Heel Pain & Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain, and it’s almost always mechanical — caused by overload of the plantar fascia from overpronation, tight calves, inadequate arch support, or a sudden increase in standing or walking. At Marble Falls Podiatrist, Dr. Frank J. Henry, DPM, FACFAS, treats heel pain with a durable, non-surgical protocol built around correcting the mechanical cause — not just suppressing inflammation with repeat cortisone injections that lose effectiveness over time.

This category covers the most common questions patients bring to our office: why cortisone shots stopped working, why over-the-counter inserts and Good Feet Store products often make plantar fasciitis worse, what shockwave therapy and Class IV laser actually do, when imaging matters, and what a realistic recovery timeline looks like for stubborn heel pain. Most plantar fasciitis patients who follow our complete protocol are out of significant pain within 8 to 12 weeks — durably, because the cause has been addressed.

We treat heel pain patients from across the Highland Lakes and Hill Country, including Marble Falls, Kingsland, Horseshoe Bay, Burnet, Lakeway, Spicewood, Dripping Springs, and the Austin area. With 30+ years of experience and more than 40,000 patients treated, we’ve seen what works and what doesn’t.

If your heel hurts every morning, hurts after a long day, or has stopped responding to the treatments you’ve already tried, the posts in this category will help you understand why — and what to do next.