Yes, I also do the Baxter’s nerve entrapment release. It is a much more complex surgery (for the surgeon that is), but the actual trauma to you is still minimal. A quick way to test for this is to see if you can flare your pinky toes. If you can’t on the painful heel side, this may be an issue. Pain is also a little more “burning” and more on the inside of the heel with some radiation, not the typical inferior medial heel pain, worse with the first few steps in the morning or after sitting, that plantar fasciitis tends to have. You will have a much harder time finding a surgeon skilled in this release as the numbers will be quite small.
Hoosier - again, MULTIPLE studies over the past 20 years show greater than 95% of PF cases respond to conservative treatment, just like I posted, but there are people out there who do not. Again, 3 months with PF is nothing (stinks, but too short). Need to wait at least 1 year before entertaining surgical options in my opinion.