Dr Carter doing shockwave therapy on a meniscus injury The first steps out of bed are the worst part of your day. You know the feeling: that stab through the heel before your foot even warms up, the limp to the bathroom, the way it eases by midmorning only to come roaring back after a long day on your feet or a run. You've stretched. You've iced. You've tried the night splint, the orthotics, maybe a cortisone shot that helped for a few weeks and then didn't. Eight months late