Cushioned lightweight hiking shoes for PF

[NotAVampire]

Looking for the best squashy-soled, walking-on-fluffy-clouds recommendations for hiking shoes (or boots) for hiking, nothing too out there just regular walks in the hills. My current pair feels like walking in a pair of buckets, I can’t risk and long walks with my plantar fasciitis.

Come at me please with all your recommendations! Budget no issue, I like a vinted steal so won’t rule out a second hand bargain.

Hi, I'm a hill walker with a history of PF, and one of my really good friends is a podiatrist. Her recommendation, and also that of my physio, was not soft soles, as these will not provide the support you need. They both recommended supportive insoles - I have Enetor. They are not cheap, but they are fantastic (I got mine bit cheaper on Amazon). Along with lacing my boots up the cuff, then down again to really support my ankle, they have worked a treat. I also changed to wearing lace up boots day to day too. All the ankle support (boots, lacing) was because my PF was aggravated by my ankle rolling out. Stabilising that position has been essential to dealing with the PF.

Conventional wisdom is all about 'stabilising' feet to work around plantar fasciitis. My feet were painful for year until I started treating them in a completely different way. I got started with https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/product/simple-steps-to-foot-pain-relief/

We tend to use our hands a lot, and the design of feet and hands are very similar. We use our hands a lot, they become strong and capable but we use of feet very differently. We 'stabilise' them and try to keep them rigid.

Hope you find what works for you. Lots of calf stretches really helped heal my PF. My feet now are stronger and more capable than they have ever been. I've taken up hill walking and have no trouble with reasonably flexible sloes shoes.

I think this thread proves that different things work for different people.
Stretches worked best for me when I was suffering from plantar fasciitis.
As for walking boots, I have merrells that are very lightweight and not too bouncy, but very comfy. Mine are like these:here

Thanks for the suggestions. For me, soft cushioned insoles with lots of give really help with my pain. I have custom made corrective insoles, which are rigid, and unfortunately they exacerbate my heel pain. I’m coming out the other side of an 8 month flare, the first one I’ve had. Whats helped has been reducing my high impact sport and wearing fit flop flipflops at all times int he house.