Temporal Differences in Pain, Muscle Stiffness, and Function in Subjects With Plantar Fasciitis After Myofascial Release Therapy

Inclusion Criteria: * Study participants must be diagnosed with PF * Age between 18 to 60 years a clinical diagnosis of unilateral PF according to the clinical practice guidelines of the orthopedic section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). * Pain intensity \> 2 on the numerical pain rating scale (NPRS). * Pain that is most intense upon awakening and decreases during walking. • Duration of pain greater than 3 months and less than 7 months. * Both sexes. Exclusion Criteria: * Who have received ankle or foot interventions within the previous three months, such as physical therapy (manual therapy, exercise, physical agents), injections, long-term history of steroid use. * History of surgery on the ankle, foot, or inner leg. * Other causes of heel pain: arthritic (fibromyalgia, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathies), infectious (diabetic ulcers, osteomyelitis, plantar warts), neurological (lumbar radiculopathy (L4-S2), nerve entrapment (branches of posterior tibial nerve), neuroma, tarsal tunnel syndrome, (posterior tibial nerve), trauma (calcaneal stress fracture), tumor (Ewing's sarcoma, neuroma), vascular and pregnancy.