I'm hypo and have plantar fasciitis, but the two are not related (other than me being overweight likely contributes to the p.f). P.F is typically far worse in the morning, when you first wake up, and subsides throughout the day. It hurts primarily the heel, but can affect my shin/calf if I walk funny to compensate.

I do not know if that's what you have - if not, them I'm of no help to you. But if it is P.F., here is what helped me:

1) Buy some good shoes to wear. For work (where I spend most of my time, M-F, 9-6) I bought the FitFlop Due. You can find other recommendations here: http://www.apma.org/learn/content.cfm?ItemNumber=1108&navItemNumber=542

2) I put special inserts into my workout shoes. I developed P.F after increasing my exercise. The weight lifting/jumping I was doing (at my weight) aggravated it, but putting the insoles in my workout shoes helped.

3) I stretch - I do stretches for my achilles, but honestly, the best stretch is rolling a tennis ball under the foot that has the hurting heel. It feels great and relieves a lot of pain. I keep one under my desk at work and a few at home.

If you don't think you have P.F., here's some other descriptions of heel problems: http://www.apma.org/Learn/FootHealth.cfm?ItemNumber=985

I hope this helps.

I've got pretty bad tendinopathy in both my heels, calves and wonky knees. My meds are fine, but I'm sure being hypothyroid contributes to the problem. Everything just sort of happened all at once and of course I never had the problems before my thyroidectomy. Could be a coincidence, but who knows. I would see out a physical therapist and let them help you determine what's going on, figure out where your weaknesses are and help you get back on track.

Ditto on the calf stretches...I spent a summer battling plantar faciitis. Was not pretty. Couldn't walk. Was bad in the mornings. Streching calves helped. I think exercise with too much weight and not proper stretching aggravated it.

Physical Therapist are wonderful for helping with these issues. once you get it..you really have to stay on top of it. Good thing with these types of ailments is we should be stretching more anyway to maintain flexibility so having a solid reason to do it sometimes helps with getting disciplined about it. youtube calf stretches...there are lots out there...some are more effective than others...glad you had some relief!

Pleased you found medical help, sorry for the way you ended up there though. Hope you'r feeling on the mend.

I agree with supporting the arches, it made a real difference to me too. It is such a long time ago that it was so very bad, years but I do sometimes pop the insoles into shoes which are less supporting. I have to admit this is one thing I attributed to my salicylate issues rather than anything else. Interesting. Thank you for stimulating my grey cells.