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Ken and Barb(ie), I don't think you have to get all that complicated at least for the majority of cases. I don't know much about feet but I had it about 12 years ago and the orthopod that I went to gave me a plastic insert for my shoe and in a week my pain was gone. [ Of course it was replaced by PD in a couple years but I am sure that was coincidence- or was it :-) :-). ] My wife went through the same process about a year ago. She got different shoes and the pain went away. The best person to go to is probably a podiatrist. My wife went to her GP and got a lot of wrong information. Charlie KEn Becker wrote: > To Barb,Marge, et all, I had plantar fasciitis, and after a few "shots" in my > feet, and one treatment where they were wrapped with tape and then I got the > shot, I finally got custom fitted orthotics, which are small inserts that fit > in almost any shoe. They cured my PF in a few weeks, I did not believe it! I > am able to walk all day and have no pain in my feet anymore. My orthotics > were made using a computer program which converted the pressure of my feet on > a mat into a diagram on the computer monitor which was sent to the company > that makes the orthotics. Mine were covered by insurance after correcting > their code which confused "orthopedic shoes" with "orthotics" I believe they > cost between $300-450. Some are made with with impressions rather than the > computer program. Mine were made by a podiatrist, who helped me after an > orthopedist just kept giving me shots, and excersizes which helped just a > little. I used to dread stepping out of bed in the morning, until my feet > started feeling slightly better. > Ken B -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************