I have had some good results with helping patients with plantar fasciitis. Here is a summary of research from BMJ (_http://aim.bmj.com/content/16/2/66) Summary Eighteen patients attending an orthopaedic outpatient clinic with a year or more's history of heel pain due to plantar fasciitis were studied. All had had conservative treatment of physiotherapy and shoe-support without significant pain relief before acupuncture was offered, and thus acted as their own controls for the