Treating plantar fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis (fash-ee-eye-tis) is simply defined as pain/inflammation of the plantar fascia, a band of tissue that connects the heel bone to the base of the toes, supporting the arch of the foot. Affecting nearly 2 million people in the United States each year, plantar fasciitis can begin gradually or as the result of a sudden trauma, and while it will commonly appear in one heel, it can…