“…Plantar heel pain (PHP) is an umbrella term for pain on the plantar aspect of the heel (Riel et al, ). The terminology associated with PHP is varied, including plantar fasciitis, plantar fasciopathy and chronic plantar heel pain, which reflects the limited understanding of the pathoaetiology of this disorder, with suggested inflammatory, degenerative, vascular and neural components (McMillan, Landorf, Barrett, Menz, & Bird, ; Rodrigues et al, ). Adult foot complaints are common; an Australian survey reported a 17.5% prevalence of foot pain in the general population, with approximately 20% of these respondents reporting heel pain (Hill, Gill, Menz, & Taylor, ).…”