heel pain

You know the feeling before you’re fully awake. That first step out of bed, and a sharp, bruised, stabbing sensation under the heel that makes you hobble to the bathroom on the outside of your foot. By mid-morning it’s eased. By evening, after a day on your feet, it’s back. And this has been going on for — what, four months now? Six? You’ve been stretching. You bought the night splint. You’ve been resting it as much as a working adult can. You’ve tried three pairs of shoes. Here’s why that combination often doesn’t work, and what the evidence actually points toward.