excruciatingly sore feet

[Middle Aged C]

Plantar Fasciitis

anyone ever had this?

[Dee Dee Warren]

:yummy:

[Bill the Cat]

:yes: Hurts like the dickens. Soak your feet in hot water with table salt in it.

[themuzicman]

Plantar Fasciitis

anyone ever had this?

A couple of my kids have had it.. it's a tendon in the bottom of your foot that is... too short? Strained? I forget...

Anyway, it takes a while to heal, depending on the severity, but the doctor shoiuld be ble to tell you how to wrap your foot so it doesn't hurt when you walk around on it.

Just don't do anything crazy.

Michael

[Middle Aged C]

thanks guys. it's excruciatingly painful. especially when I first stand up and take a couple steps after sitting or laying down.

I'm already dreading having to get up to hobble to the car to go home. and pushing the accelerator pedal............. :bawl:

[Middle Aged C]

in trying to think when it started...........

it started when warm weather arrived and I quit wearing heels everyday and starting wearing flat shoes or sandals.........

me thinks me haven't been stretching the calf muscles very well. i have that "high heel itis" that some working women get.

[Bill the Cat]

http://www.heel-that-pain.com/plantar_fasciitis/plantar_fasciitis/plantar_fasciitis.php

[Middle Aged C]

thank you bill, that's very helpful.

[Middle Aged C]

so.......... do i go out and buy some ugly granny shoes and put inserts in them?

[Bill the Cat]

so.......... do i go out and buy some ugly granny shoes and put inserts in them?
Dr. Schoals makes some nice ones for any shoe you have, even tennis shoes. Check with your doctor though.

[Middle Aged C]

i have visions -- horrible visions -- of me in a nice outfit and black nun/nurse/granny shoes..........

we women are somewhat vain about our shoes.

[Middle Aged C]

almost to the point of being forever crippled!

































































almost. :wink:

[Raptor]

You might try some arch supports. (That way you don't have to buy the granny shoes.) It worked pretty well for me.

[mossrose]

BC, yes, I have had it, and I feel your pain!

However, mine are mostly cured now. I got myself a couple of pairs of Air Nike walkers, one pair black for outside and one pair white for inside the house.

The doc told me that I likely developed it by wearing only socks or going around barefoot most of my life (in the house, not outside, people, don't start with me! :glare:).

I also have very high arches, which doesn't help the problem any. The pain first thing in the morning, especially was almost unbearable. I have been wearing the shoes now, every day, for the last couple of years, and I don't have any pain any more.

It is so much more better that I can now wear nice shoes once in a while, like to church or when I am dressed up for something.

I also, with the shoes, got a really good pair of insoles for each pair of shoes. They have a really, really good arch support and help, at least with my high arch issue. I got them at the same store that I got the shoes.

Most of the athletic shoe stores here in Canucksville will usually have good sales on, like buy a pair of shoes and get a second pair half price. That's how I got mine, and also the insoles, which were about $25 a pair.

Worth it to get rid of the pain. And according to my doc, if the shoes didn't work, the next step was orthotics, which I really didn't want to do. So am very thankful the shoes did the job!

:hug:

:pray:

:thumb:

[Middle Aged C]

update:

I went to CVS and got some Dr. Scholls orthotics inserts for this specific problem. So far......... pretty nice. I feel like I have balls crammed in my arches, but it's pretty much taking the pain off my heels........

hopefully, this will work. I'll be wearing the tennis shoes with the inserts to work with EVERYTHING! Won't I be a lovely fashion statement! :lol:

[Bill the Cat]

update:

I went to CVS and got some Dr. Scholls orthotics inserts for this specific problem. So far......... pretty nice. I feel like I have balls crammed in my arches, but it's pretty much taking the pain off my heels........

hopefully, this will work. I'll be wearing the tennis shoes with the inserts to work with EVERYTHING! Won't I be a lovely fashion statement! :lol:
Glad to have been of service

[semmie'ssister]

update:

I went to CVS and got some Dr. Scholls orthotics inserts for this specific problem. So far......... pretty nice. I feel like I have balls crammed in my arches, but it's pretty much taking the pain off my heels........

hopefully, this will work. I'll be wearing the tennis shoes with the inserts to work with EVERYTHING! Won't I be a lovely fashion statement! :lol:

you seem to have already gotten some good advise here, but I had some pretty screwed up feet that required surgically rebreaking of bones in my feet, pins, stitches, and such. Adn then there were the agonizing months of physical therapy and foot massagaes to regain movement and flexibility in my feet. After my surgeries I had developed that plantar fasciitis as well as arthritis in both my feet.

All went well with surgery, but teh recovery is still an ongoing process, and now they say my arches are falling!

I had one doctor recommend asics shoes, becasue they have good cushion both in the heel and in teh forefoot area.

so I went to a sporting goods shoe department and demanded someone that knew about feet types and shoes styles....as opposed to the typical sales clerk that jsut brings you the shoe size you want. And then we tried on all brands of athletic shoes untill we found a pair that fit and felt good. they were asics! I've used nothing but asics ever since.

I know someone already recommended arch supports, and I second that. But I also recommend that you take the time and the extra money, to invest in a good pair of athletic shoes that provide the added support your feet need. (I'm really bad with this one, becasue I love to be barefoot) but my doctor also told me to avoid walking barefoot becasue your feet will not have the support they need when you are barefoot, casuing hte increased stress and pain on your feet.

Find out about massage therapy for your feet; if it's covered under your medical plan, if it's available to you in your area,....it worked wonders for me!

good shoes = happy feet :thumb: