plantar fastidious

I never got the official diagnosis cause i hate doctors, but ALL my symptoms matched down to the I and I still suffer from it. But while I get limpy and whatnto, I can still jog on the treadmill and take my jazzercise classes. Who knows if its what I have but it wasnt dibilitating enough to stop me from working out.

I have suffered from it in both my feet and it is crippling at times. I did physical therapy, cortizone shots, shoe inserts....you name it I tried it. I was even told to not wear high heels (not going to happen).

I don't know what happened but a few months ago. The pain stopped. I didn't change anything it just stopped.

I wish you luck with it. I know it is really painful and frustrating.

I got plantar fasciitis last summer. Between being overweight, working on hard concrete floors all day standing, and playing tennis 3 times a week. It never subsided until I finally went to Walmart and tried Dr Scholl's thing, got insert, immediately fixed issue. By the next day I felt 100% fine, best $50 ever. I played tennis and worked out through it, but I also play through pain a lot. I don't know if it is recommended to do so though, logically it is an injury that can be further injured by doing this. There are also stretches(towel stretches) you can do to help.

Are you talking about the inserts that are by the big machine you step on and use to pinpoint the problem areas on your feet? I've been tempted to buy one but at the price, I was wary. Buuuut if you say it works, then damn! i need to get me one!

Mine really got better when my weight came own. I started wearing my tennis and not just flat shoes. It was worst right after I had my daughter. I got orthotics from podiatrist which was a must! Wore them all the time!

I've had it for about 2 years, had 3 lots of steriod injections and once they wore off it came back, also had Extracorporeal shock wave therapy, that helped a lot, I still have it slightly but not as bad as it has been, the shoe inserts help, also NEVER wear completely flat shoes, you need some support, flip flops etc are out, I wear my running shoes indoors nearly all the time. Hope you get better soon

I had it in my left foot for almost two years. My Doc finally used a procedure called Ultrashock Therapy, very painful procedure. The results were phenomenal. I never had problems with my foot again, thats 5 years now and counting.

get a certified massage therapist to work on it. i work on PF at-least 6-10 times a week. you can freeze a plastic water bottle and roll it in the arch of your foot or get a tennis ball and roll your foot as well. its fixable just look at every other option before you get any kind of surgery for it cause that might not fix it and its incredibly painful. Best of luck

-stretch your calves daily
-roll your foot around on a golf ball or frozen tennis ball several times per day.
-sit in the hurdlers stretch, and, using a towel around the ball of your foot, pull back on the towel so your toes are coming back towards you.

go to youtube and search stretching videos for "plantars fasciitis"
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I had it in both feet. I was an early adopter of orthotics and had been using them in everything from ski boots to exercise shoes. I tried stretching, changing shoes, injections, nothing seemed to help.

Then I ran into a physical therapist who suggested I try losing the orthotics and going without footbeds and barefoot whenever possible. She told me my use of orthotics had led to my foot muscles contracting and that while stretching probably helped, it was being offset by the footbeds.

Two months later the PF was gone and hasn't returned after around 3 years. I realize going barefoot and away from footbeds is contrary to what's typically recommended but the therapist insisted footbeds while serving a purpose have become a profitable business for podiatrists and others and they'd rather use them as a cure all than admit they're creating problems.

She'd been doing PT for years and says before footbeds she'd never had a patient with the condition and now she sees it all the time.

I was told no more Keds, no more flat shoes with no support.

Also, to use a frozen water bottle and roll it under my foot.

Some good at home treatment stuff can be found at footsmart.com -- supports, braces that sort of stuff.

My dr said it was caused by small tears that would heal at night, causing my foot to be tight in the morning. Then as I'd walk around, I would re-tear everything, which would get rid of the pain from tightness. Of course, the tears would re-heal again that night, starting the whole cycle over again. The 'cure' was to sleep with these weird brace thingies that would allow my foot to heal in an arched position -- so no tightness in the morning.

This is exactly what my doctor told me. He gave me a special wrap for my foot and outlawed flip flops and walking around barefoot. Before I got out of bed to pee in the morning I had to put shoes on! Took about one week and I was back to normal!