Dynamic and Static Splinting as a Treatment for Plantar Faciiopathy

Inclusion Criteria: * All patients will have had a history of at least 3 consecutive months of plantar heel pain well-localized to the plantar fascia. * All patients will have failed an initial treatment of non-weight bearing plantar and Achilles stretching. * Diagnosis will be confirmed by physical examination by a single physician (JPF) with a typical point of maximum tenderness over the medial tubercle of the calcaneus Exclusion Criteria: * rheumatoid arthritis * local infection * pregnancy * patients with tumors * unresolved fractures * severe peripheral vascular disease * history of prior plantar fascia surgery * history of plantar fascia rupture * age \<18 years * recent ( within 6 weeks) steroid injection