Plantar fasciitis

For walking and running I only wear Brooks, and I make sure to get a nice thick insert with the gel and air pockets for the ball of the foot and heel. I think the brand on those is Softsole or something. Worth the extra money. I own several pair of Brooks and they have all lasted me several years. I walk, jog and play tennis in them. Feet still get sore if overused though. Try soaking them in epsom salt and give them a rest for a couple days.

 

Freeze a bottle of water. Roll your foot on frozen water bottle. Next bit sounds counter productive... Go barefoot when you can. This will strengthen the plantar fascia. If you aren't used to this, work up to it. Look up barefoot grass drills. These will strengthen feet and lower legs.

Not a Dr., but a coach with a plethora of friends and family who coach, train, oh... and a Dr. or two in the mix of friends and family...

 

Dude I feel for ya, I've been there. The first couple times I dealt with this I thought I had a stone bruise on my arch. It seemed to heal itself after a week or 2. The last time aboot 6 or 7 years ago I thought I was gonna be crippled.Srsly! My neighbor at that time was a podiatrist and saw me gimping around the yard and told me to freeze a coke bottle and any time I sat down to roll my arch on it for as long as possible. When you stand be careful and slowly stretch your foot and calves religiously. I did this for a couple months or more. It takes some time for it to heal but it can. Haven't had an issue in years but I do stretch a lot more.
If that doesn't work they can make shoes or, in the worst case, operate on you but that cost big $. Goode Lucke.

 

I just recently got over plantar fasciitis. It is a *very* slow healing process depending on severity, it took me about 6 months to completely recover. I injured it skateboarding and it felt a little tweaky in the evening, the next morning I could barely walk. For about 2 weeks I was gimping around, then slowly improved from there. I suspect constant flip-flop use, and lack of supporting shoes was the root cause.

As SUP mentioned, good gel inserts is the key to recovery to allow the tissue to rest and repair.

 

Sounds like you just overworked it. I don't get a shoe size bigger, same size, just take out the stock inserts that come with the shoes, which are very thin and don't do much for you and replace with the good inserts. My Brooks shoes usually run $150 and the inserts are usually $20-25.

 

+1 I do this a lot because my arch can get sore and this gets it back to good again. Sometime it cracks or pops but it feels better after it does.

 

Also found rolling your foot on a golf ball helps alot.

 

Vans might look cool but they're really bad on your feet for everyday walking. I've had my share of foot problems too. Planter fasciitis and a torn achilles tendon. I highly recommend Brooks for everyday use.

 

I've had it in my left foot twice and right once, all three from playing soccer/running long distances in my late 20's early 30's. Been to an orthopedist, my general practitioner, podiatrist, and physical therapist. The unfortunate answer is that it is very slow to heal, on average 6 months to a year. It gradually heals on it's own. I went the whole pt route/multiple cortisone shots the first time, and it didn't heal any faster than the 2nd time (when I did the pt exercises they taught me the first time, on my own), or the 3rd time (when I didn't do anything whatsoever). The frozen coke bottle can help reduce immediate pain -as can rolling a golf ball on your heel, and a splint that you wear at night that keeps your foot at a 90 degree angle while you sleep can help reduce pain first thing in the morning. Otherwise you gotta suck it up buttercup and wait for it to get better on its own. If you cease the activity that aggravated it in the first place, it will help it to heal quicker as well.

 

Also afflicted, in the past, with this version of torture. That first step in the morning is a mofo - - esp if it's kept you up half the night.

The ice roller, ditto.

I found that wearing hard-soled boots (Wolverine brand) worked; the best thing, though, was installing in the boots those $10.00 heel inserts you can purchase at HT or CVS. Another thing that worked were the hard-sole inserts that I got at a local bicycle shop. They go inside clip-on cycling shoes to give the shoe rigidity but will fit into any street shoe you wear.

Soft soled footwear isn't helping your plantar & quite possibly helped cause it. Flip-flops are the worst.

Did the cortisone shots - - helped for a short time, but the pain always returned.

I tried the podiatrist route, but those guys basically recommend PT, ice roller & then prescription inserts which cost a fortune (I skipped that route) but do the same thing as the inserts from CVS.

Took me awhile to figure it out but for me it was the footwear.

You may have to try a few types of inserts before you find a pair that work for you.

Good luck, feel better!

 

"Flip flops are de' debil." I wear them but they really aren't good for your feet. It's not the lack of support; it's the way you have to flex your toes to keep them on. I throw a pair in the car to go into stores, but besides that, during the summer, unless I'm out for a run, I'm barefoot.

 

A good pair of shoes goes along way- specially as you get older...

I got foot issues too. I do a lot of walking at work - so it's always a challenge to find a pair of shoes that are presentable yet comfortable.

You really just want to find a shoe that is light and comfortable with a good sole and support.

If your pain is in an area where you have a callous - go down in the basement and get your wood file/rasp and sand that thing down. This helps a lot!! I had a bad pair of shoes last summer and between them and surfing often - I had a callous that continually split open... Very painful ... Until I filed it down lol

Your pal
Mr Belmar Ph.D.

 

I thought this was a pot threade... You know what might help..?

 

when researching cushier shoes to lessen the shock on my jacked knee, I saw this video where a doctor talks about a shoe brand that helped his PF:
[video=youtube;QhA6lZpQ318]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhA6lZpQ318[/video]

Granted, they're pretty funky looking, but maybe you can find a model in their line that aesthetically suits you.

 

^^Well it wouldn't hurt.

I stand a lot so I have found having several pairs of shoes and switching up evry few days helps.

 

Fo Sho ^^^^