Quote Originally Posted by Tuckervill View Post
I said plantar fasciatis, too, because of the pain on waking, then I read the rest. But it could be that your ankle is injured, which is causing you to compensate in your sleep (pointing your toes), which is causing that tendon to get all comfortable like that. Then when you stretch it out in the morning to walk, yowee. It doesn't cause swelling, though. The swelling means go to the doctor.
Yeah, docs tend to hear/read the beginning of the "problem" and not always go to the end.

When you see the doctor you may want to start your story with the swelling to prevent them to jump on the plantar-fasciatis conclusion too quickly.