Darco Body Armor Night Splint - Plantar Fasciitis Foot Pain Relief - Adjustable Comfort for Heel Spurs & Arch Support - Perfect for Sleeping & Recovery

I've had PF for six years now in both feet. I've tried walking splints during the day. Going to a physical therapist. Doing daily stretching and strengthening but nothing worked. I'd had given up after the first year and had been just tuffing it out with some cheap shoe insoles. But recently I decided it was time to finally make the plung and buy a night brace. I first bought one of those big bulky night braces and it works ok. The bulkiness doesn't bother me. Its drawbacks are more in the area of comfort and performance. To really get the desired affect it needs to be so tight that it can't be warn because of discomfort. It doesn't stretch the tendons at all like this one does either. BUT! I still use it on my left foot for my heal PF and it works good with the straps nice and loose. But for my right foot which has arch PF it did little to no good. I tried one of those night splints that connects at the toes and pulls up all night but it absolutely CRUSHED my toes and the pain was unbearable. It only takes a little pressure to make your toes hurt or to lose their blood flow and go numb. So I bought this item and the first night I put it on too tight and it was painful so I took it off after an hour. The next night I thought to myself this thing is worthless because I have to use it loosely so it's not really holding my foot and toe in the perfect position but I was wrong. I loosened it up a bit and slept with it. The next morning the pain was almost completely gone. Three days later my arch was better than it had been in years. It's been a week now and I can finally do some jump-roping and other strengthening exercises to actually solve my PF for good. So a few things to remember: to cure PF you'll need this brace, at least twice daily stretching of the arch, achillies tendon, calf and hamstrings, and you need to do daily foot strengthening exercises or your PF will just keep coming back because PF is pain caused by weak or overused or injured tendons that get inflamed. Buy this, wear it loosely, stretch, strengthen, and you will be PF free one day. Remember it takes MONTHS to fix tendons not days or weeks, MONTHS! So keep it up. Lastly, I stuff a sock between my foot and this brace to spread out the pressure on the top of my foot at night so I don't get any discomfort at all. Any discomfort with this brace is user error by having it too tight.