# Plantar fasciitis **URL:** \ **Category:** How do you want to grow?\ **Created:** [April 6, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682 "2020-04-06T17:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dkisselev1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@dkisselev1](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/dkisselev1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/1 "2020-04-06T17:37:29Z")
Hello! My physical therapist pointed out that I may have plantar fasciitis. The bottom of my left foot, specifically middle to left part of my left foot aches when I stretch my calf, or early in the morning when I get up, or when I do the downward Dog pose or when I am in any warrior pose. He suggested that I put exercising on hold for about 4 to 5 days. My question is: are there any exercises or stretches that I can do in standing position or in the sitting position or on all fours without aggravating tissue at the bottom of my foot? I saw David’s 7-min stretch video and this is helpful and I wonder if there are any other suggestions you may have. Thank you! Dmitri ---
**Author:** ![doyogawithme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.doyogawithme.com/doyogawithme/32/83_2.png) [@doyogawithme](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/doyogawithme)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/2 "2020-04-08T20:33:18Z")
Hi Dmitri. I just recovered from a year and a half with plantar fasciitis! I stopped running and playing sports for most of that and tried a number of different ways to help it heal, including self massage, ice, stretching, orthotics, shock wave therapy and acupuncture. Nothing really seemed to help in a significant way - it felt to me like it needed to heal in its own time, but I’m unsure of that. My foot specialist says to regularly stretch the calf, which I did. Downward facing dog is a great pose for that. Self massaging the calf is also a great idea, as well as the foot. Maybe I’ll film a video for plantar fasciitis! ---
**Author:** ![dkisselev1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@dkisselev1](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/dkisselev1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/3 "2020-04-08T22:03:15Z")
Thank you, David for your advice! This is a great encouragement and recording a video will be a gift. I did not know if stretching would be a good idea or not and will keep on practicing. ---
**Author:** ![dmco6863](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@dmco6863](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/dmco6863)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/4 "2020-04-09T01:43:44Z")
I started suffering from PF years ago. It was very painful, especially first thing in the morning, nothing seemed to help. One day, whilst in a small country town, I wandered into a dollar shop and saw these hard plastic, peanut shaped shoe inserts called Happy Feet. I thought they surely couldn’t make it worse and gave them a try. It took about a month of wearing them daily and my pain and related issues resolved. I give credit to those insoles for my recovery, it’s been years since I’ve had to use them. ---
**Author:** ![Barry-H](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.doyogawithme.com/barry-h/32/6894_2.png) [@Barry-H](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/Barry-H)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/5 "2020-04-09T15:20:11Z")
@dmco6863 Thanks so much for sharing! I know lots of people who have struggled with PF on and off. I’ll pass along your discovery. I’m glad Happy Feet worked for you! ---
**Author:** ![dkisselev1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@dkisselev1](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/dkisselev1)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/6 "2020-04-09T15:52:30Z")
Thank you for your advice! I will definitely try those. I just visited the Happy Feet website and the inserts are far from one dollar price, but I am willing to try it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![dmco6863](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@dmco6863](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/dmco6863)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/7 "2020-04-14T05:38:10Z")
I’m certain mine were cheap copies but they still worked. ---
**Author:** ![Jill.brook1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Jill.brook1](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/Jill.brook1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/8 "2020-04-27T12:42:53Z")
I would appreciate ideas on how to continue to practice yoga even with Plantar Fasciitus. I am finding some of the poses difficult to do (e.g. Warrior poses) with this. Any suggestions would be very welcomed. TYA! ---
**Author:** ![dkisselev1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@dkisselev1](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/dkisselev1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/9 "2020-04-27T17:07:46Z")
I had the same question and later have realized that the more I practice, the better my condition becomes. I was afraid to aggravate my pain and my condition and learned that a gentle stretch just improves the condition. I would like to thank David for this advice! I also followed the advice to get Happy Feet insoles and have not discovered the benefits, just yet but that is probably because I have not used them long enough. My condition gets worse if I walk for a long time in non-cushion footwear (particularly in the morning when I get out of bed) but it improves after yoga. Significantly. Even though I feel discomfort doing warrior poses, it does not feel worse after the session. On the contrary, it gets better. ---
**Author:** ![doyogawithme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.doyogawithme.com/doyogawithme/32/83_2.png) [@doyogawithme](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/doyogawithme)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/10 "2020-04-27T18:36:52Z")
I would recommend padding the heal in any way you can, with socks or a mat on a carpet. There really is no other way to modify and standing pose for plantar fasciitis. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzyblackears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.doyogawithme.com/fuzzyblackears/32/227_2.png) [@fuzzyblackears](https://community.doyogawithme.com/u/fuzzyblackears)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.doyogawithme.com/t/plantar-fasciitis/682/11 "2021-01-18T22:01:51Z")
Please make this video. Please? Pretty please?