Anybody have/had Plantars Fasciitis?

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  • ZRx4
    ZRx4 Posts: 158 Member
    Thanks all! I think I may take a trip to a podiatrist and see what they say. Looks like I'll be getting new shoes Tuesday. Running seems to be out, walking is getting more uncomfortable, yesterday it started burning and today throbbing
  • tryasimighty
    tryasimighty Posts: 131 Member
    I had this and physio told me to pull up my big toe so the tendon is visible and then massage firmly three times a day until it stretched the tendon. I t really works after a little dedication and relieves when it starts flaring up.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Had it for years and only settled with significant weight loss. I would stretch all day every time there was a twinge. I did all of the above except for the lemongrass oil and the big toe trick.

    You might try Voltaren gel at bedtime to settle the inflammation.
  • ZRx4
    ZRx4 Posts: 158 Member
    tryasimighty wrote: »
    I had this and physio told me to pull up my big toe so the tendon is visible and then massage firmly three times a day until it stretched the tendon. I t really works after a little dedication and relieves when it starts flaring up.

    This was recommended to me by someone else.
    DiGiovanni and plantar fascia stretch. Tried it last night and my foot felt a lil better this morning. Thanks for suggesting.
    jgnatca wrote: »
    Had it for years and only settled with significant weight loss. I would stretch all day every time there was a twinge. I did all of the above except for the lemongrass oil and the big toe trick.

    You might try Voltaren gel at bedtime to settle the inflammation.

    I'm not significantly overweight. I have about 20lbs to lose. I think what caused it to flare up, was running on a high incline on the treadmill, and instead of listening to my foot, I popped ibuprofen and ran anyway. Lesson learned.
  • CathReese33
    CathReese33 Posts: 112 Member
    Mine flares up when a) I am carrying too much weight, b) my calves get too tight and c) wearing ballet type shoes whilst standing for periods.
    It is worth mentioning that I have very high arches - other people with Plantar can have low arches. So find the best solution for your foot type.
    The best solutions I have found when having a flare up is to lose body weight and eat clean (reduces fluid swelling), to have foot massages from my dutiful other half and to change shoes to a more supportive type.
  • tnm7760
    tnm7760 Posts: 109 Member
    After I kept having flare ups, I happened upon a website called SocDoc (google it). I followed his advice, which is non conventional, but it cleared up! Trigger point massages, no stretching, walking barefoot more often (I still wear shoes to workout, but I did start walking in the treadmill each night without shoes to strengthen my feet).

    I even followed his advice for shin splints and they went away so quickly!

    Not sure how much of it was a coincidence or what, but I'm convinced. Try it out.
  • Blackdawn_70631
    Blackdawn_70631 Posts: 283 Member
    Night splint for a good month. Compression sleeves for the feet and plantar fasciitis insoles. Then performing a runner's stretch. One foot stepped onto the wall, stretch your free leg back some and switch your other foot either in or out. It has to twisted slightly. Then lean forward until the knee of the foot on the wall touches the wall. Try to hold that pose for 30 seconds and repeat the other side. It will hurt at first and will burn. But the tendons in your feet need to be strengthened.
    I have equines deformity in both my feet, and plantar fasciitis is a side effect. So I'll be having fasciitis the rest of my life, but I'm in no pain. I always wear my insoles, wear my specific plantar fasciitis shoes and wear my compression sleeves. If I'm ever in serious pain, I break out my splint boot.
    I walk 6 miles on cement and my podiatrist had no idea how I was still walking. Then he said I'll never be able to walk on a full incline on my treadmill.
    Due to training and strengthening my feet with all the proper foot gear, I now been walking on a full incline for many, many months with no pain.
  • __Roxy__
    __Roxy__ Posts: 825 Member
    I have had terrible plantar's fasciitis for the past few months. It was excruciating. I would get up each morning and hobble around, it was awful! Last week, I went to see an acupuncturist. I walked out of there PAIN FREE in one treatment! My foot was still very stiff for a few days, due to months of compensating/cramping it up, but at least the pain had subsided. After several days of massaging and stretching the stiffness out, my food is completely back to normal. I keep walking around excited, thinking "yay! It's so nice to be pain free!"

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