I just pulled this thread up cos I remember seeing the heading ages ago and I now have PF. I think it's probably mostly due to wearing wellies for work and walking on concrete in them. People who know me well will probably say it's due to going barefoot but I don't believe that.

Reading some of the stuff in this thread, I think I'm lucky to have it only fairly mildly. It's in both feet, though one of them seems to be getting better, and a lot of the time it causes me little or no problem at all. I've started doing the stretching excercises and rubbing comfrey ointment onto it.

So...where do I get all these shoe brands everyone has spoken of? I generally don't like shoes so it's difficult to find some which I have any inclination to wear. Where do I get the heel support thingies? Would probably be a good thing to wear with my wellies.

I hadn't realised until reading this how prevalent the darned thing is. Should have known that one would get good advice somewhere on Mudcat!

Love Lynne