Dear Foot Pain Sufferer,

I know exactly how you feel right now.  I’ve been there and know the pain of just getting out of bed in the morning, having to walk down stairs backwards, and hobbling around like someone twice your age.  All while enduring the sharpest pain imaginable in your feet.  This is no way to live life, but I do have some great news. Through a simple system, you can rehabilitate your feet and remove the plantar fasciitis pain.  How great would it be to walk again without the pain and discomfort you’re facing right now?

My Struggle & Triumph Over Plantar Fasciitis

My name is Ed, and I’m just a normal guy that had horrible plantar fasciitis not long ago.  I remember the first time I had the heel pain like it was yesterday.  Just a typical morning, I had hit the snooze button on my alarm clock a few times (or more!), and

Stop Plantar Fasciitis Pain Fast

finally forced myself awake to start the day.

I swiveled out of bed and took my first step towards the bathroom to get ready for the day. OUCH!! I almost shot through the ceiling as the pain struck my left foot.  I thought I had just stepped on a nail!  I immediately fell back into bed trying to catch my breath.  After I realized there wasn’t a nail stuck in my heel, my mind immediately started searching for the event that must have caused this injury, but I couldn’t come up with anything.

The past several days had been ‘normal’ and I couldn’t think of any injuries, falls, bumps or unusual activities that could have caused this pain.  In fact all I had done was gone to work, sat in front of my computer all day, and come home and flopped on the couch for TV or a book. Noting at all stressful on my feet for as far back as I could remember.  Although I didn’t know it at the time, this was a big part of the problem – more on this later…

After rolling around in bed for a while, and several attempts to get back up, I realized it just wasn’t happening and I had to call in sick to work.  After a few hours in bed, I finally managed to hobble down stairs (backwards, with 90% of the weight on my ‘good’ foot), and I made up an ice pack for my foot.  I did this several times through the day, and hoped that between the ice and some Tylenol, whatever I had done to my foot would feel better in the morning.

Needless to say, I woke up the next morning and experienced the same thing, only the pain was even sharper now.  I called in sick again, and spent the morning in bed, on my laptop, trying to figure out what the heck was going on with my foot.  I was in my early 30s at the time, and assumed it was still just a stretch or strain that happened in the past few days that I didn’t remember.  After a few hours online I had diagnosed myself with plantar fasciitis, and spent more time reading about this horrible condition.  I remember reading online posts of people who had been suffering with this pain for years.  I saw the term chronic more than once.  How could I have something chronic in my early 30s?  I had been extremely athletic and involved in sports and activities through my 20s.  Although my lifestyle had become much less active over the past few years, I still wasn’t able to accept that I had a chronic physical condition that was going to plaque me for the rest of my life.

I took immediate action and did what most people would do in this situation, and setup an appointment for the next day at a “Foot, Ankle & Sports Medicine” specialist in town.  The next day I called in sick to work, again.

I Can Beat This!

By this point several of my co-workers had called or emailed and to tell me everyone gets sprained-ankles from time to time, suck it up and quit being such a wimp.  Although I knew it was just good-natured joking, and plantar fasciitis is much more than a sprained ankle, it made me wonder if I was really being a wimp.  Maybe I could just walk it off?  It always worked as a kid.  Maybe a little movement was all I needed.  I had a few hours to kill before the doctor’s appointment, so I decided to try just that.  I took a few more Tylenol, and I decided I’d walk (hobble) around the neighborhood and see if I could stretch it out some. 

Big Mistake!

75 feet from my front door I was on the ground, flailing around like a 3 year old having a temper tantrum.  My genius plan didn’t help at all – in fact it aggravated the plantar fasciitis, and the sharp pain I had been feeling was now accompanied by a constant dull throbbing as well.

My neighbors must have wondered what was going on!  I think I spent 30 minutes sitting on the ground, trying to build the courage to make it back to my house.  I finally made it back inside, popped some more Tylenol (which weren’t really doing a thing to help), and laid on the couch until it was time to go visit the doctor.

After arriving at the doc’s office and filling out (way too much!) paperwork, I was brought in to see a podiatrist who had an extensive background in sports medicine and curing plantar fasciitis.  Finally, some relief from this pain, I hoped!  After spending a few minutes discussing what happened, the doc basically explained the same information about plantar fasciitis that I had read online.  He gave me a Xeroxed set of papers with dozens of exercises and stretches I was supposed to do everyday.  He recommended several options for shoes that I should consider buying to help out with the pain, and gave me a list of retailers in town that would carry them.  Oh, yea, and a prescription for some pain killers to get me through the next few days.

He then explained that his nurse would be coming in to fit me for orthotics that I would need to wear… for the rest of my life.  Fortunately I had decent insurance, and I didn’t have to pay the full $500+ for the orthotics out of my own pocket!  He offered me a note for work, since he wanted me to stay off my feet for a few more days.  I asked if I could have one excusing me for an hour everyday so I could do all the exercises and stretches he just prescribed.  He wasn’t amused at my humor.

I spent the next 30 minutes getting scanned by some hi-tech laser device to fit me for custom orthotics.  I was told they’d be ready in about 2 weeks, and I’d get a call when they were ready to pick up.  I wasn’t sure if I should be excited or depressed about the orthotics, but at this point, I knew I needed something.  On the way home I stopped to get my Rx filled for the painkillers.

Great, a Solution, Finally?

I can't believe I wore these shoes! (Or that they cost $300!)

I immediately went through my new exercise / stretch routine when I got home, I remember it took about 45 minutes to complete.  I wasn’t excited about having to spend this much time on it everyday, but I was willing to give it a go for some relief.  Over the next few weeks, I was still in a lot of pain, but I kept up with the stretch & exercise routine (and used up my supply of Rx of pain killers).  I went shopping for some of the recommended shoes, and wound up spending over $300 on a pair that I was embarrassed to wear at all.  They did help a little with the pain, but I looked like I should be strapping an Acme Rocket to my back, and chasing around the RoadRunner!

I also remember borrowing some crutches and using them several days a week for basic mobility.  I spent most of my waking hours sitting at my desk or on the couch at home – I’d become a hermit and wasn’t able to get out with friends or do anything other than basic survival.  I was also getting severely depressed at the situation, but I was holding out hope, hoping the orthotics would help once they arrived.

Finally, I got the call that my orthotics had arrived, and I spent about an hour with the nurse going over how to use them, and getting my questions about the exercise & stretch routine answered.  When i told her I was still in pain, and that I hadn’t felt much improvement, she assured me the orthotics would help. And she gave me another prescription for painkillers.

I wasn’t sure if it was better to be in pain or get turned into an Rx drug junkie.  I tried to stick to Tylenol and cut out the prescriptions unless it was an extreme emergency.  The orthotics seemed to take some of the pain away, but my foot was now sore from being contorted into a new shape, and I had a lot of muscle pain every day.  I did manage to become a little more mobile over the next few weeks thanks to the orthotics, but I was still missing out on my social life, and falling behind on my personal errands and tasks due to the limited mobility.

Fortunately I had a “desk job” and was able to keep up at work – I can’t imagine what I would have done if I had a job where I needed to be on my feet a lot – I was barely making it from the parking lot to my desk on a good day!  I don’t think I would have made it if I had more walking to do than that, and my heart goes out to anyone that has plantar fasciitis and needs to be mobile for their job (or family – chasing around toddlers with plantar fasciitis must be horrible!)

Over the next several months, things did get better.  I noticed the pain less and less, and I got used to the daily exercise routine and managed to get it down to 35 minutes a day – still way too long, but it was better than the pain.  I always remembered to transfer my orthotics to whichever shoe I was wearing, and life was starting to get back to normal.  Although I would get a sharp reminder of the plantar fasciitis if I went on a long shopping trip, walked more than a few minutes at the time, or spent any time without my shoes (and orthotics) on.  Things weren’t great, but I was so happy to have the pain gone I didn’t care about all the time I was spending on dealing with it.  I hoped it would eventually get better with the orthotics, and I could live a normal life – trips to the mall, social gatherings with friends and family, and if things really went well, maybe I could even get back into jogging again and loose some of the wait I had gained thanks to my plantar fasciitis lifestyle

A Sharp reminder!

A month or so later, I was sharply reminded that I still had a “chronic” problem, when I got out of bed one morning.  It was just like the first time I experienced plantar fasciitis, only twice as much pain. The only way I can describe it is “White Hot” – if you’ve suffered plantar fasciitis before, you know exactly what I am talking about.  If you haven’t had it this bad yet, count yourself fortunate, and please find a solution before it gets this bad!  After laying in bed for the morning (yep, more missed work!), I found my crutches and went straight to the doctor’s office.  I didn’t have an appointment, but I begged them to work me into the schedule.  After waiting several hours I saw the doctor.  I told him I had followed his prescription to the letter – exercises & stretches every day, never walked around without my orthotics, hadn’t done anything to stress my foot.

The Doctors Meant Well, But They Just Couldn’t help

The doctor listened to my story and nodded as I recounted what a good patient I had been.  He was very sympathetic, and agreed that I had been doing all the right things.  Then he dropped the bomb…”Sometimes it just doesn’t get any better.  ‘We’ need to just keep doing what you’ve been doing and see what happens”.  I told him this was the definition of insanity – expecting different results by doing the same thing.  He got a little defensive, but he didn’t completely disagree with me either.  He tried to calm me down, but I was freaking out!  I couldn’t believe I wasn’t getting better, even though I was doing everything right.  I asked for other options, and for a 2nd opinion.  I got the second opinion from another doctor in the office, and another option – surgery!

To the operating room?!?!

We discussed surgery as another option but they warned me it had only a 30%-50% success rate (Hint: you can probably find better odds in Vegas!).  I didn’t like this approach much, and after learning it could actually make things worse, we discussed another plan – which was basically just a rinse and repeat of what I had been doing for the last several months.  I was getting less and less hopeful – and wondering if I’d ever get my life back.  Everything I did was now beginning to revolve around this annoying pain in my foot, and I just wanted to do what I wanted to do, not what my foot would allow me to do.

I Got Really Fed Up!

By this point I had racked up thousands of dollars on doctors, shoes, orthotics, exercise devices and physical therapy – none of it did much more than provide a temporary Band-Aid for the real problem.

My life was in the gutter, I was continuing to gain weight due to lack of activity, and I was beginning to just accept the fact that my life as I knew it was over.  Late one Friday afternoon, a friend called – his date had just cancelled on him at the last minute, and he had concert tickets.  He knew it was a group that I loved, and was hoping to get me out of the house for a change.

Fourth Row, Center seats!

I gladly accepted and we planned to meet for a quick bite before the show.  As I was getting ready for the evening, my heel pain went into overdrive.  I changed out of some casual shoes, and put on my goofy looking Z-Coils to get some relief.  Not good enough, I was still barely able to walk, and I knew I would be going up & down dozens of steps to get into the amphitheater later for the show – I was afraid I’d get trampled in the crowd.

There was no way I was going to make it.  I had to call my friend and cancel.  He was upset, but he understood – he knew what I was going through.  It was this night that I became determined to beat plantar fasciitis, and find a solution one way or the other..

Engineer vs. Doctor

I’m a software engineer by profession, so the medical advice I’d been getting (keep doing the same thing, maybe it will get better), just didn’t make logical sense to me.  I’d had it with the pain, and all the so-called experts who just couldn’t do anything to help me.  I began to spend hours every night (I sure wasn’t able to get out and do anything else) researching plantar fasciitis, and looking for solutions everywhere.  I read medical journals, sports training articles, forums, blogs – anything even remotely related, I read it.

I spent 100′s of hours becoming an “expert” on plantar fasciitis.  Unfortunately every article I read seemed to contradict the last article or journal I read.  Nobody seemed to have a cure, or even agree on treatment plan.

I also started buying every exercise device, stretching tool, sock, lotion, shoe insert or other gadget that claimed to be a cure for plantar fasciitis or foot pains.   I mixed and matched them to see if wearing a stretch sock at night, and another insert during the day helped.  I tried every product across all combinations of all the devices I owned.  Nothing helped.

I also bought all of the other Internet videos, eBooks and courses on curing plantar fasciitis.  I tried them all. They were all very rich in theory and medical jargon, but lacked in what I really needed, Results!  The authors were all doctors or physical therapists, and did a nice job explaining the problems and providing some exercises, but it was all based on theory, not real-word results (and was really just the same information my doctor had already given me).

I kept researching, and buying any gimmick that looked like it even had a remote chance of doing some good.  I was very scientific in my approach, and tracked everything.  I rated my pain levels after each  of devices or programs, if it got better, I kept going with that device, if it got worse, I moved on to something else.  I knew I had to keep trying, but I was really getting frustrated and depressed about not finding a solution yet.

The Solution Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks

I was reading a lot at this point (since I was still in too much pain to do anything that involved leaving the couch in my free time).  Most of my reading was plantar fasciitis research, but some of it was just casual reading, trying to stay occupied.

One Saturday afternoon (yep, my weekends were pretty limited too – If you are suffering from plantar fasciitis, this may sound familiar?) I was reading a book and took a break for lunch.  At lunch I thought more about the chapter I had just read and ran (well, hobbled really) back to the living room and re-read the last chapter.  Something in this chapter struck a chord with me (even though the book had nothing to do with foot problems), and I immediately started reviewing all my notes from my plantar fasciitis research and testing.  As I did so, I started to smile, then chuckle, and then I was in an uncontrollable laughter! I thought I had found a solution, and I was excited!  There was something missing from every “expert report” or medical journal on the subject, (and some even provided just the opposite advice) and once I realized it, something just clicked with me and I couldn’t believe that I (and the experts) had missed something so simple.

Eureka!  I Found the Cure!

I immediately started on my new path of research and by late that night had a new plan of attack for my plantar fasciitis in place.  I had mapped out a simple solution of exercises, stretches and lifestyle tweaks that seemed too simple to be true, but I just had a feeling that I was on to something.  I got everything on paper and had a plan that I could track against for the next week.

The next morning, I started my new routine.  It took me less than 10 minutes to get through (and over time I refined this routine to less than 5 minutes a day).  I didn’t feel much different that day, but the next morning, for the first time in ages, I woke up and my foot did not feel tight and clenched.  I did my routine again, and noticed less pain than normal throughout the day.  By day 3, my foot was feeling even better, and I was able to walk around like a normal person for the first time in months.  I continued the new routine the rest of the week, and was amazed at how great my foot felt.  I couldn’t believe what was happening, and how such a simple plan was giving me my life back.

After a few weeks, my plantar fasciitis symptoms were just about gone.  I then started “phase 2″ to further strengthen my foot, and still managed to keep the time down to less than 5 minutes a day.

After a few weeks in phase 2, all symptoms of plantar fasciitis were gone, and I was feeling great.  I really had my life back at this point, and was able to do anything I needed, without ever giving plantar fasciitis a second thought.  I had finally beaten plantar fasciitis, all in just minutes a day. I was even talking long walks now; trying to burn off the 40+ pounds I had gained being so stationary for months.  Life was good!  No, Life was GREAT!

I continued my routine, and slowly added in the final phase in my plan,”phase 3″, the minor lifestyle tweaks I mentioned.  These took no additional time, they just required me to do everyday things slightly differently than I had been doing them.  I was now conditioning my feet for anything, and removing the damage done by years of inactivity.  My feet of steel were now ready for any challenge!

Couch Potato to Marathon Runner!

No More Plantar Fasciitis! That's me running the Disney 1/2 Marathon (Cinderella's Castle in Background)

I was now walking several miles a day, eating better, and living life to the fullest.  It was amazing how much better I felt.  My friends and family noticed too.  It was great to get out and actually be able to do something active.  I was on top of the world!

I decided I wanted to start running again, something I had done all my life until my late 20′s.  I wondered if my foot could handle it?

I decided to take it slow and see what happened – if I felt any foot pain at all, I would stop the jogs immediately.  The first day I walked, with a little jogging mixed in every few minutes.  No pain (other than being out of breath and wheezing a bit).  The next day my foot felt fine.

I continued my stretch & exercise routine every day (I had it well under 5 minutes a day at this point), and my foot just felt stronger and stronger week by week.

I continued the jogging and increased the distance.  I was up to running a few miles a day before long, and never had any foot pain or issues.  I came up with a goal to run the Disney World 1/2 Marathon (13.1 miles) the following January – just a few months away.

Training for the marathon required much longer and more intense runs, I was a little concerned at first, but my foot was able to take the training with no problems.  I worked up my endurance, and completed the Disney Marathon in January!

It was amazing! In just several months I went from having “chronic plantar fasciitis” to running a 1/2 marathon!

Oh yea, I also spent the rest of the day after the marathon and the next several days walking around Disney World with friends – an extreme workout in it’s own right!  All with no pain!

I Was Cured

Today I continue my routine, though I only need to do it a few times a week.  My foot feels great, and as solid as a rock.  My routine and lifestyle tweaks has conditioned my foot so well I never even think about heel pain any more!

I am continuing to run several times a week, and compete in races ranging from 5k’s up to Marathons several times a year.  I have a crazy goal to run a marathon in every US state! (Wish me luck!)

What’s the Secret?

Through all of this, friends, co-workers, and family members have asked how I did it.  They either suffered heel pain themselves or know someone who does.  They saw the transformation in my life, and wanted the “secret”.  Several had gone through the same roller coaster ride I did, had given up and just accepted plantar fasciitis as a way of life.

I wound up putting my routine and notes into an email to share with them, since I was getting tired of recounting the same story over and over.  I was also interested in knowing how well it would work for others.  I spruced up my tracking workbook and asked them to take good notes in exchange for my “expert advice”

Somewhere within 2-5 days of sending my email notes out to a person, I’d get an excited response back stating that they could feel a difference and were becoming more mobile as the heel pain drained away.  Within 2-5 weeks, I’d get another email, letting me know that they had started on “phase 2” and were feeling great.  My solution worked for others too!  I was excited (and slightly surprised) that I was able to help other transform their lives in such a meaningful way.

I got a lot of positive feedback on the system, and some great suggestions as well.  Over time I updated my notes, created a more professional tracking plan, and made the steps easier to understand.  I was still able to keep the work down to less than 5 minutes a day.

The system grew on it’s own as friends forwarded the email to others, and more and more people were helped.  I never thought much about it, until I got an email from a complete stranger asking me how to pay for my notes.  I thought he was joking, but I sent him my PayPal address, and said sure send me a few bucks and buy me a beer.  A few hours later I received a payment confirmation for $100!  Whoa! I responded back to him and told him he had made a mistake.  He had a similar story to mine, and after just a week was feeling great using my notes.  He said the $100 was the least he could do, and that he had spent far more than that on other books, videos, and gadgets that never worked for him.

I realized at this point that I could really help others, and decided to have my notes, stretches and exercises professionally formatted into an eBook format.  But I didn’t feel right about charging $100 for the material (even though that is far less than orthotics, or any of the other gadgets that just don’t work.

I set up StopPlantarFasciitis.com to see if there was any interest, and was overwhelmed by the response!  Now on the second version of the eBook, I’ve included more content,details and illustrations for even faster results with the program.

I’m So Confident that this program

WILL CURE YOUR PLANTAR FASCIITIS,

I’m Offering a Full 100% Money Back Guarantee!!

I understand that there is always a little uncertainty when ordering any product, and especially one that promises to cure a condition you may have suffered with for a long time.  That is why I want to remove all the risk for you.  I’ll put it a simply as I can, if this program doesn’t work for you, or if you are dissatisfied in any way, I don’t want to keep your money. Just send me a note (email) and I’ll issue an immediate refund – no questions, no hassles, no fine print, no gimmicks.  You have a full 60 days to put the program to the test – I am so confident that you are going to see results in just days, that I am willing to stand behind this 100%.

As a Special Early-Bird Bonus…

I am offering the 2nd Edition

of the program for Only $27.95

for the next few days only

(after that it will return to the normal price of $39.99)