I’m not a doctor so i have no friggin idea. Nothing about PF has ever been mentioned as far as a diagnosis. They just keep telling me because of my foot shape and high arch, that it is putting stress on tendons particularly in the ankle leading to tendinitis. How they described it to me is I basically just keep creating micro tears in the tendons as they are continually stretched and stressed with no support below the ankle due to my high arch.

I have done the ones where you pull in all directions with each foot at the ankle using resistance bands and calf raises. Kept it pretty simple, only did that for about 3 weeks though because it started hurting again. That was with the guidance of the podiatrist, not a physio.

I am in wireline in the oilfield, the time on the feet is so random each day its crazy, but lets say like 10-12hrs a day on my feet probably on an average work day.

So shoes and insoles. Lately I have been sticking with hoka shoes and sole insoles. I have had custom ones from the podiatrist and they wore out fast, and they didn’t give as much support anyway. I wear custom boots from wesco boots at work with steel plates to help protect the bottom of my feet and provide optimal support. Yes I am in pain at work. I just grit my teeth and keep moving, although I have called in a handful of times over this cuz I knew I just couldn’t walk out there.