Plantar fasciitis

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  • johnle96
    johnle96 Posts: 1
    Hi, I know it's a very hard situation because I've passed through it. Fortunately, a product helped me. I found it on a website that also provides a lot of information on how to treat plantar fasciitis.
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  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    wizzybeth wrote: »
    I consider the fact that may pain gets worse and more excruciating when I walk barefoot. And I used to be barefoot at every possible opportunity before I got PF. As soon as I was in the door of my house, the shoes and socks came off. I would be barefoot all the time if I could.

    I'm not saying going barefoot caused my PF...I am saying that it certainly didn't help to go barefoot and in fact made it worse. In my experience.

    That is exactly my point. If you are getting pain flat footed (with no heel raising your heel above your toes), it means that the tendons are shortened, which causes the pain. Stretching the tendons and not letting them shorten up again will keep it from happening as much.

  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    Well I used to wear higher heels to work. Not crazy high heels, but I did wear various height heels. I sometimes wore flats, I sometimes wore sneakers, I sometimes wore pumps. Sometimes I wore hiking boots...so I'm not sure how that fits in to your original point on your first post in this thread. I do agree with the stretching, it does help. But I used to wear various types of shoes back in the day. It wasn't until after I became seriously overweight that I developed my foot problems.
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    edited February 2015
    johnle96 wrote: »
    Hi, I know it's a very hard situation because I've passed through it. Fortunately, a product helped me. I found it on a website that also provides a lot of information on how to treat plantar fasciitis.
    If you want to check it out, here is the link to the review: http://plantarcomfort.com/fast-plantar-fasciitis-cure-review/

    But, you may check the other contents offered by this website, are worth gold!

    Did you join the forum simply to promote this ebook? The link goes to a page selling a book.
  • tinatupy
    tinatupy Posts: 1
    I feel your pain! I never had any foot issues until I began to exercise. I was a 47 y/o female and 35 lbs over weight when I began, but otherwise very healthy. Within about 3 weeks of starting to exercise my left foot began to hurt after running (which was my go-to exercise). I then tried the eliptical but I couldn't use the it either because it hurt too badly. I didn't do anything for the pain at first, but within 12-16 weeks it got so bad that I was scared to stand up after sitting because I knew how much it would hurt, let alone try to walk for any length of time. I stopped running and went to a podiatist about 6 months in and did the whole nine yards, stretching every 3 hours, taping, cortisone shots, agressive physical therapy and massage therapy (who told me that my calf is not tight in any way), inserts; nothing worked. I finally decided to do the surgery on Nov 7, 2014. As of today, 2-25-15, I still have pain in my foot and it is ALWAYS visibly swollen. The pain isn't the same pain, but pain none the less. I have not ran since March, 2014 but we did purchase a used, basic, stationary bike about a year ago for $25...the best investment I ever made! I've used it religously and managed to lose 30 lbs (within 5 of my goal weight) with it and MFP app! I'm now doing weight training to gain muscle and am able to use the eliptical again and do the occasional biking. I'm very careful about only doing low/no impact workouts now and have pretty much given up on my goal of running a marathon. Good luck with finding something that works for you, and hopefully you'll be one of the lucky ones who's PF goes away.
  • rileyes
    rileyes Posts: 1,406 Member
    wizzybeth wrote: »
    In my experience, going barefoot only made it worse. For me the best shoes (and I tried many) to do normal walking around in was the soft rubber Croc clogs (not the hard soled dressy ones, but those standard, "ugly" clogs, like garden clogs. I wore either the name brand Crocs ones, or the ones I could get at Payless. They were the only ones that soothed and supported my feet making it easier for me to walk.) I also can wear some of the other Crocs styles but they have to be the rubber shoe when I have a flare up.

    Wearing the braces at night and off and on during the day when I'm sitting certainly helped. The braces were more expensive at my local pharmacy ($70!!!!) vs. Amazon.com ($30). I got 2 for less than the price of one at my local pharmacy.

    The braces are a bit inconvenient and weird to sleep with, but the return on investment is soooo worth it. Really really helped a LOT.

    I had a PF flare that was caused by shoes. I changed the shoes and lined others with "Super Feet" insoles.

    And props to the Crocs, sock braces, frozen water bottles... No more pain in the morning.
  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    Wearing a night splint like mentioned above was the best thing I did to cure mine.
  • ahamm002
    ahamm002 Posts: 1,690 Member
    I had it due to wearing shoes with no arch support. My idiotic primary care doctor told me to use shoes with super high arch supports (brooks beast) which immediately took the pain away. Unfortunately they ended up giving me long term knee problems.

    So don't just treat the plantar fasciitis with high arch supports.
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