.

Ice therapy and arch supports.

Arch supports clear mine up usually

Go to a good podiatrist, forget the chiropractor. Get some custom orthotics and get on with life. I have been living with it for 35 years, without orthotics I wouldn't be able to function normally.

Go to podiatrist the foot docter an keep go, I went podiatrist off an on for years, shots, 2 surgeries, 1 the real surgery an other electronic shock that worthless an ins try not pay an lucky sign paper say only pay $500 an ins say experimental surgery , spent $1000s at doc with ins, went new one just start after go other one an was quack worthless doc know nothing , got things built out in shoes that they make molds out feet to make, ins pay none that an back 20 years ago it was $500, I still have them in work boots, yes it hurts bad what u got an suffer with it on an off for years, finally gone except occasional flare up, it can get so bad that u can't hardly walk

As has been mentioned, a professionally fit shoe insert will do wonders. Get inserts for every pair of footwear you have. Don’t forget to get inserts for your hip boots/waders too…or whatever you where to check your trap line.

Plantar fasciitis has a bad habit of flaring up when you’re trapping hard. Sometimes just the thought of getting out of bed can be miserable. Before you get out of bed, take a few minutes to stretch your feet straight forward and then straight back. Hold the forward position for 10 seconds, then hold the straight back position for 10 seconds. Repeat multiple times. Your first step out of bed should be onto a pillow on the floor. Stand on that pillow for 15-20 seconds to let you foot muscles finish stretching. This routine helps a lot when you are hitting it hard.

Before bed, stand on a triangle wedge platform that will flex your feet and ankles. Set it near a wall so you have something to balance with. I’m sure you could google this to find an example of the platform I’m talking about…kind of hard to explain. I built my own out of plywood.

A bad case of plantar fasciitis doesn’t go away overnight. It takes time…but it will get better!

The biggest thing to keep it from happening again, once it clears up from stretching, insoles and or therapy is to untuck all the covers at the end of the bed. You don't want your feet and toes held in a downward position., or your feet and calf muscles will not relax and will continue to knot up. If you're a stomach sleeper you'll have issues with it a lot. It sounds crazy but as a stomach sleeper myself I have to sleep with my feet hanging off the end of the bed. As long as I do that I don't have issues anymore.

Great tip!

Ya I rember that when get out bed morning , can't stand foot, it could take years go way, flare up an someday go away

gonna need some high quality TP for that fish oil...

I had two pairs of custom orthotics through the Sports Medicine/Chiropractor at work. One pair was for my work boots and one pair that I rotated amongst my various sports shoes depending on what season we were in.

I let mine get pretty bad. I went through physical therapy and that helped for awhile, but ended up getting a cortisone shot for relief. I am now a firm believer in stretching my feet every morning and wearing orthotics. Also getting new boots every year.

These are the orthotics I use:

It's 1 cap less than the size of an m&m ....not cheap though

I had it for a short time as a result of an injury to the right side. The foot doctor gave me one of these and told me to do the exercises mentioned above with the water bottle and tennis ball.





It is a PitA to walk in when you have to get up to pee.