When you go upstairs, put the balls of your feet on the edge, and let your heels overlap. This stretches the muscle. I had it for ages, it rather spoiled the mudgather at Muenster a few years ago. It's so painful, I can remember crying with pain when I got up quickly to answer the phone.

I always go for comfortable shoes now, and I have to say that crocs are the very best, they mould to your feet, and you hardly know they are there.

I've got diabetic neuropathy now, so the feeling in my feet is permanently numbed.