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Footwear recommendations - plantar fasciitis

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Wrinklefree · 08/03/2022 23:17

Can anyone recommend any comfortable shoes that will help heal or ease the pain of a plantar fasciitis?

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TheFoldOx · 08/03/2022 23:31

@Wazzzzzuuuuuuup

I work in a service with podiatry input supporting patients with PF and foot drop. Our teams often recommend the barefoot shoes as they increase foot strength
Fair enough then, @Wazzzzzuuuuuuup. Just wanted to check as it was the opposite of what I was advised a few years ago.
Wazzzzzuuuuuuup · 08/03/2022 23:28

I work in a service with podiatry input supporting patients with PF and foot drop. Our teams often recommend the barefoot shoes as they increase foot strength

horsemadgal · 08/03/2022 23:28

Nike Air trainers. Skechers and Birkenstocks didn't work for me.

TheFoldOx · 08/03/2022 23:26

@Wazzzzzuuuuuuup

Barefoot shoes are worth a try. Vivo barefoot are probably the best known brand
Are you sure, @Wazzzzzuuuuuuup? I've always been advised that arch support is important, which these types of shoes don't provide?
2021s · 08/03/2022 23:25

Nike air trainers and yoga

Tulipdays · 08/03/2022 23:24

Highly recommend Vionics. Got a pair of trainers last year and they have cured my PF. At one stage I could not walk in the evenings and first thing in the morning because of the pain, now not a problem at all.

Circlesandtriangles · 08/03/2022 23:23

I don't think Birkenstocks are great for it - I've always found mine contribute to it during summer months. The best I find are supportive trainers designed for high impact workouts - basically trainers with good arch support. Wearing trainers each day for a week usually clears up the pain for me.

losingthemind · 08/03/2022 23:23

Vionic trainers made a big difference to me. And Birkenstocks in the summer.

BuanoKubiamVej · 08/03/2022 23:20

Doc martens with an extra insole for arch support

Birkenstocks in summer.

Wazzzzzuuuuuuup · 08/03/2022 23:20

Barefoot shoes are worth a try. Vivo barefoot are probably the best known brand

RonCarlos · 08/03/2022 23:20

My husband has this and got some Brooke trainers properly fitted at a footwear shop. It seems to have helped. He also does stretch exercises using a band and went to an osteopath who realigned his back. I have no idea if that was related but it also helped.

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Wrinklefree · 08/03/2022 23:18

Sorry didn’t mean to enable voting.

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