Six Months In and Still Sore: A Troubleshooting Guide
Roughly nine in ten cases of plantar fasciitis settle with conservative treatment. That’s genuinely good news, and it’s the figure most people are quoted early on. It’s less comforting when you’re in the other tenth. Heel pain persisting beyond six months despite treatment has its own name in the literature — chronic recalcitrant plantar fasciitis — and it needs a different approach from a fresh case. Doing more of what hasn’t worked is rarely the answer.