Heel Pain Plantar Fasciitis Part 4How to prevent heel pain or plantar fasciitis: Make sure that you have properly fitted shoes. Many patients come into my office with shoes that are too big or too small. If you need help, call shoe stores or your Podiatrist to get your feet measured. Unfortunately for many people, their feet do not stay the same size throughout their lifetime. Replace your shoes regularly. Although shoes can get expensive, it is usually cheaper then visits to your doctor or time off from work due to foot pain. Check the bottom of your shoes; if you see that there is a lot of wear in the heels or soles of the shoes, it is time to get new shoes! Make sure that you get shoes that are suppor bass guitar lessons tive and have cushioning! A good way to check both of these is to bend the shoe from the heel to the toe, if you can fold the shoe in half, it doesn’t have the support that you need. If you can press down on the inside of the shoe at the heel and there is no cushioning then that is not the shoe for you unless you can remove the innersole and put your orthotics in for your cushioning. Prepare yourself before exercise; make sure that you stretch before and after exercise as well as getting warmed up. Although exercise is important, it is also very important to pace yourself. Many people want to start out by running or walking 10 miles the first day. If you have not been exercising start out with 5 minutes.