Originally Posted by thelegges (Post 2457844)

Not all PRP injections are effective. Some physicians stopped injecting because results aren’t consistent. No physician will give you any guarantee of even slight relief for the multiple injection sites for multiple pain issues.

With stretching eventually PF goes away. However it can return at anytime. Many medical staff end with PF due to walking 30,000 plus steps everyday on concrete floors.
My spouse every night after working 12-16 hours can home, both feet on short step allowing heals to slowly drop, until stretching to the limit.
Keeping stance for 15 minutes, even if her PC wasn’t flaring.

I used to tell her nobody in our ortho practice believed in her routine except our foot and ankle DR, who was the reason she started the practice after severe PF in both feet.

Many years later I experienced PF. I did PT without relief, then we injected & injected, (my practice so no cost to me) still no relief.

Finally our foot and ankle guy said just do step stretches every day. I never could drop my heal as far as my spouse, but I did finally find relief. Now at least 3 days a week I still follow the practice.

We use our pool step for stretching. You can use any pool step in TV to accomplish the same stretch

Originally Posted by Markkal (Post 2457919)

Al my patients usually had 90% relief in 4 weeks. You have to do the work, exercises in PT. No slacking off. Use Voltarin gel , tape, orthotics as a tmperary relief. They are like crutches if you use them all the time. You have to achive tissue mobility and tolerance to stresses of activities of daily living.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2457828)

Dr had me put towel on the floor and crunch my toes and it worked.

Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2458982)

There you go.

Stretching is the only thing that really works, in my opinion. Been there a dozen times, tried it all ... s t r e t c h.