Nobody expects to feel stabbed when they get out of bed in the morning, but that’s exactly what people with plantar fasciitis experience the moment their heels touch the floor. Fortunately, there’s non-surgical help for this painful foot condition. What is plantar fasciitis? When the band of tissues nearest your heel bone become inflamed,
If you have plantar fasciitis, that first morning step is a bad wake up call. Needle-like pain shoots from the heel and it feels like the bottom of the heel is stretching and tearing, and that’s exactly what’s happening. Plantar fascia are bands of tissue that run from the heel, along the bottom of the