At what point on life can we start tk exclhde ourselves from the health advice given to the general population?

You don' t have to rest your foot with plantar fasciitis! Who told you that?! Just wear shoes that give plenty of support.

jingl - experience...we went into London last week and I wore supportive trainers with a supportive insole. We were walking quite a lot. It was agonising and even standing in the art gallery was painful. I was limping pathetically behind DH on the way back to the station, wincing with every step. Then on Saturday we went to Hever Castle and I had wanted to try thr new Lake Walk which would take an hour. Couldn't do it - was enough walking round the castle and round the gardens for a while. Gutted! I have various books/internet websites, some of which advise 'rest' and some of which advise keeping walking but in moderation. I would walk more if it wasn't so painful. None of my shoes are, or have ever been, anything but Sensible. I've been ordering and trying out different insoles, doing recommended exercises for the foot and wearing a night splint (torture!) which I don't think I can do for much longer because it isn't conducive to a good night's kip.
Common sense tells me that resting completely will atrophy my muscles and probably make the problem worse, so it's a case of finding a balance and not provoking the pain so much that I can't walk at all.
I think I might have found some insoles that ease the pain, though From good old Boots, and though they weren't cheap, if they help then they will be worth every penny. I'm wearing them with Sensible Lace-Up Shoes (of the sort I used to hate as a teenager,with thick soles and rounded toes, but love now because there is plenty of room inside for my wide feet! Fingers crossed.

Oh no! Could not wear one of those night splints! Hope the insoles help.

Have you seen a specialist about it? Although I've had a referral with my mutant foot and the waiting time is 19 weeks.

think we had survived this long with then telling us this is bad,opps no it's good but this that we said was good last years is bad, I think we should go by instinct, when I had my my eldest , mum had my baby sister ( not quite a week apart) and we concluded that everything was o.k. if the baby liked it, as what mum had been told was then wrong and what I was told mum was horrified, so we let the baby's decide, and think that everything in moderation is good, unless you are allergic to it, then leave it alone.
I hurt all the time, but if a stand a bit and toddle round the flat a bit and sit down a bit it all balances out and it hurts a bit less ( can't do more then toddle as if I walk too much the action of putting one foot in front of the other just stops, the doctors have absolutely no idea why, they have come up with lots of ideas that isn't causing it, so have given up and use a mobility scooter