The most common source of heel pain is probably plantar fasciitis by a long shot.
That doesn't mean your heel pain is Plantar Fasciitis. Actually even the name Plantar Fasciitis is misleading. "Fasciitis" implies there is an inflammatory element to the problem, but there isn't always! Officially we should all be calling it "Plantar Fasciopathy" because it's usually more of a dysfunction than inflammatory.
Ahem, sorry. I got on my soapbox a bit there, if you really want to nerd out about the difference, try here
The important part is that podiatrists know the difference, it's subtle that is what can make heel pain go from some that annoyed you for 2 weeks a while ago or something that has you laid up in bed wondering "what went wrong?
