Plantar Fasciitis - has anyone had this?

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I've been diagnosed with this in one foot, slowly getting better.
Have you had it, and what helped you?

I get this now and again. What helped me, was changing footwear to softer trainer and also rolling a golf ball under my foot whilst watching TV at night.

I woke up one day with it. These are the various things I tried. It does seem different for everyone:

• private podiatrist recommended trainers which reduced pronation. When outside, I lived in those trainers for 2 yrs and didn't wear heels or anything else
• I was bare foot in the house, but alot of people wear fit flops ALL the time
• NHS physio was all online due to covid and emailed some pics of stretches for me to do at home- which I did religiously
• Saw private osteopath about a shoulder issue- but the foot massage she did on the affected foot was amazing, and felt SO good
• I bought a sock, with a strap that is supposed to pull the toes up whilst you sleep. It was SO incredibly uncomfortable; I could only stand it for a few hours. If I loosened it- it would fall off in my sleep. Useless!
• Bought a spikey ball that you roll your foot over and also tried a rolling pin
• Lost 10kg

I was awaiting an appointment with a consultant to discuss laser surgery and/or injections as the pain had continued for 2 yrs, and not easing, even when I lost the weight!

Strangely, about 2mths after stopping the stretching exercises- I woke one day with no pain!!! A month later, I did have a twinge for a day, but 2yrs on now, thank fully, I'm still pain free!

Steroid injection into my heel- frigging horrible!

Oh and the stretching off a step thing made mine way worse. I got polystrene-type wedge-thing off Amazon to stand on and stretch my calves and that did actually help.

Try the Bob and Brad exercises for it on you tube. Stopped my last flare up within a day.

Yep. Though I think it was actually a heel spur injury which is similar, and I have flat feet and some biomechanical issues which can cause foot problems. Took up yoga, lost weight, bought the £5 PF insoles off Amazon to put in every pair of shoes, ibuprofen, gentle stretching, still took months to go completely but the insoles gave so much relief. Never had it since.

Hi @YouCantBeSadHoldingACupcake which arch support did you buy?
I’ve seen loads but with mixed reviews.

Rolling my foot over a (unopened 😄) tin of beans helped! Ooh the coldness was lovely

I had it win 1 foot with 3 weeks to go before running a marathon.
Did all of the below
Heel drops off a bottom step
Rolling a frozen water bottle under the heel.
Insoles.
Stretches to strengthen the calf muscles.
Exercises to stretch the plantar.

I set an alarm every eve & did the exercises/ stretches religiously, managed to run too.
Good luck it's a bugger!

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The only thing that eventually got rid of mine- after 4 years!! Was wearing birkenstock shoes and doing the 'sun salutation' yoga routine but I also added in a couple of planks.
You need to be stretching your calf muscles as according to my physio person and the consultant I had an injection of steroids from, that's where it 'starts'.

Sketchers go walk. Gel arch supports. Good support round the ankles.

Wear arch supports all the time. Even in the house.

I have it/had it in my left foot recently.

Spent £80 on a physio appointment which I wasn't that impressed with as she rushed through it and sold me some insoles. Went to a Shuropody shop and got some Juva trainers which I wear with the insoles inside.

I got a Tens machine pen which helps, also a rubber spiky massage ball to roll under the foot and I downloaded exercises to do, which helped. Also got some Vionics slippers.

You do have to do the exercises and look at changing your footwear although it won't get better, but apparently after 18 months it does improve.

I had it in my R foot, could hardly walk. Bought some Scholl arch support insoles from Boots, wore them for several weeks. Relieved the pain in the meantime and eventually fixed it.

I had kinetic strapping from physio. Friend of mine swears by exercises and has changed almost all her footwear to Fit Flops types.

Another friend went to an expensive city podiatrist for treatment and she swears by Clarks for all footwear.

Someone else I know was referred for the injections but they did work.

You need properly supportive footwear that fits your foot. Sketchers were no good for me, but cured my DD’s

things that helped me was wearing just one shoe type for a good year or more, flat black Nikes. There was no actual arch support but it worked for me. Also the stretches recommended by podiatrist.

things that didn’t help were the bottle of ice or golf ball to run under foot, too painful. Insoles made it worse, wearing she’s with any heel or arch support

Thank you, I’ve ordered some.

it really helped me to use the toe separators used for painting toe nails - I walked around for about ten minutes each evening with them. I’d had months of pain but within a few days this seemed to have cured it! Hope it helps you too!

I rolled a spiky massage ball around. Agony but it worked.

I have it right now. Started about a month ago. It is agony right now as my dog legged it on a walk on Monday and I had to run in wellies to catch her. Stretching and massage are helping and I can't wear anything but my Sketchers. That first morning step though

Steroid injection, crunching like mad as the needle went it.
Next morning it was blissfully pain free, repeat injection six months later worked just as well and the condition hasn't returned (10years since)

Arch supports and rubbing ibuprofen gel into my feet - pf is an inflammatory condition and ibuprofen is anti-inflammatory.

Lots of useful info here, many thanks. My GP thinks it is mild atm, got some codeine (ibuprofen doesn't agree with me), doing the exercises and got the arch support insoles in my trainers. Want to avoid the steroid injections at all costs, they sound terrible!

I went the opposite way. I had it from running over training and getting very tight calves, as some others have said. Did all the things to loosen the calves, stretching, massage, yoga, all the way up the hamstrings too. For the foot, made sure I stretched and massaged it every morning before putting my foot on the floor, before bed every night. Then strengthened the arch (which is basically strained) with calf raises & heel drops, lots of them building up gradually. Lots of walking as movement helps a lot (motion is lotion). Built up running again a tiny bit at a time. No inserts or insoles, lots of time barefoot, being as active as possible with the feet. Six months to full recovery.
good luck! It’s horrible but patience will pay off.