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Beccah250
Beccah250

Hi,

I went to the Drs back in 2013 with foot pain and they straight away said I had PF so they referred me to physio where they tried all sorts of things from stretches to insoles to acupuncture. After a year of the pain still being there and no improvements I got referred for an ultra sound. At the ultra sound the dr noticed I had really thin muscle under my feet it should be 5mm thick on average and in my left my muscle was 2.5mm and my right was 2mm thick so he said there was things they could do help with my pain but first he wanted to get to find out why my muscle was so thin etc so he sent me for a ct scan and to see a foot specialist. But after going to my appointment I was told the ct scan found nothing and therefore the specialist wasn't going to see me anymore. I just feel really let down and my feet are still in so much pain everyday, but I just don't feel like I can go back to the Drs as they just don't take me seriously. I was wondering if anyone else had been down a similar root at all? I manage the pain by taping my feet, stretches and ice baths but it doesn't solve it. Sorry it's long winded too!

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  • JerryR
    JerryR Beccah250

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    Beccah, I am a retired physician and plantar fasciitis patient.  I got plantar fasciitis around February 2016.  After about four months, it completely resolved. 

    Here's what I think.  Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of the attachment of the plantar fascia to the heel bone, and/or some minimal tearing of the plantar fascia - just a few fibers - that results, naturally, in inflammation . . .   like a "pulled muscle."   Inflammation hurts until it heals and resolves.  So what's so difficult about curing P.F.?  Well we walk on it!!!  Let's say we take 5000 steps a day.  Imagine inflammation of your elbow, (i.e. tennis elbow).  Imagine taking your sore "tennis elbow" and wacking it against the wall, 5000 times a day.  Think it would heal quickly?  I don't either.

    So my cure for plantar fasciitis is cushion, cushion and cushion!!!  That's right - cushion the heel.  Here's what I did.  First, I wore the plantar fasciitis "relief bridge" gel-heel innersole in my shoes - that I got at Walgreen's for about $11.  Make sure your innersoles are soft and preferably made of gel.  (I plan to use mine indefinitely in my shoes.)  Then I wore a pair (usually) of nice thickish sox.  On my heel I wore fasciitis therapy wrap padded supports that I got on the internet for about $13.  (I don't wear them any more.)  So when I had my PF, under my heels I had 3 cushion layers.  I wore this about 24 hours a day - except when in the shower or swimming.  And after about 4 months, the PF was totally gone.  And I would suggest to you, have patience, not surgery.

    Beccah, that's what I think.  I hope this helps you and the many other sufferers of plantar fasciitis.  Good Luck to you, doknabox/JerryR

  • lesley37942
    lesley37942 Beccah250

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    Hi there yes i totally know how u feel this condition i find very debilitating.  i too have had physio one scan and accupuncture which has cost me a fortune privately! I feel my gp just thinks it because im over weight. Saturday i stood up most of the day and was unable to hardly weight bear in eve  Lesley
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