Plantar fascitis?

I've had before as well and it sucks. The only thing that heals it, at least in my case, was time and a lot of icing sessions. It'll linger forever if you try and workout while it's healing. I found that out the hard way. Everyone responds differently, but my cousin played bball in college and it was the same for him. There is an orthotic device you can slip in your shoes to help alleviate the pain. I actually went with the night splints and they helped quite a bit. But in the end, rest is the key to beating this battle.

I so feel for you...I had it in both feet at the same time. I did the stretching exercises and used a ball to roll around under my feet. Bought the inserts for it from Dr. Sholls and it went away...I have never been bothered with it since. I did soak my feet at the end of each day for awhile in Epson salt's bath. Good luck! btw..exercises are listed online..just look them up. Hope this helps you.

I have had it in the past, don't have it now. Icing, time, and lots (and I mean lots) of stretching. For icing what seemed to work best is a frozen water bottle that you roll along the floor with you foot. Stretching of the calf muscles and thus the Achilles tendon will also stretch the plantar fascia. I found orthortics helped a bit, but the real key IMHO was stretching and strengthening that area to prevent the problem in the first place. If I still had the sheet my doctor gave me showing the various stretches I would scan and post, but I don't.

I also had plantar fasciitis when I was training for a half marathon. I know it seems ridiculous, but the best thing I found for it was the Strassburg sock. http://www.thesock.com/

The only thing that fixed mine was wearing that boot at night....along with steriod shots in my foot....those shots hurt like hell, but i tell you what they are worth it

I had this for about a year. My doctor told me it was due to my weight. I was in a catch 22 because I couldn't excercise with the pain, but the pain wouldn't go away until I lost some weight. I got some gel heel inserts from my doctor to help with with the pain. I did stretching, icing and lots of Advil. It helped a little bit. The next option was to get a cortizone shot in my heel that would temporarily relieve the paid for a couple of months. My mom had that once and said the shot was REALLY painful. Being the baby that I am, I wouldn't do it. Now I don't recommend this, but what I did was excercise through the pain. Walking, jogging and weight lifting. It wasn't easy, but I was really motivated to lose the weight so that it would go away. After I lost about 30 lbs, I finally got some relief. I still have a long way to go in my weight loss journey, but at least I got over that hurdle. I'm not sure if you're in the same situation I was, but if so, the weight lifting really helped boost my weight loss. Good Luck.

I had it as well... real bad at first.. I used the overnight brace and that helped in the morning... but still got a bit of pain during the day... Now it's very manageable...

a good fitting pair of shoes with good arch support is key... I also bought an arch support band which I wear daily which helps a lot..

http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-arch-bandage/ID=prod3984762-product

the thing that got rid of mine in the end was getting an insert for my shoe. You can get them custom made for hundreds of dollars but a doctor friend of mine reccommened getting one from a sports shop that you warm up in the oven and then wear immediately so that it conforms to the shape of our foot. It was $35 and worked like a dream even when I was exercising. Cant remember its name though:blushing: but I still have mine in my running shoes 2 years later

I've suffered with this too; ended up on crutches [ouch!]

Try and find some non-impact work to do - like cycling

I have had this in the past too and was prescribed orthotics and pain med which niether worked so I searched a natural remedy book that said Tumeric relieves inflamation. I mixed an 1/8 to 1/4 tsp in orange juice every morning and night and it was completely gone in a week! I see now they have it in pill form in your health food stores!! Please talk to natural health practioner or a naturalpathic doctor, they can really help without side effects!!!

This is my second round of Plantar fascitis. I looked on line to see what people were saying about it and saw someone had a testimony about the Strassburg sock. Ordered it and the next morning after wearing it that night I was at least 75% better and now after wearing it a week my symphtoms are almost gone! Best 30 dollars I've ever spent! The first time I got Plantar fascitis I was 45 years old and started running again. My doctor started me on Aleve which worked but tore up my stomach so I knew I couldn't do that this time. I'm so happy I could get rid of it this time without meds. I feel for you, it's impossible to stay off your feet.

I found one of the socks you can order, here is the website:

http://www.thesock.com/howitworks.html

I also suffered with Plantar Faciitis pain for a long time. The stretches shown on this site will help. I did the second stretch called the Wall Calf stretch. Instead of using their slant board shown inthe picture, my doctor told me to put my feet on a door ledge which is several (4-6) inches off the ground and let my heels drop to stretch the calf. You need to hold it for 60 seconnds and you will definitely feel the burn :sad: . I did this 4 times a day and the pain went away within about 3-4 weeks.

http://www.plantar-fasciitistreatment.com/plantar-fasciitis-exercises/plantar-fasciitis-stretches

Good luck