Nightmare PT (long, sorry)

[Selkie]

I have been suffering---emphasis on suffer---with plantar fasciitis for four weeks. Saw the ortho who put me into PT. Well, the PT sessions were limited to extremely painful deep muscle massage on my foot, calf, and IT band. She showed me one stretch targeting my pereonis longus (sp?), and even though my heel still hurt like a xxxxx, she had me doing one-legged balances on a wobble pad, something she stopped at my insistence after that made it worse. Apparently, the bones in my foot/ankle weren't in the right place, so she was trying to get them in position. In addition, I have limited ankle/foot mobility.

I still have bruises on my IT band and calves, and it's been more than a week since my last session.

Long story short, after five sessions, I stopped going. I repeatedly told her it was worse and I also told her that besides my painful heel, the only place where I felt tightness/discomfort was my glute/piriformis and behind my knee. She told me that it would have to get worse before it got better. I called my doctor, spoke to his nurse who was not surprised that it was worse due to the massage. I'm now on prescription strength Aleve. It still hurts but still seems to slowly be improving. Weirdly, the heel/calf pain isn't as bad when I stand/walk, but it hurts more when I touch/massage it.

I've limited my activity to biking (on the trainer only) and swimming. The only walking I'm doing is what is necessary, but I have quite a hike to/from my car at work. I had been wearing a Strassburg sock, which helped at first, but switched to a traditional night brace (that seems to be helping somewhat). 'm icing my foot, stretching calves/piriformis, using a foam roller on calf/piriformis, massaging w/a spikey massage ball/stretching the fascia on my affected foot. Also, I'm wearing Superfeet insoles, which the doctor instructed. I'm even wearing sneakers at work.

Is there anything else I should be doing to speed my recovery? I have a follow up with the ortho in a couple weeks. I'm not/not going to do a cortisone shot, which he did NOT encourage, and he told me that he refuses to do surgery for this affliction.