Plantar Fasciitis

[Slick]

How's the foot feeling now?

I've now had 2 lots and feet are still sore, but it feels like she has chased the pain from aching all over to concentrating on the point of the heel. I get my 3rd session on Friday morning so I'm hopeful as I feel there is an improvement every session. Only time will tell if it will last though and after explaining all this to NHS podiatry, they have promised that they would look to injections if this didn't finally cure it for me instead of wasting even more time going through their usual processes.

 

[vickster]

Has she given you pointers on how to avoid coming back / in future?

 

[Slick]

Has she given you pointers on how to avoid coming back / in future?

Yeah, the usual stretches which are actually working now whereas before nothing helped. I did a session of stretches and rolling and my feet actually felt normal for a short time. It was a revelation.

She did ask me to pick things up with my feet but to be honest, I've yet to try that.

 

[Drago]

Mine no better. Stretches, ice, rolly things. Back at the docs Monday, and last time we spoke he was talking about immobilising it with a moon boot thing and giving me crutches so I can keep the weight off it entirely.

 

[Slick]

Mine no better. Stretches, ice, rolly things. Back at the docs Monday, and last time we spoke he was talking about immobilising it with a moon boot thing and giving me crutches so I can keep the weight off it entirely.

Obviously they know best, but mines was solid and described as basically dead tissue. The shockwave is basically just getting blood flow back which feels to then allows the rolly things to do their job.

 

[Drago]

Mine is perhaps comp.icqted by having knackered my achilles as well? I'm not a body mendy type expert.

 

[Slick]

So, I received my 6th and final session today and my feet feel amazing when getting the treatment. It really is like getting a really deep tissue massage and I love it. Now sitting at night, my feet feel sore again but I'm reasonably confident they are just tender from all the pummelling they have taken over the past few weeks. The soles of my feet felt solid to the touch, but now they are nice and soft, so I'm confident in the next week or two I will get the real benefit of this treatment. The final bit of advice I received from the physio today was to treat myself to a pair of Hoka trainers. She recommended a shop that I checked out, and the very first pair was like strapping pillows to my feet, but they were slightly too big. I did try a couple of other options but all felt second best, so I've ordered a couple of pair from their own website tonight, so I look forward to getting those.

Not quite the end of the story yet, but hopefully its just a matter of time for the swelling and pain to fade. Can't wait

 

[FrankCrank]

An update on this.
For the past year or so, I've been wearing flip-flops here(Thailand) rather than walking bare-footed on hard tiled floors.
Also, have just returned from 3 months in the UK, and was using those shoe inserts for the condition for walking over there, they support your arches more than the shoes would themselves.
The condition has improved to an extent it's hardly noticeable now, and I'm guessing that one or both of the above contributed to this.
Just thought I'd share this with fellow sufferers, may give some hope of eventual relief to an otherwise painful foot or feet.

 

[markemark]

Yep. I wear Birkenstocks at home at all times and it pretty much cured it.

 

[Tenkaykev]

An update on this.
For the past year or so, I've been wearing flip-flops here(Thailand) rather than walking bare-footed on hard tiled floors.
Also, have just returned from 3 months in the UK, and was using those shoe inserts for the condition for walking over there, they support your arches more than the shoes would themselves.
The condition has improved to an extent it's hardly noticeable now, and I'm guessing that one or both of the above contributed to this.
Just thought I'd share this with fellow sufferers, may give some hope of eventual relief to an otherwise painful foot or feet.

That's really useful feedback. I have had it on a couple of occasions and now can recognise the possible onset, one particular newish pair of shoes brought on the warning ache after a few runs.

 

[Drago]

It took over a year for mine to pass, and I still get the odd twinge.

 

[ianrauk]

was using those shoe inserts for the condition for walking over there, they support your arches more than the shoes would themselves.

I use these and they actually do work. Over the last few months of last year I was in such agony. Got some inserts from Pavers and they are a revelation. Pain free. I now use them in all my shoes.

 

[PhotoNic69]

I've had Plantar Fasciitis since April 2021. I now have Peripheral Neuropathy in my feet on top of that!
Tried:

• Physio
• Stretching
• Exercise with heel raises with rolled up towel under toes
• Rheumatology did scans and Xrays
• Had Ultrasound guided steroid injections.
• Have specialist insoles from Podiatrist

None of the above worked. Still just as bad. Stopped during chemo but I guess I wasn't walking as much. Now have the Neuropathy on top which is a nightmare. On steroids , pregabalin and tramadol. None make it barely bearable. I can cycle now though which is a plus.

 

[slowmotion]

I had a bad dose of it in early 2024. First steps after a night's sleep were absolute agony. After a few months I got some shoes with good arch support and a wide toe box. It gradually subsided.

 

[vickster]

Shockwave therapy worked for me (which I probably said at the start of the thread too). Don't think the NHS offers it but plenty pf private physio/osteopath practices do (at least around here).

Rolling a golf / small spiky ball with the foot can help too, as can rolling a small bottle of frozen water like an icy hard foam roller.

Custom orthotics for flat/high arched feet