Plantar Fasciitis.

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Newly diagnosed with this.

Looking for shoe, trainer, flip flop, sandal recommendations.

I've been told about Sketchers Go Walk, but before I spend £50 on a pair would love to have some real life reviews.

I'm waiting for an appointment for some in soles to be made, but in the meantime have bought some of Amazon, so waiting for these to come.

To add I'm a size 5.5 so this limits the shoes that are available to me too.

I like that exercise too. Writing the alphabet with your foot in the air (no pen required!) is also a nice one.

I apparently have PF but in the ball of my foot rather than the heel, but I also have a mystery toe problem which is currently baffling all sorts of experts but means toe posts or anything requiring me to "grip" them on (Birkies I'm looking at you!) are a massive no no.

Casual wise I've been living in a selection of Skechers - not the Go Walks but any with memory foam insoles. For work I have these Fitflops in 3 different colours - they are so comfy as I can't walk in any of my pre-injury shoes without excruciating pain:
www.fitflop.co.uk/en/womens/shoes-and-clogs/fitflop-f-sporty-flower-imi-leather-ballerinas-silver-%7C-official-fitflop-store/883945965326.html?cgid=womens_shoes&start=7
They come up quite big for Fitflops- I'm normally a 6.5 in them but I take a 6 in this style and still need heel grips but I honestly don't know how I'd have got through this past few months without them!

I got PF a few years ago due to wearing unsupportive shoes - flip flops for weeks on end. The physio recommended that I bought tight shoes. I had to buy some fuggly ecco shoes. They had to have a heel of about an inch high and be closed fitting - I think I had sort straps that crossed over the front. Anyway after a few months, the horrid PF was gone.

Thanks for the link. I'm going shopping tomorrow or Friday so will try a few shoes on. I've been wearing the insoles I bought from Amazon for a couple of days now and the difference is amazing.

What insoles were those OP?

I haven't been officially diagnosed with PF, but I think I have it (or something very similar). It seems to have been made worse since I started going on a 2 mile walk each morning. I bought some insoles in Boots, which do help in my trainers, but are no good for my current work shoes as they raise my foot up too much so the shoes don't stay on.

I have both a tennis ball and a golfball by the bedside (steady! ) to massage the soles of my feet and the tennis ball is also good for tight calf muscles (I'm guessing it's all related?). A (non-stretchy) yoga strap is also great for stretching your feet and calves morning and night.

Try to find a sports physio who does trigger point massage, and book a treatment. The pain is worse than childbirth but the outcome (in the hands of a good one) is nothing short of miraculous. We have a friend, who when staying with us, did DP's very poorly swollen leg and ankle. Although you have never heard anything like the yelps of pain, after a proper bandaging for a few days, he hasn't had a twinge of discomfort for five years. And she enabled me to move my left arm properly for the first time in months. Be warned, it's not a namby pamby massage. It really does hurt like hell while it's happening for 5-10 seconds, but it releases deep tension. Good luck.

The therapist really needs a proper knowledge of anatomy and a rated qualification. My friend was a nurse, before becoming a masseuse. It's not a beauty treatment. Please don't think of it as a treat; It's a medical matter.

These are the insoles I bought

insoles

I've had it quite badly for last couple of months . Lots of good advice already, but just to add my gp prescribed Diclofenac which really helps.

I have orthotic soles (made by hospital but can get from JD Sports I think etc) Mine is due to my skeletal make up....hypermobile feet/ankles and high arches and is in the instep not the heel...feels like chinese burns along the instep. My sister has it in the heels of her feet....she wore Hotter shoes for work and Sketchers trainers, fit flops (even the ones from M&S which I too can wear) I find hiking sandals (moulded type ones) and rigid hiking type boots good too, and used to find my running trainers good, but have a Mortons Neuroma now too due to incorrect loading (due to a broken 5th metatarsal which wasn't treated by the hospital correctly....and it's not just my opinion...podiatrist has in effect admitted this too) so have to wear Sketchers gel insert trainers. Have to admit, for me my insoles have made it possible for me to walk again in reasonable comfort. I was told crocs are good, and advised against wearing totally flat shoes and sandals.

New feet would be my best advice....but not v practical!

Birkenstocks for me, also Crocs ( indoors with curtains closed) indoors. Physio and exercises - rolling a cold coke can is bliss, a d rolling your feet on a golf ball is really good, if it's too painful, start with a tennis ball and work down to a golf ball.
I've been meaning to try Skechers Go, but also confused which kind to get.

I have plantar fasciitis as part of arthritis with a few other foot issues. I am taking medication and have had steroid injections.
I am mainly wearing sketchers go at the moment with an occasional old pair of Birkenstocks and ballerina shoes for fanciers occasions for short periods of time.