I Cured My PF By Doing -----

[ponytail]

Please fill in the blank for me!!!

Mine will not go away!

Orthotics
Eccentric strengthening
Stretching
Low impact
Particular exercises
Birkenstocks
Earthshoes
Weight loss

What worked for you????

Thanks!!!

[yogapam]

Orthotics, stretching, ice, & low impact worked for me. I love my Birkenstocks, and do wear them, but when my PF flares up, as it does occasionally, I have to wear my othotics daily for a while. I have sandals that my othotics fit into quite nicely. I wore the othotics religiously when I had a bad case of PF and a heel spur a few years ago. I don't wear them all the time now, but definitely put them in my shoes when doing cardio and if I will be walking a lot.

[cam522]

Stretching with a resistance band using Cathe's Stretch Max w/the Band, it helps stretch my calves which tend to be tight. Also, I rolled a golf ball under my foot while standing, I could feel where it was hurting and I just rolled harder. I tried using insoles from the store that was supposed to be for Plantar Faciitis but it didn't do anything for me.

I wear shoes all the time from morning until night and I don't know if that is good thing or a bad thing. Do you guys wear shoes all the time as well?

...Cheryl

[Pam]

Working out barefoot. I don't do any high impact, except on my rebounder, but strength training with heavy (at least heavy for me in Cathe's STS series) weights, any stretching/yoga, rebounding and cardio are done barefoot for the past 3 years. Ended my problems with PF, which I had had the previous 10 years, trying everything else possible.

Life has inferred a few times and I stopped exercising and the PF came back. My theory is that exercising barefoot has strengthen and made my feet more flexible. I got the idea from readings done about native people running barefoot and not having the feet problems we have.

[kristi]

I had PF in both feet. What worked for me was getting cortisone shots in each heel (Ouch!) and constant calf stretching. I still consistently stretch my calves because I have heel spurs that will flare my PF. Also, I have to always wear shoes. My PF flared because of my high impact, non-shoe wearing taekwondo classes.

[desie]

I think you can only go barefoot after the problem is nearly resolved, for prevention exercise, and then just a few minutes at a time, gradually going longer, to slowly build up your foot strength and flexibility.

[ponytail]

Originally Posted by kristi

I had PF in both feet. What worked for me was getting cortisone shots in each heel (Ouch!) and constant calf stretching. I still consistently stretch my calves because I have heel spurs that will flare my PF. Also, I have to always wear shoes. My PF flared because of my high impact, non-shoe wearing taekwondo classes.

Mine is in both feet, too.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I had a cortisone shot once and suffered tissue loss (it's never been the same). But I do know it works for some people!

Keep 'em coming!!

[hdw]

Stretching. I do down dog.

[Shelbygirl]

1. Low Impact
2. Stretching (especially calf stretches)
3. Shoe inserts (not expensive orthotics, just hard shoe inserts with good arch support)
4. Not going barefoot
5. Ice

[JackieB]

Seeing a massage therapist.
Stretching.
Classical Stretch foot exercises.

Jackie