Do I have plantar fasciitis or cramp?

I had plantar fasciitis and it hurts to stand, let alone run. Could try similar exercises, maybe your plantar fascia ligament is tight and doing the stretching and ball rolling exercises would loosen it up. Note: IANAD

I think plantar fasciitis presents as a pain in the heel mostly. But I am def NAD

I thought I had plantar fasciitis as I've got a sharp pain in my heel that's been present for a couple of months. But, I don't match the symptoms. My pain is on the back of my foot and it doesn't hurt to walk or stand.

Still, after 4 days of trying to get through to the GP on the phone I finally got an appointment. At the end of March. So only another month of pain before I can have someone look at it for me.

I've got plantar. It's chuffing sore. Mind you I've not stopped running in fact I've increased distance and intensity. It's still sore but meh.

Generally you'd know about it if it was cramp. I occasionally get it in the arch of my foot, or in the calf. Minding your own business when WHAM suddenly the muscle goes rock solid and very painful. Cue a couple of minutes of rubbing it and trying to remember which way to bend in order to relieve it and then it fades back to normal.

No idea about PF... my very based-on-nothing-at-all guess would be something to do with blood flow. You're standing on your feet all day (or at least they are at the bottom) and then when you lie down the blood flows out. Might cause a weird sensation. Can you clarify "weird sensation", "discomfort" a bit? Pins & needles? Pain?

Does sound like it to me. Mine hurt like f@ getting up in the morning and gradually got better (relative) as the day went on

I experience a sort of cramping in my arches at times too. Occasionally in bed and also if I do a bit of yoga, when sitting on my feet, so that the arches are compressed. Not that painful, but a mild cramp sensation.

I think my arches may be collapsing (just another thing heading south!) but I dare not search the internet!

I’ve also had plantar, mostly restricted to the heel area. This feels different and is not persistent, unlike PF.

Old age !

How are your vitamin D levels? If you are low on calcium/vitamin D this can cause cramping of hands and feet apparently. I currently get cramps at night in my feet. However, I have been on steroids for the last few months and my GP said this can be a side effect and told me to up my calcium and vit D which I have done for a couple of weeks but not much change.

Interesting.

I've had plantar faciatus and your description doesn't quite be worthy of that pain

I suffer Morton's neuroma where crampy tight muscle traps the nerves
I also suffer low vit D most of time.

Though once on high levels of prescribed vit D became to drink literally gallons upon gallons of water per day as overdosed on the vit d.

Could be Morton's which you can eliminate by process

i get foot cramp swimming, and leg cramp trying to put my socks on in bed in the morning, so interested to know why and how to fix it. its not anything obvious like salts

Another couple of things to consider (from someone who's left foot can ache at night and be painful in the morning before it gets going). Gout and arthritis.

PF is pretty sharp pains around the heal area. Ime cramp tends to be sole/arch area. I've always been flat footed, when I leave wet footprints there no real arch visible.
I feel it's easing but then I go for a run and ....I know that rest will help but I'm in a good exercise place just now and I can live with an ouchy foot.