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Is this plantar fasciitis?

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tina23815
tina23815

Hello all, I have been suffering with pain in my feet on and off for the last  two years. My doctor diagnosed pf but I'm not so sure. Everything I've read about pf is pain in the heel, mine is more around the whole foot top and bottom and I get sharp stabbing pains in random places even at rest, my pain is in both feet at the same time and one is not worse than the other.the pain lasts all day and is particularly bad if I've been sitting for a while and stairs are very difficult.ive taken anti inflammatory tablets which took the swelling down but pain is still there, can anyone help and do you get it in both feet equally?

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  • tina23815
    tina23815

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    Hello everyone, Just an update, I saw doc this morning, he is convinced it is nerve pain, tomorrow I am having blood tests and some tests to check blood flow in my legs. He is also booking me for an MRI scan on my back. He prescribed Gabapentin 3 times a day. At last hopefully will find out what's causing this.

    • john30536
      john30536 tina23815

      Posted

      It sounds like you are on the right track. 

      Other things you can try are magnesium ( very important ), arginine, carnitine and OTC GABA ( instead of Gabapentin) and a good probiotic.

      I suggest taking all or most of these initially and see if you experience any improvement and then eliminating one or two and waiting a while to see if anything changes. If no change, you can live without it but if you revert, add it back and try eliminating something else.

      I would caution all the people commenting on this site to realize that there are no absolutes. Everyone is different, like snoflakes and fingerprints, we have different body chemistry and anatomy. There is no BEST or worst treatment and no BEST or worst medicine for everyone. It there was, there would not be so many alternatives. The information on this site is very helpful and each person's experience is important but understand that it is anecdotal. You should share your experience but understand it is your experience. It will likely help someone but not likely everyone.

    • tina23815
      tina23815 john30536

      Posted

      Thankyou so much for your advice, I trawled the internet looking for symptoms until finally joining this forum,  you have been very helpful.
  • david12541
    david12541 tina23815

    Posted

    I am no medic but having had PF on and off for many years looked up things about the foot. It seems to be the most complicated mechanical structure in the body with 26 bones (a quarter of all bones in the body), 33 joints and more than a 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. It can also take over 50 tons of pressure a day in walking and stair climbing - little wonder that things can go wrong with it!!

    As I have said in previous posts, factors affecting the foot can be quite different from person to person and there are no magic bullets or universal treatments. I sometimes suffer from similar symptoms to yours in that my foot feels as though it has been run over by a car or bashed with a hammer, with associated tingling and needle shot pains. However luckily for me, this can often simply just go away.

    If you are in the UK there was on BBC i player a programme with dissection of the foot and explanation of how it works - not advised to watch for the squeamish of before dinner.

    Hope you manage to find some solutions and relief and are able to enjoy Christmas.

    • tina23815
      tina23815 david12541

      Posted

      Thankyou, that's very helpful, I will definitely look up the programme

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