Plantar Fasciitis Treated With Dynamic Splinting

Inclusion Criteria

Patients enrolled will have been DIAGNOSED with Plantar Fasciitis which is associated with significant pain and includes the following: - Pain on the bottom of the heel - Pain that is usually worse upon arising or after long periods of non weight bearing - Pain that increases over a period of months - Pain is worsened by walking barefoot on hard surfaces or by walking up stairs - Morning mobility limitations - Preference of patients to "walk on their toes" - Paresthesias after non weight bearing (while sitting or lying down or both) - Nocturnal pain - Patients must be willing and able to sign the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- Achilles tendon injury - Acute traumatic rupture of the plantar fascia - Calcaneal bursitis - Calcaneal neuritis - Calcaneal stress fracture - Lumbosacral radiculopathy of S1 nerve root - Retrocalcaneal bursitis - Tarsal tunnel syndrome