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 wear crocs aa slippers (the proper ones, not a cheap imitation). I also wear them on the beach and I the garden.
I never wear ballet flats or high heels . My shoes are low courts trainers and sandals with arch support or low wedge heels.

Fitflop shoes & Birkenstocks really helped mine - as long as I stick to these shoes it has not returned

I cam wear any shoes including heels or barefoot again now for short spells (say an afternoon or evening), but Crocs I have to be careful of as I can feel it starting if I wear them too much although they feel comfy at first. If I am standing still for long periods I am fine in Birkenstocks or trainers.

How strange, Nike Air Max 90s are also my go-to trainer when I get a flare up!

I had a steroid injection straight up through the heel probably the worst injection you will ever have but for one minute of misery complete relief lasted about six months then went through through the injection again and it totally went away. Hope this helps not every doctor will do it

I rolled a hard spiky massage ball. Absolute agony but it worked.

For me it was the 2 little toes that needed stretching up, once I worked that out and did regular stretches pulling them up as far as they could go, the last bout of it went away.

yes! This as well - less driving manual

God, it’s awful isn’t it. I now never go barefoot. Always wear fit flops (as recommended by my podiatrist), or MBTs, or padded insoles. Do stretches regularly. Mine went eventually as a result, but I remember the pain and do not want that again!

I had it for 18 months. Tried everything. The only thing that really worked was wearing a tight compression sock at night. It kept my foot at a 90 degree angle which helped massively.

Years later, I get the odd twinge if I wear certain shoes. I wear compression socks for a few nights to stop it progressing.

As an experienced sufferer I would say that if you cannot go barefoot even after the pain has subsided you probably need to work on your intrinsic foot strength.

Ankle mobility and hip strength play a big part too.

First time I suffered for nearly 2 years. I had physio and shock wave but the thing that helped was lockdown and being off my feet TBH. But that didn’t help my physical or mental health!

This time (other foot) I’m too cost of living crisis to afford all that shit so I’m trying to remember all the things I learned before.

weighted calf raises
’short foot’
calf stretches

and doing lots of lower body stuff in general in the gym.

This time I’m hoping starting HRT will be the difference 🤞🏻

If you can afford to see a private sports physio you will reap rewards.

IMO it’s better to invest in that straight away than a million pairs of trainers/insoles/socks that may or may not address the root of the issue.

I did physio therapy, acupuncture, frozen coke bottles, stretches, no shoes, new shoes, less walking around, you name it I did it.
Then I had three sessions of shock wave therapy, each session a week apart with a stronger waves each week and it went and has never returned.
I went to a top foot guy at a private hospital that cost way above my private health coverage. He referred me for various scans and X-rays to confirm it was definitely plantar and recommended shock wave therapy.

I had laser treatment at a podiatrist and she also strapped my foot up. I bought some Skechers too, and rolled my foot on a spiky ball.

I had it a couple of years ago, I was in absolute agony and nothing helped. Then I read on here to get insoles like the ones @magicstar1 linked to, and only EVER to wear non-flat shoes and NEVER go barefoot....and it has COMPLETELY gone, totally cleared up, never had it again.
I still wear the insoles in most of my shoes, and I threw out all of my flats.

Same for me!

Mine started in January and is much much better now.

Advice from a physiotherapist that I followed:
Never walking barefoot at home
Archies flipflops or FitFlop slippers in the house
HOKA or New Balance trainers outside - at least 1 inch wedge under heel
No super flat shoes
Calf raises and stretches every day

She also recommended rolling an iced bottle under your foot but I honestly couldn't face that!

Birkenstocks! 1 summer wearing nothing but cured mine.

I had it for 4 years after I broke a foot and it finally went this year. What did it for me: Skechers arch support trainers, support sock from Amazon fur work shoes, Pilates and stretches of my tight calf.

I had it years ago and it eventually cleared up with shoe inserts. At mid 50s age it came back with a vengeance. Nothing helped - inserts, exercises, icing stretches. I couldn’t even walk around the block without it flaring up and the ensuing agony.

Then I started to take collagen and, touch wood, hasn’t flared up recently. I take one with both types of collagen in it so can’t tell you which one you need (marine or bovine) to help best.

Custom made orthotics and never walk barefoot. I wear crocs as slippers at home and put them on just to walk to across the room. It took a very long time, did go away eventually, but was agony while it lasted. There was something particularly depressing about getting up in the morning and the very first steps of the day being so painful.

HRT helped, and never going barefoot.

I’ve been suffering with this for a while and I’ve been to see a specialist who helped me do exercises which helps but it has never completely gone away. What I realised ( by mistake) is that since I’ve been taking powder collagen ( im
peri menopausal) my foot has been getting better and not hurting as much! So a combination of the exercises and collagen powder is helping! 😃

I seem to be the opposite of most people though I see a few have said similar but I got rid of mine after literally being unable to walk.

I tried physio, insoles etc but what helped was working on foot strength and moving to barefoot friendly shoes.

I spent a lot of time increasing foot strength with a personal trainer and also following a program by a guy called Graham Tuttle. He's on Instagram as the barefoot sprinter.

I now only wear flat, thin soled shoes or go barefoot something I never thought possible. I've never had it again.

Do you go barefoot in the house? Things hugely improved for me when I started wearing PF friendly footwear round the house. Vionic flip flops have been fantastic. I also wore Vionic shoes during the day too for a while, a slight heel was better for me than trainers.