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re: Can You Naturally Heal Plantar Fasciitis
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:25 am to Scientific73
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:25 am to Scientific73
yes, i have it bad. I wear a "boot" which looks similar to a walking cast at night when i sleep. Made it go away and anytime it flares up, I just wear my boot at night again. Bought it on Amazon. It just keeps your foot in the proper position and helps the tendons release tension ?
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Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:29 am to cattus
I kept a towel or belt within reach of the bed and for months I would stretch my foot and calves before putting a foot in the floor. I would loop one of them over the ball off my foot and pull, forcing the ankle, calf, and thigh to stretch.
Then after I got up I would painfully stretch both legs for a few minutes. It was a painful inconvenience, but it worked after several months. Got to remind yourself to stretch good a few times throughout the day
Then after I got up I would painfully stretch both legs for a few minutes. It was a painful inconvenience, but it worked after several months. Got to remind yourself to stretch good a few times throughout the day
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:35 am to Scientific73
I 2nd the shoe inserts. I also have a coworker that has a small homemade wooden ramp that he keeps angled against the wall in his office. He stops and stretches his calves and foot as he walks by it. Hell, half the office goes and uses it throughout the day too. It helps keep desk jockeys from getting foot problems.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:35 am to Scientific73
I am a PT and see this a lot. Use a night splint if need be. Also, stretch the hell out of your calf and your feet. Do a calf stretch but pull your toes back as well. Roll your foot on a frozen water bottle or baseball. Definitely stretch before getting out of bed in the morning and before you stand up after sitting for a while. Orthotics are an option as well but may not bed necessary if you do these other things religiously. Good luck. PF sucks.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:48 am to Scientific73
I have really high arches and dealt with this for a while. I've done all the things listed so far but what helped the most was to go barefoot as much as possible to strengthen my feet. When I must wear shoes, I wear barefoot, zero drop, wide toe box shoes.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:50 am to Scientific73
Shoe inserts in every shoe you wear, whole leg and foot stretching, foot rollers, ice baths.
I had it horribly for a year or more and did this stuff religiously and it was gone in a month.
I had it horribly for a year or more and did this stuff religiously and it was gone in a month.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:53 am to Obtuse1
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My wife took a couple of years off and it popped back for her too disappeared when she got serious again.
It was funny because I had gotten sick of riding in the miserable Houston weather and was just going to the gym and not doing enough other cardio or stretching. Went to my Dr. about it and he told me to quit being a bitch and get back on the bike. 2 weeks later it was gone.
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I would point out I think it has a lot to do with wearing cycling shoes and cleats because it move the pressure to the balls of your feet. A casual cyclist who tends to place their arch over the axle pedal might actually exacerbate it.
Very good point.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:53 am to Scientific73
I had to have several rounds of steroid shots in my feet. The third round was the worst as rather than going perpendicular up into my arch, they ran the needle sideways (slowly) across the arch. I've had three kids, the shots were the most painful thing I've ever experienced. However, fasciitis finally conquered and hasn't been back since. I lived with it for so long and it had gotten so bad I couldn't walk in the morning or after long periods of sitting without gimping.
I would do it again.
I would do it again.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:54 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
And stretch calves and hamstring. Frozen water bottle for sure and never go barefoot.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:57 am to Kafka
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Plantars ain't peanuts
And peanuts aren't nuts.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 11:16 am to PennsTiger
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And stretch calves and hamstring. Frozen water bottle for sure and never go barefoot.
Don't know why this got downvoted. Frozen water bottle rolling feels so good and a doctor told me to stop walking barefoot. I bought slides with good arch support and just wore those around the house.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 11:17 am to RocketTiger
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I have really high arches and dealt with this for a while. I've done all the things listed so far but what helped the most was to go barefoot as much as possible to strengthen my feet. When I must wear shoes, I wear barefoot, zero drop, wide toe box shoes.
I have high arches and my doctor said don't go barefoot as you're trying to heal. Maybe after you're better it works to strengthen, but you have to rest the arches while you heal.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 11:32 am to LSUfan4444
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he said stop going barefoot, get shoes with good arch support
This is exactly what will cause it to never go away because you're not addressing the cause and healing it, you're just masking the pain and symptoms
Finally some sanity in this thread. I cringe every time I see one of those GoodFeet commercials. Modern footwear is causing this problem. Go barefoot as much as possible. Get some zero drop shoes. Exercise your feet.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 1:54 pm to Scientific73
I had it years ago and it was torture waking up in the mornings and trying to get up right away. I did the foot rolling things. The boot to sleep in etc. I finally bought a pair of Asics gel - Kayano shoes. I actually changed into them at the mall when I bought them and spent rest of day in them from about 3-8 or so. Woke up the next morning and the pain was significantly better. Wore them the rest of the week and had zero pain in mornings. It would still come back after a day of dress shoes or flip flops. But just started wearing them all the time. I am on my feet a lot at work and just got a solid black pair to wear. Its been a few years now and I can go barefoot, wear flip flops. Anything I want with no issues. A friend at work had it as well and he tried the the same shoes and he said it fixed his as well. They were about $150 new a few years ago but I haven't bought them in 2-3 years now. I know you could get the previous years "model" from Amazon for around 100 or less. I think they made a new model each year around November
Posted on 7/23/24 at 4:49 am to LSUfan4444
quote:but it’s been several years and the pain HAS gone away for both of us.
This is exactly what will cause it to never go away because you're not addressing the cause and healing it, you're just masking the pain and symptoms
Posted on 7/23/24 at 5:05 am to Scientific73
You need to go see Tor Ekman.
Posted on 7/23/24 at 5:27 am to Scientific73
Pretty sure I tore mine trying to sprint at an alumni softball tournament years back. It turned completely purple under my foot and I could hardly walk for a few weeks. It bothered me for a ling time afterwards too. I had no medical intervention and it feels fine today.
Posted on 7/23/24 at 5:36 am to dillpickleLSU
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Get custom shoe inserts and use them all the time
Posted on 7/23/24 at 6:13 am to Aubie Spr96
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Finally some sanity in this thread. I cringe every time I see one of those GoodFeet commercials. Modern footwear is causing this problem. Go barefoot as much as possible. Get some zero drop shoes. Exercise your feet
About 8 years ago my feet started hurting. Would be painful when I stepped out of bed first thing in the morning. I started walking and then light jogging…never bothered me since.
ETA: a lot of posts about never walk barefoot. What do you think our feet were designed to do? Walk barefoot or on a 1in thick pad of memory foam?
This post was edited on 7/23/24 at 6:19 am
Posted on 7/23/24 at 6:31 am to Scientific73
Had a major case of it. Tried every thing possible. The only thing that worked and finally got it fixed was wearing that boot at night.
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