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Plantar Fasciitis

The Basics | Symptoms | Detection & Treatment

What Are the Symptoms?

  • Pain in the bottom of your foot, especially at the front of the heel bone.
  • Pain that is worse when first rising in the morning (called "first-step pain"), or when first standing up after any long period of sitting.

Call Your Doctor If:

You have stabbing heel pain or pain in the bottom of your foot, especially when you get up in the morning.

Medically updated by Cynthia Haines, MD , WebMD, August 2005.

SOURCES: American Academy of Family Physicians. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.

The Basics | Symptoms | Detection & Treatment
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