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What are symptoms of plantar fasciitis?

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- Begins as a dull, intermittent heel pain or arch pain.

- The pain develops into a sharp, persistent pain.

- A piercing pain in the heel in the morning and gradually disappears with walking.

- Tightness in calf muscles or Achilles tendon.

- Noticeable heel pain after long periods of standing or walking.

- Heel pain worsens when climbing stairs or standing on the toes.

- Heel pain when running, particular up a slope, and less so when running downhill.

- Heel pain lessens with activity but returns during rest.

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