06-29-12, 04:48 PM | |
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I developed this in December while on vacation at my parents home. In our culture, you do not wear shoes in the house, and we especially respect this in my parents' home. For some reason (maybe going from carpet to tile, etc.) pain developed in my left heel and got so bad that I had to wear my slippers in my parents home!
Oddly, it didn't hurt when I ran. Today the pain still continues. Some days are OK, others are pretty painful. It's worse when I first get out of bed. Some days it doesn't hurt too bad when I take the dogs for their runs, other days it's very painful. Doing heavy strength work aggravates it, too. I got fitted with one of those Dr. Scholl's machine at Walmart, and the insoles that it said that I needed does help quite a bit. I'm not overweight and I have very flat feet.
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06-29-12, 05:36 PM | ||
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06-30-12, 02:27 PM | |
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Taping
You can use a tape for your plantar fasciitis.
I have plantar fasciitis for about a year. The custom made orthotics my doc gave me did only more pain. I investigated the possible treatments and found that different things help different people. Whenever I have to spend a lot of time on my feet I tape my them. There are a few taping techniques for plantar fasciitis in this link. Try it - it did great for me. Good Luck |
06-30-12, 03:03 PM | |
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I had a nasty case of PF with a heel spur a few years ago. I taped my feet or used an arch support like this to do yoga in bare feet: http://shopping.canoe.ca/shop/produc..._28027124.html I don't need it any more and do a lot of exercising in bare feet.
I stretched, iced my feet, took anti inflammatory meds for a while, stayed away from high impact and it didn't improve. I got custom orthotics and they helped immensely. Ezrida, I am sorry to hear you had such a bad experience with yours. I also got a steroid injection into my heel. Very painful! Don't think I would ever do that again. Although after I got it, wore the orthotics faithfully, and stayed away from high impact exercise for a few more months the PF went away and has never come back. I don't wear my orthotics a lot any more, but I have Spenco supportive insoles in all of my walking/running/exercise shoes. I also wear my Birks a lot in the house, especially on my ceramic tile in the kitchen. I think sometimes you have try different things to find the treatment that works for you. BTW, I am middle aged but I wear supportive shoes, don't have high arches, and am not overweight.
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06-30-12, 03:44 PM | |
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My poor dad had PF on both feet and it lasted for over two years. He got the steroid shots as many times as he was allowed per year for both feet. Finally, the pain went away.
After suffering from it now, I can not imagine how my father got through this with it in both of his feet.
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