When did you get Plantar Fasciitis, what was the cause?

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1) I don’t remember doing anything specific to make it happen. It was steadily more painful until I finally saw a doc, and the doc sent me to Physical Therapy for a couple weeks. Exercise and ibuprofen. It went away completely; haven’t suffered from it for at least 15 years.

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