Altherunner I love walking barefeet, exactly what the podiatrist warned me against for this condition, I just took off my shoes, you make a lot of sense, thank you
6 years after being diagnosed with PF and having been told I needed surgery by multiple docs etc I treated it as TMS and it was gone. My whole life changed b/c of my feet....my story is the typical TMS story 12 doctors 5 pairs of wasted orthotics and $700 in shoes later it was my brain that was causing the trouble.
I actually do like my orthotics because my tiny, wide, high-arched feet have trouble finding shoes that fit. I get stuck buying shoes that are too large, which usually means the heel/arch/toe areas of the shoe don't match my feet. The orthotic allows me to transfer my form-fitting sole shape to any shoe.