plantar fascitis

I am not sure how long it takes to heal but I got this last year after I busted my butt on a 5K without proper shoes. I feel for you!:frown: It seems to be it took several weeks for me feet to feel better.

Plantar fasciitis really stinks...I have had it off and on for a couple years...the stretching helps me the most...but really the only thing that will fix it the best (I don't think it ever really goes 100% away, or once you've had it, it comes back easier) but resting it for weeks (but I can't do that because I need to get my exercise in)...so on days it is really bad, I try to focus on my upper body and weight training or swimming--something to rest my feet.....for a couple days then I go walk/run again and the whole process starts over.....also I find that in the summer I wear Birkinstocks a lot but also some other sandles that probably don't have the best support......sorry this probably doesn't help much , but just my experience dealing with the DREADED fasciitis!!!!:grumble:

I had it years ago in my right foot. A cortisone shot and a night splint helped and I have not had a problem since. I have it in the left now. I had a cortisone shot then wore cheap walmart boots to shovel snow and injured it again. The Dr won't do another shot since I an TTC. I use a night splint, stretch in the morning and throughout the day, ice, keep my foot flexed as best I can when sitting, and develop a high pain tolerance. I was told not to go barefoot AT ALL. Crocs were recomendded by my Dr. I wear crocs flip flops in the house since they have a little support. It helps. I rarely if ever go barefoot now. When I take my daughter to the pool and I am barefoot for a long time, I am in pain. I wear sneakers with inserts all the time. No decent shoes for me even at work.

Sometimes I just hobble.

I thought I had this. I teach step aerobics and my heels would hurt so bad after class. I was modifying my foot placement so bad that I was hurting my knees!! So, please, please, please, see a doctor! After having to get cortisone shots in my knee, it was discovered that I did not have this! BUT I have bone spurs on the back on my heels. They have calcified (harden) so the only option is surgery! NOPE not for me. :noway: That would involve detaching my achilles muscle, shave the bone, reattach the achilles and hope it heals properly. I would not be able to teach for 6 weeks to a year, if at all! NOT!!:sad:


Go see a doctor....take care of yourself! :flowerforyou:

Mine healed. I had to stretch each morning, ice each night and I did get an injection of cortisone which hurt like hell but was 100% worth it

Oh I feel for you. Mine started last July. I had flare up off and on through May this year. I iced each night, I mean I literally went to bed with an ice pack on my feet. I started taking Glucosamine in May and now the pain is almost non-existent. I still use ice a few nights a week. I also have inserts in my shoes. I no longer wear heals or sandals. I was told by my doc. to only wear tennis, no heals or sandals. I'm not even supposed to walk bare footed. I have obeyed all of these rules. I was also told that weight loss will make the biggest difference. I feel for you...I really, really do. No one really seems to get how much it hurts. It's horrible.

It never heals 100%. You will always be susceptible to re-injury. Plantar fascitis and heel spurs go hand in hand. Get some custom orthotics made, they will save your feet and legs. If your insurance won't cover them and you can't afford them, get some of the most supportive HARD insoles you can find, the ones that go from the back of the heel to the ball of the foot. The insoles will hurt your feet until you get used to them, but it is much less than the pain to go without. Don't bother with the foam or gel inserts, they are just a waste of money. Besides the bottle of ice you might try a massager on the arch of your foot. I think the pain of plantar fascitis is worse than a tooth ache! Nothing I took helped the pain.

Have dealt with this for years. I do stretches that help some. What seems to help me most is consistantly taking Vit. D. I take 15K IU a day, but I don't recommend that much. It can be overdosed on, but I have bloodwork every 3-6 months to keep track of it and that amount barely keeps it in low normal levels. My husband takes 5K IU a day and it helps his plantar fascititis.

Hi there, I've had this issue for over a year now, believe it or not massage is amazing for it! My massage therapist said that a good therapist can cure it in one session, and she was right! I have not had any issues at all since she worked on my feet, I will warn you that it is pretty painful while they are doing it, especially if the muscles are all knotted like mine were. But Soooo worth it! Before that I found some relief with heel pads from the running room, they are specifically for this and they absorb the shock, I would try this if unable to get to a masseuse, they were only about $15.
Good luck! :flowerforyou:

OMG This is so painful...I have it and it hurts so much. I avoid any type of cardio besides the elliptical because it hurts too much. I did the fit test for the Insanity video and I thought I was gonna pass out from the pain in my feet and not the actual exercises. I have orthodics and a night brace and it does absolutely nothing.

Another good physio exercise to help with 'broken foot syndrome' (that's what we call it in my family cuz it feels like your foot is busted up) is to put a hand towel on the floor (laid out flat) and while sitting in a chair use your bare feet to scrunch up the towel with your toes and then smoothing it out again.

While you have a flare up it is important to ALWAYS wear good supportive shoes from the second you pop out of bed till the time you pop back into bed.

Good luck!!

Scrunching up a towel and picking up marbles one at a time with the toes are two exercises I had to do with the physical therapist!