Webb Compression Foot Sleeves for Plantar Fasciitis

Webb Compression Plantar Fasciitis Foot Sleeve

When I read on URP that Eric was looking for someone who was experiencing plantar fasciitis issues to try the Webb Compression foot sleeve, I jumped at the chance. I have been dealing with plantar fasciitis since June of last year. I was in the process of training for the 2016 Barkley Fall Classic 50K when my injury occurred and I ended up with a DNS. I took 2 months off from running and then slowly started running again and the injury resurfaced. At the time of this review I am waiting on an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon.

I received the Webb Compression foot sleeves on Valentine’s Day. The package of two sleeves also contained a hand written note card from Traci at Webb Compression thanking me for trying their product and wishing me a speedy recovery. I thought the hand written note was a nice touch. The sleeves I received were marked as Large and fit my size 11 foot without any issues. The compression sleeves have an open toed design with an elastic web built in under the arch and along the back of the sleeves along the Achilles heel region. Due to the open toe design users may want to wear an additional sock over the sleeve when wearing shoes. I often wore just the sleeve with sandals during the test period. I wore the sleeves religiously for a week even wearing them to bed. On two occasions I awoke during the night with minor discomfort in the Achilles tendon due to pressure from the sleeve. My overall impression of the sleeves is favorable. After wearing the sleeve for a week I found that I had less pain upon standing first thing in the morning and after sitting for long periods. The following week I stopped using the sleeve and the pain returned.

My test design was not carefully designed or in the least bit scientific and I don’t believe that the use of the product will resolve plantar fasciitis by itself. I do believe that the Webb Compression sleeve is a useful product to add to the tool box in the overall treatment of plantar issues along with stretching, trigger point therapy, and foam rolling.

I do know that after the pain returned from not wearing the sock for the second week I have decided to put it back on and I will wearing it to my appointment with the surgeon. The sleeves retail for $25.00 a pair here on the URP Amazon affiliate link and I believe this price point is in the range of similarly designed products. I would recommend that anyone having plantar issues to give the product a try.

Has anyone else had success with a foot sleeve for PF relief? How long did it take? What other methods have relieved the morning pain?

Reviewed by Paul Flanders for URP. This product was provided to URP/Paul for review. All words are his own, no expectation of a positive review was expected and no compensation was provided to either Paul or URP.

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6 Responses to "Webb Compression Foot Sleeves for Plantar Fasciitis"

Aylwin says:

March 2, 2017 at 11:07 am

I started using OS1st ‘s plantar sleeve about a month ago after seeing DeNucci use their sleeve as he was trying to recover from it too. In general, I always have morning foot pain, probably due to my flat feet and weak [nonexistent] arch. But the first thing I do before getting dress for a run is roll my foot on a ball (lacrosse or golf). I find that this really helps and is a simple thing I can do while waiting for coffee to cool and watching the news/weather. The usual morning foot pain exponentially got worse though after SOB50k last month which is why I decided to try something new. While I can’t say I wore the sleeve religiously, I definitely put them on after my long Saturday runs and probably wore them during the weekdays 2-3 times a week. I feel like it’s made a big difference to the point where my morning achyness is back to ‘normal’. Their sleeve is pretty much the same design as this…but theirs cost significantly more $$. And yeah just like you, I can’t sleep with them on because the few times I tried, I woke up in some harsh achilles pain from it.

Btw, I also roll my foot out postrun, even if it doesn’t hurt, including at work…I think the folks around me at work are used to it by now, esp. with the other running trinkets.

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Ted says:

March 2, 2017 at 11:07 am

Have you any experience using a Strassburg sock (worn at night), or with a Dorsal Night Splint (always just for night)? Neither of those will solve plantars issues, something I’ve been battling for long enough, now I’m in PT twice a week. Those are also just tools to add to the chest, I wonder if this Webb compression is a whileworth addition to those I’m already wearing at night.

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1. Paul Flanders says:
  
  March 4, 2017 at 2:31 pm
  
  I have tried the Strassburg sock as well, I think it helped some but I didn’t use it regularly enough to give an informed opinion.
  
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SteelTownRunner says:

March 3, 2017 at 5:55 am

I don’t think that any particular brand works better than others. Personally, I have had better success with taping than using those sleeves for PF, but have found those sleeves (many companies make nearly identical ones – I’ve liked the one from Feetures – the Zensah I had was either loose or perhaps I could have gone a size smaller). PF mostly* takes time, patience, ice massage, etc. I have found these sleeves useful in providing extra ankle support for issues like mild tenosynovitis, ankle sprains, torn ligament, etc.

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Lorenz says:

April 24, 2017 at 11:55 am

Dear Paul, I wanted to share my own experience after suffering from PF 2 years ago as I tried all the things that you mentioned above, including the foot sleeve. Additionally, although quite unconfortable to sleep with, what helped a lot in relieving the morning pain was what is called a Plantar Fasciitis Posterior Night Splint. But what I think actually cured my PF, and not only relived pain, is shock wave therapy. I had nine sessions, it got best after the first one and then had the feeling that it did not help anymore. A friend told me that the pick effect may show a couple of months later and indeed, about 1.5 to 2 months late I was pain free although I never stopped running and had discontinued using the night splint and the foot sleeves for months. Hope sharing my experience will be useful to you or anyone else reading this post. I wish you a fast recovery! Cheers, Lorenz

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1. Ted says:
  
  April 24, 2017 at 12:56 pm
  
  I used the Strassborg sock in the past, and that worked well enough. Then the PF became 24×7. Tried the Webb sleeve. Its tight already. I had some trouble with my own foot anatomy, in that the sleeve would roll up a little no mater what I tried (including 2nd sock over it) and once rolled, the pressure in that area was much to high. I ended up having a partial tear in the PF at the heel insertion, so ended up with a regenerative injection therapy session. Sorta like a PRP, but not my own blood spun through a machine. Only 2 weeks later, so results are unknown at this time. I would think shock treatment would work for those in which there is just scar tissue that needs to be broken up. Sorta would work in the same way as a Graston scraping/knife would work. I think anyway.
  
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