re: geauxt's podiatry corner - plantar fasciitis (long, sorry)

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Who would you recommend I see for proper inserts? I know I have high arches so I use inserts from new balance.

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Well, if you haven't I recommend seeing a podiatrist for a good evaluation of your feet. I have very high arches myself, and I use the spencos I post previously in all of my shoes. I have been very happy with them. As someone posted previously, custom made inserts are best as they are designed specifically for your foot. However, they are expensive (we charge $350) and take several weeks to have made.

Depending on where you live, I may be able to recommend a doctor to see if you're looking for an evaluation.

Do you order MRIs on your PF patients?

I'm not in the BR area. However, in BR I would recommend the Halls. They are a father and son and both work at Bone & Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge.

Also heel spurs formed by the PF.

I have been trying to get our 2 local DPMs to order more even when they know what the diagnosis is.

Thoughtful thread.

I had a rough stretch at work for a few years. On my feet running around all the time in a suit w/ dress shoes. Sometimes at the office for 20+ hours or overnight into the next day. Plantar fasciitis set in as I wasn't getting adequate rest/sleep/time off my feet to recover.

I did a little research and went to a shoe store where I tried on a pair of those kind of goofy looking MBT shoes with the curved sole. I could tell the moment I put them on that they would help. I only wear them in the office where I don't particularly care that they look weird. But they helped immensely.

A few years later, I'm not 100% healed, but I only rarely get a flare up of pain in my heel if I have a couple or more straight days of long hours on my feet at work.

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ETA- pics of wife

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If he doesn't supply them I will...

Geaux1, I suffered with this in both feet for over a year. I went to a chiropractor that knows how to use the Graston Technique and I felt significant relief in a few visits. I would say I’m 95% cured now and when I start to feel it again I do some stretching exercises. I have referred several friends that were considering surgery with the same results.

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1. Running shoes.
2. Arch support.
3. Stretching.
4. Ice.
5. Anti-inflammatory.

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Broke my ankle in med school. Never regained full ROM. On my feet a lot, so I struggled with plantar fasciitis in that foot for years. Tried running shoes, arch support, orthotics, stretching, massage, ice bottle rolling, etc. No avail. Finally threw on some croc's --- no more pain after a week. No idea as to why croc's worked. Virtually no arch support. Several years and 3-4 sets of croc's later, no return of pain. It's an amazing difference.

The son Hall has pretty bad bedside manner.