# Plantar Fasciitis: Solutions other than night splint / boot?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 12, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plantar-fasciitis-solutions-other-than-night-splint-boot/640821 "2012-11-12T20:50:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plantar-fasciitis-solutions-other-than-night-splint-boot/640821/25 "2012-11-13T03:06:37Z")

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from an earlier thread on the topic:

> [@Relieving the pain of plantar fasciitis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relieving-the-pain-of-plantar-fasciitis/494167/6):
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> My general schemes for treating plantar fasciitis:
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> 1. foot stretching exercises
> 2. Anti-inflammatory meds like naproxen or ibuprofen
> 3. Taping the feet
> 4. Orthotics
> 5. Physical therapy, including ultrasound
> 6. Steroid injections.
> 
> That’s sort of the hierarchy I follow, 1-6, but not rigidly; depending on the severity, patients’ needs, availability of things like PT and orthotics, and considering the nearest syringe and steroids are only a few feet away from me. So’s the tape, but that actually takes longer to put on that just injecting the feet. Limber folks can be taught to properly tape their own soles.
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> Steroid injections generally do give immediate, long-lasting relief. Results for the other modalities tend to be variable, but taping tends to give quick relief for most folks also.

Oh, and here’s how to tape your feet: [http://www.nismat.org/traincor/pl\_fasciitis.html](http://www.nismat.org/traincor/pl_fasciitis.html)

Well, that’s how to have someone else tape your feet, if you’re not limber.

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