Plantar fasciitis: This condition is characterized by inflammation of a very thin tissue running throughout the bottom of your foot. It causes pain, typically after you've been off your foot sitting or laying down. As soon as you put your foot down, pain starts. It takes a few steps to make it stop aching, and it starts all over again with rest. Antiinflammatories and stretching helps. Tarsal tunnel is different.
Answered 1/1/2015
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Tarsal tunnel: I agree with dr villaplana re plantar fasciitis. To carpal tunnel in feet, but you can get tarsal tunnel. It is much less common than plantar fasciitis. Symptoms include numbness over the bottom of the foot and pain, burning, and tingling over the base of the foot and heel. Here's some more information on it: http://orthopedics.About.Com/cs/footproblems/a/tarsaltunnel.Htm.
Answered 10/11/2012
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I think you mean: "atypical plantar fasciitis". That could mean that your plantar fasciitis may not be demonstrating some or all of the classical (typical) symptoms. There is a parallel to carpal tunnel syndrome in the foot, known as tarsal tunnel syndrome. It can be a cause of pain that starts on the side of the heel and radiates under the heel.
Answered 8/11/2012
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