Plantar fasciitis is your foot adapting to a load it shouldn't be carrying. Stretching the fascia helps for an hour. Garrett finds why your foot is taking on more than its share, in your calf, ankle, or hip, and changes the load at the source.
Book your first sessionThe plantar fascia is absorbing force that should be shared across your calf, ankle, and hip. When those parts stop doing their share, your foot ends up carrying weight it was never built to carry alone.
Your plantar fascia isn't broken. It's tightening to handle force that should be shared across your calf, ankle, and hip. When the parts above stop doing their share, your foot takes on more than it was built for.
All three work on the foot itself. Orthotics support the arch without activating it. A night splint lengthens the fascia overnight, then it tightens again the moment you stand up. Rolling helps for as long as you're doing it. None of them change why the foot is carrying so much.
Once Garrett finds which parts of your calf, ankle, and hip have gone quiet and brings them back online, your foot stops taking the full load. The fascia softens because the demand has dropped.
The body wants balance, not pain relief. Once your calf, ankle, and hip are carrying their share again, your foot stops absorbing everything by itself.
Full assessment, guided protocols, and a take-home practice. About 60 minutes, in San Francisco or over video.
Garrett assesses how your calf, ankle, and hip are loading your foot, not just where it hurts. That's usually the pattern behind chronic heel and arch pain.
Using a yoga block or foam roller, Garrett guides you through positions that change what's loading your foot from above.
Most clients feel their calf and ankle loosen and the pressure through their arch ease before the session ends.
You leave with a short practice, about five minutes, that keeps the load off your foot between sessions.
Virtual sessions work well for plantar fasciitis. The work is in changing what's loading your foot from above, not hands-on foot work, so Garrett can guide you through it over video.
One visit with Garrett gave me better results than three months of physical therapy.Katie · Runner
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All three address the foot directly. They reduce symptoms without changing why the foot is being asked to absorb so much load. Orthotics support the arch but don't activate it. A night splint lengthens the fascia overnight but it tightens again the moment you weight-bear in the morning. Rolling helps for the moment. Garrett works on the calf, ankle, and hip mechanics that determine how force enters your foot, so the foot stops adapting in the first place.
Your fascia tightens overnight while you're not weight-bearing. The first steps of the morning ask that tight fascia to suddenly absorb your full body weight. That's why the pain is sharp at first and eases as you walk around. The morning sharpness is a signal of how loaded the fascia is overall.
Usually no. Plantar fasciitis is typically identified from the pattern of pain and where it lives. Imaging matters if there's reason to suspect a stress fracture or a heel spur changing the picture, but most plantar fasciitis is mechanical, and that's what Garrett works on.
Running is one of the things that loads up plantar fasciitis. But stopping running rarely solves it because the underlying pattern is still there, your hip and ankle mechanics are still loading the foot the same way when you walk around the house. Most runners can keep running once the pattern changes, sometimes with a lighter volume for the first few weeks.
Yes. The work is in finding the upstream pattern, calf, ankle, hip, not in hands-on foot manipulation. Garrett assesses how you stand, walk, and load your foot over live video and guides you through positions that change the load. Most clients notice their morning sharpness reducing within the first few sessions.
Book a session with Garrett. If you don't experience noticeable relief, he keeps working with you until you do, at no additional charge.
$225 · First session · San Francisco + virtual