MARS WELLNESSPlantar Fasciitis Posterior Night Splint (X-Small)

In an effort to help others with plantar fasciitis, let me tell you what worked for me after 8 months of PF, 2 dr visits and 4 weeks of PT -- it wasn't the dr and PT, although my physical therapist did help. PT had me do ankle pumps (30 when I wake up each morning) and eccentric calf raises every other night 3 x 12 with an aerobic stepper (KLB Sport 27" Adjustable Exercise Equipment Step Platform). Every other night 3 x 12 x 2 of the first two exercises with this ProStretch Calf Stretcher and Foot Rocker (The Original). I continue to do all of these every other night. While continuing that I have used a let's try everything approach to end this ASAP. While the exercises have helped what really put me from 70% better to 95% was the following:Plantar Fasciitis Posterior Night Splint (MARS Wellness) -- much better than an earlier one I had tried from Futuro. This looks big and bulky but actually is more comfortable at night. The futuro also made parts of my foot go numb.Beurer Foot Massager With Built in Heat Function, Shiatsu like Features -- use this 45 mins a day at night with heat. I use it lightly at first until the foot warms up (5-10 mins) then apply pressure to the heel area. PT explained there are ligaments and fibers that need to be disrupted/torn up a bit in the heel. This works wonders for that. It is a bit painful at first but the heel gets numb as you gently increase the pressure down on the heel.. I hope to not need to do this forever, so far about 1 week, and it seems to be helping a lot.Sof Sole Arch Full Length Comfort High Arch Shoe Insole for Men and Women -- I also tried and like SuperFeet orange and yellow. These to me are better as the heel is cushioned. I use these now in all my shoes and footwear. They help but the are not a cure. Hopefully once I am back to 100% these will help stave off future flare ups.Fish oil supplement -- 1 per day. This is an anti-inflammatory without the long term problems of using an NSAID daily.Penetrex Pain Relief Therapy -- not sure it does anything but am continuing to try this. If nothing else it feels good to apply 2 or 3 times a day.TheraBand Foot Roller -- PT recommended this but I did not find it helpful. It does not allow enough pressure on the heel to disrupt whatever is going on there that needs to change. I replaced use of this with the Beurer Foot Massager which for me works much better.I hope this helps someone else with these issues. I am hoping this regimen will fully cure the problem in another 2-3 weeks.

I have heel sports, plantar fasciitis and psoriatic arthritis throughout both feet but it is worst on my right foot. I also have Achilles tendonitis, worse on my right. My podiatrist was not helping me so I decided to help myself and buy this brace hoping it would help. I WAS BLOWN AWAY!This brace is very light and has padding in the right places so that in this hot summer weather, I could even wear it without socks.I wore this after a bad arthritis pain day with lots of foot and heel pain when I had done extra walking. I do wear orthotics but they don't do everything.Walking in the brace feels weird if you have to get up to go to the bathroom, and my heels were sore. If there is anything I would improve upon it would be to add some extra cushion to the heel area.All the straps including the one to increase tension on the foot are adjustable. I wear a Women's size 8.5 EE, and this was a tiny bit narrow, but there was about an inch of extra boot extending from my toes. I was afraid the small would be too small.The velcro on the straps is VERY LONG so it can accommodate many people larger than me and I have big calves and ankles. It was more comfortable than I thought it would be for bed. But just because it was a brace that made my foot still and at a right angle, it was a bit uncomfortable, and that would be just a fact of wearing a brace to bed. Because it was very light and secure I slept just fine, though by morning I was really wanting to take it off.The great thing about the design is that the fasteners on the straps are VERY quick and easy to remove. Click-click-click and I am out of that brace! They are very secure but easy to remove when you want them to be.I am SO SURPRISED! my right foot normally after I went to bed with all that pain would normally be super hard to even put weight on in the morning. NOT THIS TIME! I woke up and could walk right away, with almost no pain and NO STIFFNESS!It even felt better than my "good" left leg and foot! WHAT?? After only ONE night? I think I need to buy another one for my left leg now. I am so grateful.

This splint has been THE SOLUTION for my painful Plantar Fasciitis. I am so happy with it, and I appreciate that the product is well made, easily adjustable, relatively comfortable (for what it is: it is very cushiony), and I like that MARS Wellness shipped it promptly and provided emailed usage instructions and other communications. The sizing seems correct, although perhaps a tad narrow. I have wide feet, admittedly, and I wouldn't want it longer, so the medium was still the right choice for me Women's 8.5 Wide foot.So here's my saga and how I got here to this happy place: I have suffered with Plantar Fasciitis for about 8 months, and I was getting very frustrated that it wasn't responding to stretching, icing, or rest. I didn't want to have medical intervention (cortisone shots, for example), but my foot hurt constantly and it was clear that my low-tech approaches weren't working. I asked a friend about acupuncture, having read a glowing account from an acquaintance on Facebook, and her comment was that whatever I opted to do by way of treatment, a night splint was critical. So I ordered this one, based on good reviews and reasonable pricing. I figured there was little risk, and it just might help. I have worn it nightly for just over a week and the improvement has been immediate and remarkable. My foot has felt NORMAL each morning when I step on it for the first time; considering it has felt "bruised" for the past 8 months, that is a profound change. And now, through the day, my foot is mostly pain-free; again, this is a change. I have lived with nearly constant heel pain most of this year. I even dared to go running last week, and I suffered no ill-effects. I am beyond excited. And I am so grateful for the recommendation to order a splint and for MARS for offering such an affordable, practical, successful solution to my foot woes.

El envío llego rapido, el producto es de muy buena calidad, soy talla 7 mx, quedo perfecto. Es facil de abrochar y ajustar. Los broches vienen a modo zurdo, fue lo mejor en mi caso (Siendo zurdo). Sentí mejoria en mi pie al solo tenerla puesta 30min.

Highly recommend! The buckles and adjustability of this product is amazing! I really love it. You can really get your foot into dorsi flexion