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[quote=Anonymous]Footsmart catalogue carries a number of devices you wear at night to keep your feet at a 90 degree angle.   Most podiatrists, howver,  will go immediately with custom-made orthotics to correct your foot.  What is happening is that you are aging and as we all do, the arch begins to fall and stretch out.  The orthotics (if done properly) should correct the problem by providing arch support during the day.  I have had orthotics for athletic shoes as well as a different slimmer type for dress shoes for decades.  The orthotics took care of my problem so I never purchased the sleeping devices but there are many in that catalogue to choose from.

Warm ups before getting out of bed are critical.  Also, after you get out of bed, lean into a wall and fully stretch out both achilles tendons, so you now have your ankles at a tighter angle than 90 degrees.   My children also have professionally-made orthotics - not covered by insurance - but still absolutely necessary for sports, running, daily wear and to keep mild scoliosis under control.  Finally, read up on plantar faciatis in wikipedia so you understand what is happening - it's not the heel that is experiencing the pain - it is the arch tendons of the food that affix to the heel that are in trouble.  Hence the need of the arch support because the tendons are telling you that they are under stress  I have never had the cortisone shot in the area affected by plantar faciatis - where the arch tendons affix to the heel, but I have had them between the toes and for hallux rigidus (frozen toe).  They are excruciating but can work wonders.  However, you don't want to do it frequently.[/quote]

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