Plantar Fasciitis

[Hooray4Disney]

Hi,
I am seeing a private consultant on Monday as my feet ache so much at the moment. A year ago, I had a phone consultation…. with my GP who prescribed some anti-inflammatory drugs but did not seem to work.
I was wondering if anyone else has this condition and how/if it has been managed.
It seems to have flared up at the moment and my legs also ache when I go to bed. I am really looking forward to seeing a Doctor face-to-face on Monday.

[storm]

Fill a plastic bottle with water(3/4 full). Freeze & then roll it from heel to toe with as much foot pressure as you are comfortable with do this for 5 mins every couple of hours.
Get fitted for shoe insoles.

[mexico07]

Originally Posted by Hooray4Disney

Hi,
I am seeing a private consultant on Monday as my feet ache so much at the moment. A year ago, I had a phone consultation…. with my GP who prescribed some anti-inflammatory drugs but did not seem to work.
I was wondering if anyone else has this condition and how/if it has been managed.
It seems to have flared up at the moment and my legs also ache when I go to bed. I am really looking forward to seeing a Doctor face-to-face on Monday.

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Hi I have been bothered with it for almost a year now , it really is painful and just like you painful legs too , my problem is also that I am overweight, I had done really well before lockdowns started but piled a bit back on and it’s definitely not helped and I think I’m walking badly trying to compensate for the foot pain and now getting bad back and hip pain , I’m not keen on going to doctors for anything so have tried things like insoles , foot rollers , night brace and foot massager , they help a little but I don’t know about you but when I’m off my feet and get up again it’s definitely worse , good luck with your appointment and I would be really interested in how you get on xxx

[Morty]

Hi, yes I had this a few years ago. There were a few things which seemed to help. Compression socks worn at night designed specifically for the condition, a fairly cheap foot massager with heat function and never walking around in bare feet even in the house. Hopefully the doctor will be able to recommend something specific for you.

[Scotsmomma2]

This massager was amazing when my husband had it,in a couple of days of using it,he was painfree.I suffered with it years ago too,very painful condition.
Highly recommend this homedics machine.

[123]

Other half had this (they are a physio so know what they are doing), they disregarded all drugs and instead looked at footwear.

They bought shoes from a company called Vivo barefoot, very expensive, but 6 weeks on they get little if any pain where as previously they couldn't do anything without feet aching

[daytonababe]

My daughter suffers with this in both feet .

She’s now had the maximum amount of steroid injections the drs are prepared to do . Nothing else seems to work either , we’ve tried different footwear , inner soles , exercises etc

She will at some point have to have surgery .

[holidayforever]

When I had Plantar Fasciitis it took nearly 2 years to go , I did all sort of different foot exercises but the only thing that helped was wearing FITFLOPS , I even put a pair on when I swing my legs out of bed , I have them in sandals , shoes and boots won’t wear anything else.

[Moleymole]

Fitflops are my saviour. I did some damage years back walking around WDW in sandals that were too flat, the pain was awful and ruined the holiday. My feet are still not right now and I have to be very careful what I wear. I even have fitflop white trainers and fits flop boots for winter!

[chrisxal]

My GP told me I had plantar fasciitis but was later diagnosed as Lederhose disease, I have a number of extremely painful lumps under the arch of both feet, their is no cure, I have had enzyme injection in one foot but it made it worse not better, I also swear by fitflops which arn't the most glamorous shoes and my high heels days are well and truely over. This condition has completely changed my life and it sucks!