DEAR MAYO CLINIC: When I wake up in the morning and go to stand up, I have such excruciating pain in my heel that I have to sit back down on the edge of the bed. As the day goes on, it gets ...

Plantar fasciitis occurs when the thick band of tissue that connects the heel to the toes at the bottom of the foot becomes inflamed, according to Mayo Clinic ... The symptoms of plantar fasciitis ...