Background: Plantar fasciitis is a common cause of heel pain that is experienced in orthopaedic and rehabilitation practice. Despite the common prescription of stretching exercises, the adjunctive effect of taping to the enhancement of pain and functional results is not fully established.

Objective: To compare the impact of foot taping and stretching activity on pain and foot activity in people with plantar fasciitis.

Methods: An outpatient rehabilitation was used as a prospective case series. Foot/arch taping was applied and a structured stretching programme was offered to ten plantar fasciitis patients with a clinically determined diagnosis/problem. The baseline and post intervention measurement of the intensity of pain was done using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the foot-related functioning using the foot Function Index (FFI).

Results: Every member was found to have experienced a reduction of the heel pain and an increase in foot functioning. The average pain on the VAS of the intervention group was reduced by about 55% and FFI scores were improved by about 45%. There were greater improvements among the participants who had a shorter time of symptoms and were more adherent to the programme at home. None of the adverse events were serious.