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Can plantar fasciitis of the heels also hurt your knees?
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No: As a rule it should not cause knee pain.
Answered 6/15/2013
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Yes.: Whenever you have pain at one level of your body, you tend to compensate by changing your gait to decrease the load on the painful part. This can put more stress on your knees.
Answered 7/2/2018
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