# Plantar Fasciitis night brace-recommendations?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plantar-fasciitis-night-brace-recommendations/781192>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 2, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plantar-fasciitis-night-brace-recommendations/781192 "2017-03-02T12:47:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plantar-fasciitis-night-brace-recommendations/781192/1 "2017-03-02T12:47:44Z")

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I’ve been through a couple and it seems I only get a couple of months before the Velcro straps are useless and I’m just not going to go to the trouble to replace the Velcro. Maybe I’m not spending enough, I dunno. Anyone have one that they swear by that lasts?

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**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plantar-fasciitis-night-brace-recommendations/781192/2 "2017-03-02T13:30:51Z")

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Mine looks like this one:

> **[Plantar Fasciitis Posterior Night Splint](https://www.sourceortho.net/plantar-fasciitis-posterior-night-splint/?gclid=CKTrgaH0t9ICFZuCswodd7cL2Q)**
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> Plantar Fasciitis Posterior Night Splint is a comfortable, durable option for Patients suffering with the discomfort. plantar fasciitis night splint

Instead of velcro, it uses plastic buckles to hold the padded straps in place. I used it for many months with no appreciable degradation of function.

I like it so much I’m almost sorry I conquered my plantar fasciitis by rolling a baseball forcefully under my heel (and less forcefully under the arch), and stretching my calves religiously.

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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plantar-fasciitis-night-brace-recommendations/781192/3 "2017-03-02T13:42:44Z")

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Oh, buckles, nice. Well, since you’re not using it, you know… and I would pay the postage 🙂

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**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plantar-fasciitis-night-brace-recommendations/781192/4 "2017-03-02T13:56:38Z")

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Sure, why not? As long as you don’t mind spending the weekend removing the thoroughly embedded cat hair (baseball not included).

Now, where to find a box? 🙂

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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plantar-fasciitis-night-brace-recommendations/781192/5 "2017-03-02T14:10:16Z")

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My cats would probably spend the night CLOSELY examining my foot. PM me, I’ll reimburse the mailing. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plantar-fasciitis-night-brace-recommendations/781192/6 "2017-03-02T16:38:49Z")

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> [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#):
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> Mine looks like this one:
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> [Plantar Fasciitis Posterior Night Splint | SourceOrtho.net](https://www.sourceortho.net/plantar-fasciitis-posterior-night-splint/?gclid=CKTrgaH0t9ICFZuCswodd7cL2Q)
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> Instead of velcro, it uses plastic buckles to hold the padded straps in place. I used it for many months with no appreciable degradation of function.
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> I like it so much I’m almost sorry I conquered my plantar fasciitis by rolling a baseball forcefully under my heel (and less forcefully under the arch), and stretching my calves religiously.

Thanks for posting that. My plantar fasciitis is now subsiding but it’s been 3 months of constant annoyance and occasional agony and if it returns I’ll need something like that.