Sodding plantar fasciitis

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So sick of it. Week 4 now.

I'm using ice and those spiky roller balls to stimulate blood flow to the area and it's still not improving.

The pain is up both sides of my heel now.

Anyone got a treatment?

I’m place marking as I’ve had it since summer. It is worse if I don’t wear supports in my shoes when I’m walking or if I go barefoot in the house . I have to wear Birkenstocks in the house now. It isn’t a cure but it helps

I've had it for a year and it's just about ok now. I can do low impact exercise and it won't be too sore. I have to wear insoles in my shoes and never go barefoot on hard floor!! I had a course of physio which showed me which stretches to do and it helped a little but it's mostly resting it, icing it and time :/

I bought some gel heel insoles from a sports shop and it really helped until I couldn't feel any pain anymore. Nothing else helped. They have to be heel supports not whole foot supports otherwise they don't take the weight off the hell. I think mine were Slazenger.

So sorry, but I’m on year 4 of PF. It’s horrible isn’t it? I tried all the usual advice...in the end the things that help me are orthotic inserts in shoes to support my heal and stop my foot from sinking (I got referred by the GP to the orthotics dept at the hospital), wearing crocs around the house, never walking without shoes, doing calf stretches as much as poss, the ones on the stairs. I also have a splint that I slept in when it was really bad a couple of years ago.
With the above things, I have got to a stage where I can walk several miles and even run, as long as I’m wearing decent shoes. I’ll never wear my converse again...the soles are so thin. (I dread having to go to a wedding and trying to find smart/nice shoes to wear!)

Unfortunately, it does take time to get better.

I had this last year. My foot is almost back to normal now, I have inserts in shoes, etc. I still do exercises, but can walk in bare feet.

It was awful for weeks, hobbling into work and using the lift as I struggled with the steps.

Has anyone had the ads for 'Heelease' come up having opened this thread? DH has had PF for well over a year - was just wondering if this might help? He had a steroid injection which helped a little.

I got it really badly after an Achilles injury....could only walk in the house in extremely supportive training shoes. Helped me recover though.

Note..you need to buy extremely good ones with high support profiles but inserts were not required

Only 4 weeks? haha. Sorry, but if it lasted less you'd be lucky.
The solutions are individual, no one fix for all.

Mine lasted about a year. I found lots of raising onto tip toes helped to actually strengthen the arch. My pilates teacher who is a trained physio recommended these and it definitely helped. I bought fitflop boots to wear during the winter and also slippers with arch support. I also found crocs quite comfortable. Every now and again I get a twinge but on the whole I'm back running and walking as normal. It dies take time unfortunately.

Insoles
Stretching exercises
Frozen bottle rolling
Regular paracetamol and ibuprofen
Mine which was caused by wearing flat, plastic garden slip on shoes and slippers one weekend went suddenly after doing the above in about 4 weeks.

These stretch exercises, every day orthoinfo.aaos.org/globalassets/pdfs/planter-fasciitis.pdf

Ice packs: closed frozen bags of peas, or freeze a few food tins, and have them on rotation

These indoors www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331943291528

Also wearing lace up shoes (trainers with insoles inserted) as soon as I got up from bed and even when going to the toilet in the middle of the night helped.

Another one who won't be able to wear Converse again either.

Lots of foam rolling on calves really helped mine

I've had it for around 18 months now. Previously had it a few years ago in the same foot for about a year. No once fits all cure, but stretching exercises, good supportive shoes, never barefoot all help. I've also just board a wobble board to try to strengthen my calves as this is supposed to help.

It's always slightly better in summer because I live in Fit Flops, but too cold in winter. I've got some of the boots but they're not as good as the summer ones. Hence it's really bloody painful again now since the weather turned colder.

I tried absoluetly everything and one day I woke up and it was gone!

I bought supports for my foot and wear it at night, made a real difference, I don’t hobble in the morning now upon waking.

I notice the difference if I forget to wear it for a night or two.

Always wearing something with a heal even when in the house. Mine was awful in the summer so I wore Fitflop flip flops from the minute I got out of bed and did stretching exercises with a towel before I went to sleep and before I got out of bed in the morning. I am completely pain free now but it took more than 4 weeks to get better.

Heel raises on a step - legs bent and straight. Rolling on a massage ball. Stop going barefoot ever, even indoors. Wait months.

Yes. I've had it several times for months at a time.

Nothing seems to have worked and then each time I have had it, I woke up one morning and it had gone. It's peculiar.

I've had it for 7 months.

1. Lose as much weight as you NEED to
2. Ibruprofen as much as advised
3. Write the alphabet with the foot first thing in the morning before you get out of bed
4. I'm now doing shockwave therapy... Not sure if it helps yet.
5. Supportive shoes...

1. Have a hug from me, its so shit

Pro11 Wellbeing Semelles orthopédiques avec rembourrage talon, contre aponévrosite plantaire/métatarsalgie, longueur 3/4, très fine https://www.amazon.fr/dp/6040791535/ref=cmswwrcppapip_AqWdApfNBBRh6

I got these as despite having 80€ inner soles made I was in agony. Honestly it was cured in days. Amazing.

After 18months I’m at the ‘throwing money at it' stage.

Private physio, shockwave therapy, strengthening runs on an anti gravity treadmill. Tomorrow I’m going on a foot scanner to see what that shows us.

Totally unable to run or do any high impact cardio - have started learning to powerlift instead.

It’s definitely improved, but suspect the money will run out before I’m totally pain free.

I've had it for over 5 years and have tried everything in this thread, plus two cortisone injections.

I now have a "proximal medial gastrocnemius release" operation booked in January - hope it bloody works.

I had it for about six months. Then I broke my ankle and after five months of not walking it just disappeared. Support insoles may have helped.

Mine took ages to get better. ASICS trainers are fab, as are School gel heel inserts. Still using both just in case!