Plantar fasciitis is a fancy term for pain in the heel of my foot. My left heel has been hurting for a couple of months now. I tried replacing my normal walking shoes and then I went even farther and got shoe inserts for more padding. I've been trying to stretch it when I wake up and before I go to bed every night, but it's hard to do that consistently. It hurts more if I'm on my feet for long periods of time, which makes it difficult to continue doing as much walking as we do. A coworker of mine gave me a small massage ball than I can use to try to massage the muscle/tissue there, but sometimes that seems to hurt more than help. I guess I'll eventually have to go to the doctor to get specific shoe inserts to make the pain stop.