Anyone had surgery for plantar fasciitis

I have been fighting with it for almost a year now. Some days not as bad and some debilitating. It seems that right when it is about to get better it comes roaring back. Interested to see surgical options also. my biggest concern right now is walking different seems to be affecting my knee joint and I can feel it. I am worried I will destroy my knees and need surgery for that.

1) Jump rope...start doing 3-4 sets of 50...this strengthens all the connective tendons and tissues

2) Wear Cowboy Boots as often as you can...this holds everything in place to take pressure off the inflamed area.

This fixed mine twice. Once in 40's and second time in early 50s. Will be better before you realize it is better

Rolling a tennis ball, frozen water bottle, stretches...none of that worked for me at all. never did shots or anything of that nature.

Treatments that work are the opposite of what your Dr is going to recommend. You have weak muscles in your feet. You need to strengthen your feet.

I had it for a while and when I would sit it would be worse. I looked it up and saw sports trainer recommending working out shoeless and different exercises.

I started deadlifting without shoes. Calf raises where I focused on exercising my feet more. When sitting, stretch your feet and try to do some simple exercises. Volume instead of heavy weight.

Inserts and cushions are for a symptom they are not a fix. If you have heavily cushioned shoes, stop wearing them. We were not born with shoes. Many athletic trainers focus more on the feet, and it helps with everything else.

Look up "Knees Over Toes Guy" and do some of his exercises or Kelley Starrett -"Supple Leopard". Walk as much as you can barefooted or with zero drop shoes. It won't take long, and you will eliminate the issue. The time for that is probably less than the recovery from the surgery. I would really need to see results and talk to actual people who had the surgery to believe it even works,

There have been several threads about this on this board search it and you will find some relief. However, surgery would be the last thing I would even consider.

I just had surgery for plantar fascitis and nerve pain. They ended up finding I had a partially torn ligament and tendon as well. Honestly the pain has not been bad at all and I'm not having the nerve pain anymore either. If you've done all conservative treatment and it continues to come back with a vengeance I would say to do the surgery.

Everything this guy said is correct. You can’t have plantar fasciitis and jump rope and wear barefoot shoes. It may take a while, but go get you some Xero’s or Vivo’s and start wearing them daily.

It all depends on how thick that fascia has become. Normal plantar fascia is about 4mm thick. If it's thickened considerably then I would get the surgery. My friend had the surgery and he was very happy with it. Though his plantar fascia was 13mm thick. There really is no getting better through conservative means at that point.

But what others said is true. Plantar Fasciitis usually comes from your Gastroc/Soleus complex being extremely tight. Conservatively, you need to stretch both of those muscles out, multiple times per day, as well as strengthening your Tibialis Anterior and Peroneals.

I hope this helps with your decision.

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I'll see 10+ patients a day for PF, but the VAST majority never need surgery.

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What do most of your treatments consist of? Any tips for someone suffering with it?

I have suffered with PF for approx 20 years now. It sucks. Most of the time stretching takes care of it all. But if you need immediate relief, and are able to get into a physical therapist or another medical professional...dry needling gave me instant relief.