Purpose: Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain. The various method were suggested for treatment of this problem, however the effect of aquatic exercise was not studied. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of 8 week aquatic exercise in patient with plantar fasciitis. Methodology: 45 patients with plantar fasciitis were participated in the current study. Participants were assigned in 2 groups, exercise group (n=30) and control group (n= 8). The training program consisted 8 weeks (average 53 min, per 3 days) progressive aquatic training involving plantar fascia & calf muscle stretching, and intrinsic foot muscles strengthening. For pre and post test, balance and pain were measured by Biodex and visual analog scale, respectively. The data were analyzed with independent and dependent T-test in significance level of P≤ 0.05. Results: Significant differences were found in pain and balance on unstable surface between two groups (P< 0.05). However, there was no significant difference in balance on stable surface (P> 0.05). Conclusions: The results showed that however, this training regime had no effectiveness on variable balance on stable surface, but eight weeks of progressive aquatic exercises improves pain and balance on unstable surface in the patients with plantar fasciitis.

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