Plantar Fasciitis: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Home Remedies and Treatments

Heel Cups

Heel Cups
Heel Cups

Heel cups are another useful home remedy for plantar fasciitis patients as it decreases the impact on calcaneus. As well as, the heel cups also reduce the tension on the plantar fascia by raising the heel on a soft pillow or cushion. Although heel cups are very useful and effective and a number of physicians and doctors find them easy to use as well. However, heel cups are much more useful in the treatment of patients with heel bruises and fat pad syndrome than patients with inflammation in the plantar fascia. According to a study involving 411 patients of plantar fasciitis, heel cups got the ranking of 11th position among several effective treatments for plantar fasciitis.