Any pain relief suggestions for Heel (Plantar Fasciitis) and Achilles Tendonitis issues?

Two years ago I had the same problems you are talking about here. I went to a foot specialist and he put orthodics in my shoes, I DO NOT RECOMMEND. The best thing he did for me was physical therapy. They taught me a series of stretches for my calves and my pain began to subside. It took patience and time. I still have pain but, nowhere to the extent it was. I have also connected with an acupuncturist for a several treatments. I was walking with a cane for a year. I have been cane free for 7 months. I know you can find these exercises online, I will find them and add the link to your post. Also, when it comes to shoes, find shoe companies who make shoes specifically for Plantar Fasciitis. I have found Ecco brand is the best for me. Yes they are expensive, but I have decided it was time to spend what I need for my health. They are also a product I can get on Amazon at sometimes half the price. Plantar Fasciitis and Achilles needs to be stretched! Hope this helped

Trigger point lower leg kit. You can get it on Amazon. I was heading for surgery and this did and still does amazing things for fixing all my issues! Hurts like hell and you'll about cry the first 2 weeks but watch the video that comes with it and just do it.

https://www.amazon.com/Trigger-Point-Performance-Myofascial-Instructional/dp/B00273RMFY/ref=sr_1_2?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1468278007&sr=1-2&keywords=trigger+point+lower+leg

I had that for a little over a year, terrible.......I kept a golf ball next to my bad and rubbed it out against the floor each morning before getting out of bed. Watch the extra padding, I read that the extra padding does not allow your feet muscles to do their job causing them to get weak. Use them until you start to feel better, my doc gave me a boot to sleep with. I also would stretch my calves on the stairs or anywhere as many times as I could all day.
My right one actually tore playing softball, you have to really get them stretched out. I woke up one day and it was gone but I continue to do the massages and stretches.

In addition to stretching exercises, I wear Kenkoh massage shoes in the mornings and evenings for 15 minutes at a time. They have changed my life. I don't have plantar fasciitis pain in the morning anymore. And I make sure all my shoes have support.

Good luck!

OP I was in the same situation as you last year - in that I was trying to lose weight, but exercise was painful due to plantar faciitis. Walking was excruciating and eventually I had to give up the treadmill for swimming. At first I mostly used my arms, until my foot pain got better, and then began using my legs too.

What really helped me though was any exercise that stretched my calf muscle as well as the sole of the foot, once I had warmed up the muscle a bit.
It took about 7 weeks for the pain to go completely once I started doing that. But it began to ease as soon as I started getting the therapy right. I'd had the pain for months before that, and wasn't stretching the calf properly at that time, just the sole, doh!

I used a pain relief gel (Ibuprofen), which was also really helpful, especially when you're out and about and it suddenly gets worse. Careful if you're also taking this in tablet form, so as to not go over recommended intake.

Also those hard, thick soled sandals (with the little bumps on them) helped for short periods of time each day. Strangely enough, the hardness helped me more than cushioned soles...

I'm totally pain-free now though, and you can be sure that now I always, always make sure to do my warm up, cool down/stretching exercises now (even after a day 'just' shopping/being on my feet all day, to help prevent future muscle strain etc.) I learned the hard way that these are essentials!

Good luck!

Women's dress shoes are horrible for both plantar fasciitis and achilles issues. Going barefoot also is bad if you have PF. Try to spend as much time in shoes with really good support as you can (hard to do if you have to dress up for work).

My PF was so severe I ended up having to get cortisone injections. Fortunately, the shots worked wonders, and with stretching, icing, and good shoes, I have been able to get back to full activity.

So, I have plantar fascia, caused by Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction.
I have good days and bad, depending on how much I've pushed myself. If I hit 15,000 steps a day I start to really feel it, and I have a very high pain threshold.
I've had a steroid injection done in the toe joint before. Jaysus that was painful. And makes me gag a bit whenever I remember the sensation. It was meant to last for 3 months. Just imagine... 3 months with no pain. Mine lasted a month. I couldn't believe it though, I'd forgotten what being pain free was. It was lovely. But, to only last 4 weeks, when they won't do more than 3 a year, it just isn't the solution for me.
At the end of the day, whilst I do all the exercises in order to strengthen my tendons, the damage to the toe joint is done, and they told me that if I wanted to get rid of the problem, they'd need to operate to shave down the bone. It's apparently a very small operation, but it would mean I'd have to stay off my feet for a week or so, and I simply don't have that flexibility with my work right now.

I suffer with the same thing. I go to my pcp for a steroid shot, then follow up with a podiatrist, after a full exam making the pain worst she gave me a bunch off meds. I decided to go get a pedi and the nail shop was advertising a gel pedi that helps relieve pain.. long and short I walked in limping, left walking normal..