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Originally Posted by guinness18er
Lastly, in most cases of Plantar Fasciitis I have read that the pain starts out bad in the morning, then gradually tapers off. My pain gets worse with activity, and is located where the Arch meets the heel, or just at the beginning of the heel. Thanks again, I will keep the Ibuprofen use in mind.
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Being that this is the case, I would be money that if you had lateral views taken of your feet / foot that there would be a prominent spur extending from your heel towards your midfoot.
Traditional PF is worse in the morning because the foot draws up at night while not under weight. Hence, the use of night splints, stretching and massage prior to first morning weight bearing.
As your conditions worsens with activity - it may indicate a mechanical irritation caused by a chronic pulling of the plantar fascia (PF) on the attachment point to the heel bone. This chronic pulling then creates osteoblastic activity (i.e. bone formation) where it shouldn't be and you develop a spike or "spur". Specifically in the area extending into where your PF attaches. So, every time you take a step, you are moving tissue across a hardened structure that isn't supposed to be there. After conservative treatment fails, the next step is to remove the offending "spike" (heel spur)
I hope that makes sense....
Eagle