Plantar Fasciitis: The First Step in the Morning Hurts Most, But Insoles Shouldn't Be Used Alone
Let me start with something a lot of people don’t know: if you get an X-ray for heel pain and see a bone spur, that spur usually has nothing to do with your pain. One study looked at a thousand random foot X-rays. Thirteen percent had bone spurs, and of those, only 40 percent had ever experienced heel pain. Conversely, many people in agonizing pain have completely normal X-rays. So the spur isn’t the culprit. What’s actually hurting is the fascia attached to your heel bone, which has been repeatedly pulled until it developed micro-tears and degeneration. ...