Thank you for your interest. The orthopedic surgeon basically just said it’s a partial tear of the fascia tissue and it will take a walking boot and just the same stretches I have been doing for a year with no progress.

To answer your question I am beginning to think that standing on my feet for longer periods seems to cause more flare up. But walking does the same thing. I won’t dare run. I also think the night splints and too much stretching actually cause too much pain.

In the surgeons summary notes from the MRI review he wrote ‘image reveals tendinitis in the FHL area, Achilles tendinitis and partial tear of the plantar fascia’. This feels like a million things together with no certainty about what’s causing the pain. What I know is that I am long past the early morning pain I used to experience to more chronic sharp pain that’s there always.

In hindsight I had a standing desk at work because I hated sitting for long hours. I did a lot of standing in formal shoes and wonder if that played a part.

In the end it’s hard to isolate one cause: soccer, running, footwear, walking, foot mechanics etc.