Plantar fasciitis help I'm miserable

[Runaway0]

Had this foot pain for months now , I've tried roller , spikey balls , shitazu foot massager, pain relief. Fit flops , had brooks shoes fitted with gait analysis, one foot overpronates. orthotics Stretching , deep tissue massages. I must have spent over £1500 and its still terrible. Should I immobilise for a few days to see if it helps ? I didn't manage to sleep until 5am last night because of the pain.

Have you seen a physio? There may be a cause that you aren't treating.

Only thing that helped mine was time.

Second physio or podiatrist, if you are in a position to pay. But also make sure your GP knows in case further treatment is required.

Birkenstocks have saved my feet.

I did loads of research and treated myself.

Got a night splint, velcro with some metal, from Amazon for about £20, which I alternated on each foot each night.

Rollered my feet on a tennis ball each evening watching TV and did some other exercises.

Wore decent shoes in the house all the time. I have Wolky Rio sandals and Fitflop Mukluk shorty boots as my house shoes. I never go barefoot, apart from perhaps nighttime toilet trips!

Replaced all my outdoor shoes. The best for me have been Finn Comfort Ikebukuro and Hoka Challenger trainers. Both rocker sole.

I tried loads of different shoes, most bought online and returned, some kept and eventually donated. That is where I wasted money, as well as on useless insoles.

The thing that has made the difference to me most in the long term has been the above shoes. The Finn Comfort Ikebukuro are incredible shoes, I've had mine for about 6 years now and they're still in great condition. You can get replacement insoles.

Agreed, I too tried everything as well as cortisone injection. I had to walk a lot in my job, and sometimes I felt I would always walk with a limp, and the pain would never go away. Woke up one morning and the pain had disappeared! Weird, but not complaining.I

Btw, check out KT taping and watch pf tutorials on YT, taping helped with a knee problem I had.

Also tried physio exercises it's just making it worse. I'm going to lie in bed this weekend periodic stretching with icing and see if it helps. I'm going to try walk as little as possible usually always on my feet. I want to cut the buggers off.
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I've got brooks adrenaline which are great and fit flops. I'm finding the pain goes when I walk but I'm walking more because of the pain and its a viscous cycle possibly causing more damage. I'm thinking I might need to immobilise for a few days with stretching ice to see if it helps.

It's a miserable condition, and what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another. Good luck!

Podiatrist showed me a massage that helped me. You might already have tried this but just in case.

Sit in a chair and bring your foot up on the opposite knee. Pull back the toe of the foot with one hand. Feel along the arch of the foot and there is a tight tendon. Massage that out. Do as often as you remember. Really helped me.

also doing some stretches in bed every morning before I got up while muscles still warm. And then sitting on side of bed flexing and I flexing feet, doing ankle rotations and the massage described above before trying to walk.

I had this too and it was rubbish as I'm quite active and it was stopping me doing what I wanted. I went to a podiatrist and she told me to stop running or similar activity for 2 weeks and after that, for 6 weeks only walk for 20 mins a day. She gave me some stretches to every morning and evening and also showed me how to tape my foot to support it. It was 8 weeks in total.
This helped a bit but what has totally cured it is a pair of Oofos clogs - I wear them whenever I'm at home apart from shower and bed. I honestly think it's these that have cured me rattler than the podiatrist. They cost about £60 but are worth their weight in gold!!

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Each to their own, but I can't believe the fit flops will be helping you. Personally I found crocs the best, and rolling a frozen water bottle under my foot for 30 mins each evening. Never going barefoot. I was lucky enough to get a session with a physio, and got a set of exercises to do. Also, codeine when the pain was bad. Now mostly over it. 🤞

My DM started with it and we got rid of it by her wearing slippers with memory foam at all times in the house. She then had gel insoles in all of her shoes. And she sat with feet up, and did stretches on the stair every day. It took a couple of months to go completely.
I myself had it years ago in both feet, it was absolute agony, and the only way I got rid was with the laser.

And all shoes should be attached to your foot. No flip flops and sliders. When the shoe is not attached, you change the shape of your foot to keep them on.

I have this too and feel your pain! I have insoles in all my shoes, roll it on a tennis ball, put an ice pack on it, wear supportive slippers around the house and nothing has helped. I have had it since last May and had a steroid injection on the NHS last September. That worked for around a month and it came back just as bad. I went to see a consultant privately yesterday and he has recommended physio as the best option for me. He said the life span of plantar fasciitis is around 2 years and I can’t take another year of this pain! Hope you find a solution soon x

@Runaway0, have you tried a night splint? It made a huge difference to me. This is the one I had, not available now but I'm sure you could find something similar. I only used it for perhaps a couple of months alternating feet each night and along with the other things I was cured. It stopped night pain too. I thought it would be really uncomfortable but it was fine, I did wear cotton socks underneath.
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Get yourself to a podiatrist and get a Cortisone injection. Its been life changing.

I have had it quite severely in the past. Could hardly walk and even x-rays showed a massive build up under my heel. What worked for me is a combination of cortisone injections and use of Skechers. I even have their slippers for inside the house. Now I can walk again.

I had it for a few months and it was awful. I do a lot of exercise and had to virtually stop so the impact was on my MH aswell. I did all the things you have done but found that putting my feet into FitFlops before I'd taken a step stopped the immediate morning pain. I found a smooth ball more effective than a spiky one. Then one morning, I woke up and it was gone. Just like that. So weird. I hope that happens for you because it's an utterly shite affliction.

I had several sessions of shockwave treatment and that sorted mine out

I have to say me too. I tried all sorts some of which been mentioned which didn't do much good. In the end it went away of its own accord as suddenly as it had appeared. It was probably 4-5 months. It is a real pain - literally - and you have my sympathies OP.

I very recently went to a podiatrist who made me a pair of foot soles to correct my posture and wow it's transformed my life! I discovered not only did I have plantar fasciitis, but something called haglunds deformity and a leg a full cm longer than the other. Immediately my posture has corrected and I simply don't feel the pain of plantar fasciitis anymore. Its expensive but worth it!

She said I need a sports massage and physio also.

It’s a nightmare. I cured mine by taking painkillers and walking in trainers for a good distance every day, then using iced water bottles. The whole process was agony and might not even work for someone else. 8 years later I still have no issues though. Rest made mine worse.

I developed PF when I put on a stone and a half and I wasn't very overweight to start with as I was slim(ish). I've lost half of it (so far) and the PF has gone, it's lovely.

For me, my feet didn't cope with me being overweight even by a relatively small amount. It was definitely the weight that set it off and losing the weight that has made it go, there's been no other significant changes.