Plantar fasciitis

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So what have you fine gents used to help treat? I'm just guessing at the cause but it feels like I was doing the bedroom dash naked and hit a rouge lego but the pain doesn't stop. Gets a little better but hurts like a mad dwarf is pounding my foot at the back of my arch in front of my heel.
 
I had the same thing a few months ago. I let it go for about 6 weeks. Ended up being a stress fracture of one of the long bones in my foot.

That led to another bone fracture
 
I had this a few years ago. Hurt like heck.
Stretching exercises for your feet are your friend.
 
Pussified feet... Get rid of the overly padded, heavily arch supported shoes. Makes your tendons and muscles in your feet weak. More prone to repetitive stress injuries like plantar fasciitis, which is similar to golf/tennis elbow in the foot.

Try some barefoot style shoes. Ideally something that's plenty wide too. Many people wear shoes that are far too narrow for their feet and the toes and bones can't splay as they are designed.

I prefer Lemms shoes, but Merrill makes several decent ones too if you don't have a very wide foot.

I had serious plantar issues. Tried orthotics, fancy shoes, and all that jive. Heard a Dr talk about it on a health podcast and bought a pair of Merrill Bare Access shoes. In a couple of weeks the pain was gone and soon after I noticed my feet don't get sore anymore no matter how long I'm on my feet. Even being on a ladder all day is no biggie...
 
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Pussified feet... Get rid of the overly padded, heavily arch supported shoes. Makes your tendons and muscles in your feet weak. More prone to repetitive stress injuries like plantar fasciitis, which is similar to golf/tennis elbow in the foot.

Try some barefoot style shoes. Ideally something that's plenty wide too. Many people wear shoes that are far too narrow for their feet and the toes and bones can't splay as they are designed.

I prefer Lemms shoes, but Merrill makes several decent ones too if you don't have a very wide foot.

I had serious plantar issues. Tried orthotics, fancy shoes, and all that jive. Heard a Dr talk about it on a health podcast and bought a pair of Merrill Bare Access shoes. In a couple of weeks the pain was gone and soon after I noticed my feet don't get sore anymore no matter how long I'm on my feet. Even being on a ladder all day is no biggie...
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^^ True here too... Vibram 5 fingers for 3 weeks.... gone...
 
Surgery did it for me. Pain's gone but I still can't play racquetball any more.
 
bigfelipe said:
Pussified feet... Get rid of the overly padded, heavily arch supported shoes. Makes your tendons and muscles in your feet weak. More prone to repetitive stress injuries like plantar fasciitis, which is similar to golf/tennis elbow in the foot.

Try some barefoot style shoes. Ideally something that's plenty wide too. Many people wear shoes that are far too narrow for their feet and the toes and bones can't splay as they are designed.

I prefer Lemms shoes, but Merrill makes several decent ones too if you don't have a very wide foot.

I had serious plantar issues. Tried orthotics, fancy shoes, and all that jive. Heard a Dr talk about it on a health podcast and bought a pair of Merrill Bare Access shoes. In a couple of weeks the pain was gone and soon after I noticed my feet don't get sore anymore no matter how long I'm on my feet. Even being on a ladder all day is no biggie...
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What he ^ said.

Look for barefoot style, minimalist footwear. Or go barefoot a lot if you can.

In the short run, ice, ibuprofen, stretching.

I found that a 16 oz water bottle, frozen, was the perfect fit to my arch and I could use it throughout the day under my desk.

No longer suffer from it but I still do daily stretches to prevent it as well as achilles tendonitis. (THAT really sucks)
 
I did heel lift exercises and bought a good brand of replacement insole. I used to spend a lot of time on my feet on concrete floors. Eventually had to have surgery though many years later to remove bone spurs caused by PF and inflammation.
 
No kidding, it took me a year to get over mine. I think I broke something along the way, but never got it checked.

What helped me in the end and stopped it was a tennis ball I rolled my arch over every day for a week and BAM gone.
 
Thanks guys I knew I could find a few age appropriate fellas to help me out with information. Last night I did stretches and 15 minutes of ice and it feels a little better already. So stretches today and tennis ball once I find one.
 
The jury is out with minimalist shoes (i.e., Vibrams, etc.). They can cause problems, and they are not for everyone. I have heard horror stories on both sides. (https://www.runnersworld.com/advanced/a20817727/minimalist-heal-thyself/)

https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/blo...-minimalist-shoes-help-with-plantar-fasciitis

https://runnersconnect.net/plantar-fasciitis-best-shoes/

PF is a bitch, though, regardless of etiology. It can take over a year to fully heal. Edited to add, I also heard the tennis ball is awesome.
 
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I'm not doubting what worked for the other folks who've been through this that have posted but for me I started wearing Croc Literide shoes and slides whenever possible. I also stretched every morning and evening. Not just my feet but calves, hamstrings, glutes, back, and neck. It's all connected! I haven't had any pain since. Good luck!
 
Stretches, ice and sleeping in a special boot. The boot keeps your toes up and the tendon extended. That first step on the floor after sleeping with you toes dropped is what rips it.
 
Had horrible pain in my feet for about a year. Got some Clarks cloudsteppers and pain is gone. I switched back to some new balances for a week and pain came back, back to the Clarks and pain was gone. Do not know the science of why but I'm keeping the Clarks. I hope your foot gets better man. Foot pain is underrated in terms of discomfort. When they're not right it makes life very annoying
 
DrPhudd said:
Stretches, ice and sleeping in a special boot. The boot keeps your toes up and the tendon extended. That first step on the floor after sleeping with you toes dropped is what rips it.
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I used a boot for mine when nothing else was helping. Two weeks of overnight wear and the PF went away, never to return.
 
Brooks running shoes. I fractured a small bone in my right foot jumping from a tree a few months ago. Taking it easy on it caused PF. Brooks fixed it no problem.

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One shot in the heel, 2 shots in the sole.
 
My father had the surgery on his feet, both of them at separate times.
He is very picky about his shoes now and doc said it was all the years (and he still does) walking concrete warehouse floors. Not an office man, though he has one, he's out in the warehouse all the time and walking. Fast.
 
SPST said:
Freeze a water bottle and roll your foot on it. And stretch it by standing on step with your toes and dropping your heels down. There are lots of exercises you can find for it on the internet. I just got over a bout with it myself.
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This, plus get some good shoes with some good orthotics. Rolling a tennis ball under your foot while sitting also helps. But the frozen water bottle is probably better. I got fitted with a good set of new balance shoes with their recommended orthotic inserts at the shoe market in Greensboro. Helped me greatly.
 
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I battled this too. I spent the money on inserts. I wore them for a couple of years. I tried the damn boot to sleep in and that was a joke. I did do stretches to pull the toe as far back a I could. It finally went away. It's a bitch to deal with this. It's like walking around with a nail in your heel hit the bone.

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I had serious issues with this. Too much mileage, too much weight (rucks and guns, boats and ho's)
One thing that helped me was getting fitted for running shoes at a real running store. (Fleet Feet)
Turns out I have triangular shaped foot. I then started investing is good running shoes and great insoles.
I change the shoes every 6 months, and the insoles about every 3 months
 
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For those interested in minimalist footwear and needing boots. Innov-8 Roclite.

They let your feet move naturally but are waterproof. Lightest goretex boot on the market.

They are spendy but worth it. Run about a half size small in my experience.
 
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There’s some MD in Greensboro on TV all day and night, claiming he can cure it. Dr. Tom’s Foot & Ankle.
 
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"So what have you fine gents used to help treat?"

1. lost weight.
2. hydration.
3. Advil.
 
I cured it by stretching, losing weight, moving to Zero Rise (heel to toe) shoes, and going barefoot as often as possible. The stretching should not be limited to the foot, but must include the calf. The problem sometimes begins with tightness behind the knee. That pulls everything all the way down, until your foot complains.

Look into "mid-foot landing". Turns out that the big, wide heel on runner's shoes actually forces a heel first landing. If you do away with that, you can do a mid-foot landing, which is what you do when you are barefoot. That will feel a whole lot better, if you have plantar fasciitis.

If you stretch all day long, and wear mocassins with no sole, your feet will get stronger fast.

I just ordered the Merrel Vapor Glove... with rewards points, cost less than $30!
 
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MacEntyre said:
I cured it by stretching, losing weight, moving to Zero Rise (heel to toe) shoes, and going barefoot as often as possible. The stretching should not be limited to the foot, but must include the calf. The problem sometimes begins with tightness behind the knee. That pulls everything all the way down, until your foot complains.

Look into "mid-foot landing". Turns out that the big, wide heel on runner's shoes actually forces a heel first landing. If you do away with that, you can do a mid-foot landing, which is what you do when you are barefoot. That will feel a whole lot better, if you have plantar fasciitis.

If you stretch all day long, and wear mocassins with no sole, your feet will get stronger fast.

I just ordered the Merrel Vapor Glove... with rewards points, cost less than $30!
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Love my vapor gloves. And yes my plantar fasciitis is directly related to a knee injury from 30 years ago. Left knee and calf has always been tighter as a result and the left foot is where the PF happened.
 
Had horrible pain. Couldn’t walk a mile. Also shin splints bad. Couldn’t stand at a concert without cramps in calves. Used to turn my ankles often on rough terrain.

Got zero drop minimalist shoes with big toebox and now I can walk for miles and miles and stand for hours. Even on very rocky and difficult surfaces. Zero pain and my feet and legs are much stronger.

No juries or “medical professionals” were involved so I must be imagining the whole thing.
 
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Speaking of medical professionals, when I first found out I had it, it was the result of running one block on concrete in a city in 1995. Immediate pain, didn't go away. Doc said there is no treatment, gave me muscle relaxers, which made my whole body woozy. My chiropractor disagreed, and explained how it happens. Two weeks later, after regular manipulation, stretching, heat, cold, electrical stimulus and accupuncture, I felt like I was walking on air. Since then, I stretch constantly, and wear LEMS and Merrels.
 
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