Quote Originally Posted by Mazuuurk View Post
A friend of mine had it. Essentially there are two main things you can get in your heel: that, or a bursting of the (one of the..?) little membranes or fat-sacks or some such within the heel.

Basically if it's slowly crept up on you - it's the formerr, Plantar Fasciitis
If it came upon a sudden impact, i.e. you played football or something and landed on the back of your heel and felt it then and there, then it's the sack or whatever.

I had the latter happen to me once or twice, and it's not so bad - you take it easy for a few weeks, maybe a month and it sorts itself out.

Plantar fasciitis is chronical and much worse, and can take super long to get rid of. It's caused by inflammation of the tendon that runs across the arch of your foot and attaches to the heel. Try stretching that every day a few times (google stretch exercises for it), take some anti-inflammatory stuff once or twice a day like Ibuprofen or Diclofenac for like a week (unless you have a fucked liver I suppose) and try to wear really good, supportive shoes like very soft-sole jogging shoes. Do that for like a week and see if you see any effects on it.
I've been doing the roll a cold can under your foot exercise/treatment, as well the stairs one. The latter has made me realise how sore my achilles and calf are in that leg. I first felt it a few weeks back but carried on playing football and running. Then one day last week I could barely walk when getting out of bed, and it was bad again after running at the weekend. I guess I'll have to knock running and football on the head for a while, and keep an eye on it.

From the symptoms it definitely seems to be that shittyitis, although those I've spoken to who've had it suggest it's quite painful, and but for one or two episodes it's not been that bad for me.