Plantar fasciitis

I'd also recommend seeing a podiatrist. In the mean time, stretching your heel by pointing your toes and feet up helps. Making certain you've got great shoes with great insoles helps a lot, too.

I have that but not too bad. It comes and goes and is worse in the mornings. Losing weight has really helped mine, keep losing weight. San Antonio Spurs star the great Tim Duncan had it bad for a couple of seasons, then lost weight and extended his career by at least 3 years! Gratuitous Spurs mention there cause I live in SA. Good luck with yours, original poster.

I tried a gizmo for it once you were supposed to wear while you slept, it didn't do much for me. Keep losing weight, it's hard on your feet that weight.

what helped me was lots and lots of stretching. particularly this stretch



the boot to sleep in also helped a lot, as it stretched my calves while i slept.

also, i stopped wearing the super cushionie shoes and inserts they recommended. it treated the symptom, not the problem. i switched to a more minimal heel shoe, with proper arch support, and i've been symptom free for years.

I have been suffering for the last 5 years ... it seemed to come on really suddenly.. I thought it was caused after I fractured my foot and broke toes.. and then fractured my other leg and ankle in another incident.. but when I had xrays done on both feet.. and it turns out I had bone spurs and plantar fascia issues on both feet.. this was checked by xray and ultrasound on both feet.. what helped me was getting injections.. cortisone.. I had them in both feet.. and I cannot even tell you the relief I had from them.. is saw podiatrists.. they have all kinds of new technology but he told me it is expensive and may not work.. so when I saw a rheumatologist.. she injected my feet.. and I have only had to have them injected one more time.. the pain compared to before is night and day.. goodluck

It tends to pop up for me whenever I'm wearing shoes that don't fit quite right, especially if they're a little too small or have crappy arch support. For instance I can't wear Chuck Taylors anymore because they're just not supportive enough and don't allow room for an insole. Maybe try wearing really supportive shoes for a while, if that's a possibility.

I've been dealing with this for almost a year now. I started swimming for movement, plus sometimes a recumbent bike at the gym. Shoes where to sole cannot bend (per doc), the night brace, stretching, rolling your foot over a cold water bottle, before you get out of bed, lay on your back with your feet in the air and use your feet to "spell" the letters of the alphabet ... moving your feet in the shape of "a", "b", "c", etc.

I also agree with sleeping with a boot/brace. My husband has it and I had him come to my office and they fitted a splint to his foot and it has helped him soooo much. I know it's a bit harder when you can't do it for free but if it's been 2 months, I'd suggest making an appointment.

New Balance are great shoes, I swear by those too. And stylish too, I'd like to think.

Stretching, exercises from your doctor, yoga all help temporarily. I switched to minimalist shoes 2 years ago (no arch support at all) and have had no further problems.

K-tape! Of course after you see a doctor and do your exercises...but I had issues with my arches while pregnant and k-tape made a world of difference for day to day comfort in between. You can YouTube videos for how to apply it.

See your friendly PT (Can you tell what I do for a living??

Definitely see a podiatrist or a physiotherapist to find the underlying cause and help correct it. For me it was really low arches (needed to get custom orthotics) and weak calves (for which I do stretches and strength building exercises multiple times a week). I have been dealing with plantar fasciitis for nearly 2 years now and it has only started to get better in the last few months since I started seeing a good physiotherapist regularly. I am finally able to start running again!

Everything else mentioned above is important too - find good supportive shoes to wear, stretch your calves, ice your feet, avoid high impact activities, etc. When I'm at home, I wear Orthaheel slippers made by Vionic, which are specifically made to help plantar fasciitis.

BuddhaB0y wrote: »

I didn't see it mentioned here but one of the biggest tips I found was to try not to walk around barefoot at all... Even walking around inside. I always wear sneakers around inside and I find it's pretty much gone now

i found the complete opposite to work for me. putting my foot in a shoe that constricted it wasn't working.

I used the gel packs religiously for a long time.

I did not do extra walking at first-- only chair and floor exercises and swimming and upper body weight machines.