I recently joined several Facebook groups for sufferers of plantar fasciitis (I don’t recommend it as it will fill up your newsfeed with a lot of stuff). I have to exercise significant restraint in not commenting! I learnt some things: 1) There is an extraordinary number of people out there that have had their plantar fasciitis mismanaged by health professionals and self management 2) A hellava lot of them self manage 3) they seem to try one treatment, then move to another when that one does not work (most of the treatments discussed in these groups don’t work, but the improvement with many would be due to the natural history …
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What I learnt from joining some patient support groups for plantar fasciitis