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Anyone here dealing with Plantar fasciitis?

About two months ago I started having pain in my left foot and thought what the heck when I would get out of bed I could hardly walk. So does this get better or what? Some days its not bad but others it's painful as hell and hurts no matter if I'm standing or sitting.

get better boots or shoes, i had it bad and thats ended taking care of it.

Might need orthotic insoles. Two of my three kids and wife needed them as they are all runners.

I use over the counter Superfeet insoles in my Redwings.

I've had it a couple times. Last time from running on a treadmill with my lifting shoes.
It is one of those things that goes on for months and months to the point you think you will have to live with it the rest of your life.
Then one day you realize you haven't felt it for a while and it is gone.
If your are like me from that point forward you try to wear activity appropriate footwear/ good support.

I am dealing with it right now too....
insoles help, but the best thing for me has
been a boot type strap on device that I wear at
night...buy them on amazon for around $25......it
has really helped...it stretches your plantar fascia....
Motrin or naproxen also help....

What FVA said. Hurts like hell for a long time.

Fill a 15 oz. pop bottle with water and freeze it. Roll your foot on it for 15 min. to ease the inflammation a couple of times a day especially before bed.

Prescription insoles, Cortisone shots and 6 months of limping has gotten me to where I can walk fairly normal. Anyone that thinks this isn't as bad as it is, has never had Plantar Fasciitis.

I lived with this for years. I started taking Mobic for my hip arthritis, and low and behold, that fixed the heel issue completely.

It is natural for anyone to tend to point their toes when they sleep. That is not good for plantar fasciitis.
I used the plastic boots that I wore during sleep to keep feet pointed at (more or less) 90 degrees. They are expensive and uncomfortable but they do work.
I found it just as effective to position myself so that my feet hung over the foot of the bed at night. It seemed to work just as well.

The reason you have such intense pain, putting your feet on the floor after a night's sleep, is stretching of the plantar fascia.

During the night, with your feet extend forward, the plantar fascia retracts. When you hit the floor in the morning and extend your feet, intense pain occurs with stretching of the inflammed fascia.

One trick is to keep your feet flexed at around 90* relative to your legs as you sleep. There are boots designed for that, they don't let your feet extend during sleep.

Another trick is to have a foot board, keeping your feet flexed. To me, that's harder to maintain, especially if you're like me, rolling from side to side as you sleep.

And, NSAIDS for soreness as posted earlier.

DF

I went to a podiatrist, who gave me a device that worked on the heel, but irritated the heck out of my achilles area. Then I tried a full length insole ($$), but it filled my shoe to the point where it caused problems. I ended up going to the pharmacy/health care section at Walmart where they have various inserts for plantar fasciitis. They are shorter, so the front of the foot doesn't bind. I've tried two brands, and they both work well. They are cheap enough (<$10) that you can get multiple pairs so you don't have to swap them to different shoes. Also, one brand had a set of exercise instructions that were exactly what the foot doc recommended. It's worse when you first get up, so start with sitting, and putting a belt or towel around the ball of your foot and pull back, stretching the tendon. Also the frozen bottle roll. Don't walk barefoot on hard floors, etc.

I did get the steroid injections, but the daily routine and the inserts seem to help keep it under control.

Paul

This ^^^^^^^^^

I deal with this every so often. One doctor recommended freezing a water bottle and rolling my foot on it and this helped. The cold reduces the inflammation.

some other considerations, you might check into. Planters can be mistaken for gout. Typically gout occurs first in the large toe, because its the easiest for crystallization. But can occur in any joint. Arthritis pain can occur with or without swelling.
Do you have a history of kidney stones? Have you tried chondroitin? Indomethacin?

After a year of various treatments for plantar fasciitis, including injections, exercises, insoles, a high arch support shoe made it go away in 24 hours or thereabouts.

Stretching, ice, massage, strengthening, better shoes, all help PF go away. But it can be a bugger to get rid of completely if you are lax about treating it. Before you take that first step in the morning, run your feet over a massage ball to to stretch the tendon out and wear shoes right out of bed. A "Rubz" ball works well and helps work out the soreness. If you walk before warming up the tendon in the morning you are re-injuring it again and again. This can be part of the reason it takes so long to get better.

http://www.rubzmassage.com/

I've had off and on flare ups for years. Better shoes help, but the key is prevention. When I feel an episode coming on I load up on Naproxen Sodium taking double doses for a few days along with ice packs to reduce the inflammation. It really does help. The real problem is the tendon is not being stretched enough. There are stretching routines that will eventually knock it out really keep it from coming back. I haven't had a bad episode in a while because I've learned to see it coming and knock it out before it gets bad. And it can be really bad. I broke down and went to a DR once and got the injections. It did make a huge difference and quickly.

Walking around the house barefoot helps too. Learn how to place your foot on the heel and roll the foot as you walk pushing off with your toes as you take the next step. That helps stretch the tendon.

On the meds. Be careful. Long term use of these meds can cause liver damage. After knee surgery my doc advised that the double dose of meds for a shorter term was better. He could have written me a prescription for a larger dose,but doubling up on what I could buy over the counter is the same thing. It knocks the inflammation down quicker then stop taking them. It is the guys who take the recommended dosage every day for years at a time that get into trouble.

Mind sharing what shoe. I just bought some wolverine boots that a guy recoed on here and wore them yesterday

I can't believe how many miles I've trod on shanks mare toting heavy loads and the old mare ain't what she used to be

Had a bout of that for a few months a while back- some painful schit. Haven't had it since luckily. Needed vicadin for a couple days just to fall asleep.