As I've stated before, I tried the stretching, I tried the night splint, I even had three cortisone shots in my foot--three times! But I can't say enough about the physical therapy, which was a combination of so many things: stretching, icing, ultrasound, some kind of pain patch, as well as the best and most caring advice I could have gotten on how to help my heel pain myself. This was to stretch my calves (gently), since this is attached to the bottom of the foot and will stretch there too. It's hard to explain in writing, but she said it's all connected. I also, during the regular evaluations, was able to see improvement, which gave me hope. Against all my fears, my PT encouraged me to walk for exercise: she advised me about what types of surfaces would be better than others. I didn't walk into the PT office with hope. This was my second round. The first one was not so successful. In fact, I had just about given up. I can't stress enough how important ...
A decade ago, I had very painful plantar fasciitis. Since then, I've had other foot pain, including gout and now wonder if it's all from Psoriatic Arthritis. The pain in your heel from Plantar Fasciitis is debilitating. It feels like a knife sticking into your heel when you walk. Well, there is hope. It might take a while, but the pain will improve. Treatments for plantar fasciitis include stretching, physical therapy, ice, massage, and sometimes cortisone shots.