I need some positive plantar fascisis stories!

[Firefly45]

My heel is killing me! Sat here rolling a golf ball and stretching my calves on naproxen.
I wear hoka trainers

Has anyone a positive story of this being cured?

Positive stories only please....

I got an NHS podiatry appt which I didn't wait as long for as I expected. She was very thorough, gave me some stretching exercises (but I wasn't very good at remembering to do them). The most helpful thing that seemed to cure it pretty quickly was the insoles, these, with a bit of extra cushioning foam applied to the worst heel: www.healthystep.co.uk/shop/x-line/x-line-standard-insoles/

That's odd because being barefoot usually makes it worse?

And no bare feet ever- even going to the loo at night

Ice for the inflammation definitely stretches scrunching toes and feet flexing the muscles in your feet. Golf ball pressure on feet do not roll just put pressure on all of the foot. No squishy shoes definitely no to sketchers. Walk with bare feet will help the feet muscles work in the way they’re supposed to with nothing restricting them.

I had it for a while, but haven't had it now for ages:

1. I have arch support insoles in all my shoes and in my slippers too - I rarely take a step without arch support.
2. Calf stretches

Good luck!

The only thing that fixed me was shockwave therapy. It was like a miracle

Anecdotal but mine went within a week of starting on Mounjaro. I googled and others mentioned various aches and pains going - something to do with the anti-inflammatory effect. Not weight loss related as it had only been a week! I walk a lot so the fact my feet weren’t killing me was a brilliant side effect, I’d have almost paid the money just for that. I’ve stopped the injections now and it hasn’t come back.

Extreme and also anecdotal but 8 weeks ago, I changed from a manual to an automatic car. Now I'm not using a clutch pedal, the plantar fasciitis in my left foot has pretty much gone.

Skechers arch fit trainers nailed mine.

get a power plate massage gun and use it daily. It will feel like it’s getting worse before it gets better

It goes away eventually.

Mine took about six months.

I learned to wear more supportive footwear because in my case it was caused by walking in basic wellies day in day out (looking after horses) and I bought much more expensive wellies with proper arch support for the following winters (Aigle, about £200!) and then thankfully I never got plantar fasciitis again.

A second vote for acupuncture, very effective. I also had insoles from the podiatrist which helped a lot.

Me too! It was affected by hormones I think

I've just gotten over a bout. I found a frozen bottle of water rolled under my foot helped,also sketches memory foam trainers and memory foam slippers. I got out of the habit of not walking around bare foot 😱🤦‍♂️😬🫣

Shockwave therapy by a podiatrist who specialises in PF. Made a huge difference.

He also supplied full-length rigid orthotics but told me to mix it up in terms of walking footwear, to flex my foot, toes and calves properly and to walk through the first wave of discomfort.

But basically, shockwaves - a revalation.

It's interesting about being barefoot. I am wfh for the majority of the time since covid and have mostly been barefoot. I would say my feet have changed shape and oddly I have gone up a whole shoe size. I am also carrying more weight than ever (to not commuting and snacking too much). However still I am getting the same bout of PF every few years.

This. Custom made orthotic insoles worked like magic for me.

I used the special insoles for a while, then when it returned with general foot pain I begged the drs to give me a physio appointment. I was in luck as they’d just started putting physios in gp practices, and the physio took one look and said that my calf muscles and tendons were much too tight. She gave me a load of calf stretching exercises to do and all the pain went away after a couple of weeks with them. It came back recently, after I’d stopped due to irregular shifts, so I’ve started trying to do at least one of the exercises regularly again. They really help me and reduce the pain although I haven’t totally got rid of this bout yet.

You can Google for calf stretching exercises. The best one is standing with the ball of your foot on the edge of a step, letting your weight drop on your heel and holding for 30 secs, don’t know what it’s called.

Arch support insoles (£15 off amazon) in Skechers for work (on my feet all day) and crocs round the house instead of slippers has sorted mine, thanks god cos it was agony.

Mine eventually disappeared once I changed some of my habits, I no longer walk around barefoot, and I always wear supportive shoes.

Had it in both feet for a couple of years. The right foot pain suddenly disappeared. Recently been off sick from work for 6 weeks with a chest infection ( constantly on my feet at work). The pain in left foot disappeared in that time and hasn't reappeared. Not a recommended remedy. I've got rid of all my Sketchers. Think they may have caused the PF in the first place.

I used a small coke bottle with frozen water under my foot. It just went away after a bit. I don’t know if the cold bottle helped or not, I was just glad to be rid of it. Occasionally it “grumbles” but never came back properly. It is awful though.

I started wearing Hoka trainers and it’s completely disappeared.

I see four or five others have already recommended shockwave therapy. Please go straight to Shockwave! I wasted years trying everything else - The injection wore off, custom orthotics cost a fortune and didn't work, night brace no use, every exercise under the sun, massage gun, bottle of frozen water etc etc - nothing else worked. My physio told me that shockwave changes the physiology of your foot. It felt like a miracle cure.

I tried everything and then had three sessions of shock wave therapy and that sorted it.