planters fasciitis

My mom has it. You need to wear shoes with good support especially arch support because it happens mostly with people who have flatfeet. Also, look up exercises for planters fasciitis the best are ones where you're pushing off the wall with your hands. If he keeps getting bad, see if youcan go see orthopedist. Good luck

If it's a recent thing, you don't treat it. You REST it. Then buy good support inserts and SLOWLY build up your endurance level.

Shoes with a good arch support.

Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation

Time....

This sucks...it can sideline you for quite awhile. Take care and rest. If it hurts when you do it....don't do it. ( for now )

What helped me the most was a night brace. It is awkward but it gave almost complete relief. This was after trying everything else a podiatrist could for years.

I think there are as many solutions as there are people suffering. The reason is that it can have many causes and you want to treat the cause and not the effect.

I got PF after going from 380lbs to 280lbs and trying to get some cardio in. My doctor said to rest but that brought no relief for years. Rest wasn't doing it.

Heel cups helped for 4 to 6 weeks but then would wear out and need replacing or the pain would start again. I complained to my doctor during an annual and he said I should talk to a good running store since medical solutions had poor results.

My running store recommended "SuperFeet" insoles. Wow! I felt relief in minutes after putting them in my shoes. This allowed me to start jogging and playing tennis. Those were activities I thought I'd never be able to do. I would need to replace the insoles every three months or so because they broke down or the shoes wore out but that was ok. I did have a slight pain once in a while but one morning a week vs daily was amazing.

Then I discovered "minimum" shoes. Running shoes with zero heel drop and 2-4mm of cushioning. This is related to "barefoot running shoes" but those shoes have zero cushioning. Well I started wearing them as an experiment and they revealed to me changes I had to make in my movement since I was a hard heel striker. I had to change that but the change totally changed my life. I can now wear regular shoes as well as running shoes without inserts if I choose. I keep wearing my minimum shoes to keep me from reintroducing any old bad habits. I think these shoes, being so thin, allow your foot to strengthen if its weak. You can get this style of shoes from every major shoe company.

My path might not be yours but maybe there is something that would work for you. All that pain for years seems to have been optional if only I knew. Good luck.

I think there are as many solutions as there are people suffering. The reason is that it can have many causes and you want to treat the cause and not the effect.

I got PF after going from 380lbs to 280lbs and trying to get some cardio in. My doctor said to rest but that brought no relief for years. Rest wasn't doing it.

Heel cups helped for 4 to 6 weeks but then would wear out and need replacing or the pain would start again. I complained to my doctor during an annual and he said I should talk to a good running store since medical solutions had poor results.

My running store recommended "SuperFeet" insoles. Wow! I felt relief in minutes after putting them in my shoes. This allowed me to start jogging and playing tennis. Those were activities I thought I'd never be able to do. I would need to replace the insoles every three months or so because they broke down or the shoes wore out but that was ok. I did have a slight pain once in a while but one morning a week vs daily was amazing.

Then I discovered "minimum" shoes. Running shoes with zero heel drop and 2-4mm of cushioning. This is related to "barefoot running shoes" but those shoes have zero cushioning. Well I started wearing them as an experiment and they revealed to me changes I had to make in my movement since I was a hard heel striker. I had to change that but the change totally changed my life. I can now wear regular shoes as well as running shoes without inserts if I choose. I keep wearing my minimum shoes to keep me from reintroducing any old bad habits. I think these shoes, being so thin, allow your foot to strengthen if its weak. You can get this style of shoes from every major shoe company.

My path might not be yours but maybe there is something that would work for you. All that pain for years seems to have been optional if only I knew. Good luck.

I just wanted to put in another vote for Super Feet.

My plantar fasciitis is ongoing. It never completely goes away for me but is mostly bearable. I have to always wear shoes. Never be barefoot! Also, change your sneakers frequently. I have to get a new pair every 3 months. My sneakers were just on sale and I bought two pair and I rotate them daily. Stretching your feet/calves are very important too. If you can't get a handle on it though go to a pediatrist and they can treat it. Good luck!

I've been dealing with plantar fasciitis for the last few months and I have unfortunately had to completely stop high impact activities like running. I still exercise, but I stick to weight lifting and low impact cardio like the stationary bike, swimming (when i have access to a pool) and sometimes the elliptical.

I wear shoes with good support at all times, even inside the house, and am currently getting custom orthotics made as well. My plantar fasciitis was mainly caused by my low arches and excessive pronation, so the orthotics will hopefully help correct that. I do stretches too and ice my foot when it gets really sore. It's getting a little better, but it has been a slow process and I still experience quite a bit of pain when I'm on my feet all day at work.

Hope you are able to deal with your plantar fasciitis effectively! I think the most important things you can do right now are rest and invest in good footwear.

My GP referred me to a podiatrist. He gave me off the shelf arch supports and prescribed calf stretches. The calf stretches consisted of placing a cutting board sized plank on the edge of a phonebook and standing with my toes raised for 5 minute spells a few times during the day. My PF disappeared within a few weeks.

I can tell you right now as I am dealing with this also. K-tape, google directions for application, though expensive help it to heal faster. I have used duct tape (per doctors instructions) and it works too, just not as pretty. After applying the tape, where shoes, all day. I have always been a barefoot girl, not good! It takes about a month of doing this daily to heel. Any exercise on your feet can re-injure so I suggest icing it when painful and allow time for it to heal. I'm going on week too and the pain is almost gone. When I began it was a 10+++ and I could barely walk.

If you really have it, beyond a potential self-diagnoses that is incorrect, Dr should have given several things to do.

Rest is the main thing.

It's a main tendon in the foot, used with every single step.

To back off to allow it to heal - stop doing whatever you can that puts a load on it, and do all the things that will allow it to heal.

As to still walking daily - that's where the custom orthotics comes in, to provide relief there.

If you don't let it heal - you can drag out the repair for years and years. And end up with a jacked up tendon even if it does manage to heal. Always prone to easy injury again.

Once I put orthotics in every shoe I wore (or swapped them around), and laid off the exercise that stressed it, it took almost a year to get over it.
Doing it the other method like you asked about, on and off injury for 10 years with attempted exercise in there.

Guess which would have been smarter in the long run?

I forgot to add, being in a diet will make recovery take longer too.

Recovery from everything takes long in a diet, exercise too.

And, just as your body has a hard time building now muscle mass while in a diet, if your body needs to add new fibers to this tendon as part of recovery, it'll be painfully slow in a diet.

Whatever plan of action you take, the smallest deficit will make it go faster.

My flares usually need anti-inflammatories. They can inject or treat with steroids if it's really awful. Comes and goes if you wait it out. Pool aerobics are great for issues like this on the bad days.
Discouraging..darn setbacks..sorry u r hurting.