Plantar Fasciitis

[old goat]

So what are you crying about? A little plantar fasciitis? Just tough it out. It's not like it's something painful like broken ribs and back spasms.

[willywhit]

broken ribs ARE back spasms ? How does that work?

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[old goat]

what are you talking about?

[willywhit]

Editting.

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[Harry]

Posted in the other thread, but this thread looks like it has more/better info.

Just got this shit 2 weeks ago. Hurts like hell !


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[greasyslope]

Hey Harry, PF sucks! Sorry you are dealing with it.
Lots of good advice already on here. I didn’t read through it all again, so sorry if this was already covered. One thing I was told, and they seemed to help me, is that one should think about how much things in our bodies are connected. It really helped me to try to looser up my calf and Achilles, as the kinetic chain runs up the leg.
I wish you luck and hope that you are able to solve it sooner than later. It can really persist and I thought I had it licked a few times before it truly went away.
Time to get off your feet as much as you can for awhile!

[Djongo Unchained]

When I had this a friend/holistic healer told me to get a golfball under my foot and start crunching all the painful spots. It hurts but it works. From the heel forward.
I also invested in a special ankle wrap that puts pressure in the right spot. Almost immediate relief. Feetures brand PF compression sleeve.

[brutah]

My PF was a syndome of another issue, mainly that my Sacroilliac joint locks up. Tried to resolve my PF with dry needling, stretching, boots to sleep in, tennis ball rollin, etc. Then I go to a PT, who says most of the time PF flares up because something else is amidst in your alignment. She found that my sacrolilliac joint was immobile, remobilized it and my PF went away almost instantly. Now if I get a PF flare up, I know my sacrolilliac joint is locked up and once I get it to release I'm all good, but mainly I just do the stretches and exercises I was told to do and my SI joint doesn't lock up.

[Harry]

Laid low all day, using lots of ice. Been using golf ball. Used the split last night for the first time. So far today is good. Stayed off my feet. Tomorrow I have to work....


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[Harry]

I have this thing now:



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[Harry]

mainly I just do the stretches and exercises I was told to do and my SI joint doesn't lock up.

Any links to these stretches and exercises ?





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[old goat]

I just looked at my previous post in this thread. Can;t figure out what I was thinking-must have been drunk or really hurting. Sorry about that. Anyway, I had PF in one foot many years ago. Podiatrist had me get a custom orthotic made of a very hard material with a lot of arch support. Cured it in a few weeks and then I started wearing Spenco neoprene arch supports in all my shoes for prevention. It's never come back, although in recent years I've stopped wearing the arch supports. The orthotic was all I did, and aspirin. No ice, exercises, splints etc. I did stop running until I got better. Listening to other people's stories I think that a) I was lucky, and b) I got myself seen and treated as soon as the problem started--I think I only had it a week or so before I saw the podiatrist. It helped to be a doc in a clinic where I could just drop in and see a specialist any time I felt like it. Making appointments since retirement sucks.

[Harry]

So I am about a month in, still have a minor amount of pain but every day is improving.
Ice every morning & night, night splint, custom orthotics, golf ball, stretching, etc.
Does not help that my job is all standing for a 10 hour shift...

But I am way better than I was a month ago.


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[bry]

You're doing all the right things it will break down eventually

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[My Pet Powder Goat]

Got that for the first time last spring. Surprisingly debilitating little ailment

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[Ed Koh]

Sorry but anyone has any recommendations for insoles for PF?

[ex-powderbroker]

B U M P

this shit fucking sucks, hobbling out from a hike yesterday was one of the most demoralizing moments of my life. at least I know what it is now?

[bry]

It's frustrating. I got over it with a combination of time, a lax ball/golf ball and other tools for MFR, and trying/learning to sleep with my heels cocked vs pointed toes. And yoga over the long term probably as well.

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[Bronco]

Been through a round of it, might try a Chinese foot spa. There are a bunch of them around Seattle, seemed to help alleviate my symptoms a few years ago.