Since you asked...I would not mess around with advice from friends...mine included. Follow your doc's advice.

I didn't really know what I was dealing with when I had it. I listened to all the advice from friends, postponed seeing a doc, ended up with heel spurs.

But what worked for me:

1. For the acute attack - roll your arch on a bottle of frozen water.

2. For prevention:
    1) Never ever ever ever ever ever under any circumstances go barefoot, especially in sand.

    2) Wear good shoes. I like a good fitting running shoe.

    3) Do the runner's stretch where you drop your heels off a step.


I think the concrete floors did me in after about a year of the inflammation. I didn't know what it was.