plantar fastidious

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!

I have this and have been dealing with it for a while now (at least a year). The worst thing you can do is go barefoot. I am not sure when I will be able to run again, but it's much more manageable now that I am in either slippers or shoes all the time. The slippers I have are Uggs and I have a arch support in them (dr. scholls?). The first step in the morning is the worse, but it works itself out rather quickly. Good luck!

Stretching and arch support. Mine was really bad and it's cleared up - but it can flare up slightly now and then and I do the stretches and it helps.

But I make sure I wear good arch supports at ALL times - that's what cleared it up for me and has kept it away.

My insurance approved custom orthotics from the foot doctor - and they just hurt and made it worse. I think that taking an impression of your foot when it's in *bad* shape is getting a false impression really - and I was standing when they toke the mould, I've since read that you should be sitting so your foot isn't being "flattened" by the floor when the impression is taken.

I have a few shoe recommendations - Danskos for boots in the winter, Chacos for sandals in the summer, and (knock-off) Crocs for slippers around the house (the real ones didn't have support as good). I never, ever go barefoot - but I always hated going barefoot anyway. Even just going to the bathroom at night - get into the habit of keeping supportive slippers by the bed and slip them on.

I could barely walk - but I was able to use my recumbent bike while recovering.

-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"

To add to this excellent routine for stretching and strengthening it, you also must give it rest.

You can indeed make the repair last years, going through various stages of hurting more or less, allowing you to do more or less. Whereas a good month or two could have it healed up, and then starting slowly keeps you from re-injury.

In an effort to let it rest, if this involves the arch area of the plantar, get custom orthotics. Doesn't have to be the Dr version costing $500 or so. You may find a running store or foot store that takes imprints and orders them through same process, or may have a machine to make them in-house in day or hour. Usually $100 around here at several places.
Good feet is not that type, since they are using standard insoles and tuning somewhat, but no where near what you need to give rest to the tendon.

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!

Yes. 100% best $50 of my life. I have heard someone else say it did nothing for them. It has a money back guarantee from the company, cannot miss IMO.

I feel MUCH more natural running barefoot. I occasionally do a light jog on my treadmill, my feet LOVE that. Biggest reason I want toe shoes for lifting and running, heh.