Plantar Fasciitis

Hi, i m also having trouble with the plantar one side strong and one side was also bad bit better. I m nine months now with this bloody thing. But i m so much better just recently. I m 36 played soccer and got this injury. blaming my shoes. ok shoe change still no good. insert no good gel inserts cup hill all that no good. phisio also had injection no good. now i started walking in soft sand and after i felt so much better. I realized mi arch are bit high and that caused a strain on that mussel. i started using tap and i tell u i tried all sort of ways. but the best way for me was to have just one 10 cm strip from the arch to the hill aclic. so diagonal across to the arch of the foot. mate it was day and night . my pain decreased rapidly. i used ice voltaren tables golf ball excersise massages u name it and na no good. that tape i leave on for 3 days unless it hurts. Now apply when foot is in rest position so no tenision just straight facing. Also believe it or not 2 pairs of socks. wearing one pair of cousening arch support socks and a normal pair on top. also realized to keed shoelazes bit more tied. i been running barefoot with that tape 2 a week barefoot for a half hour hour but in soft sand. tomorrow i m heading back ontu the soocer football pitch. i also just bought this magic thing i had for my tennis elbow which went forever and i tried all sorts there aswell is penetrex. it helps with plantar f. aswell i mparently. i have been using it for two days. and my foot still fells the same but i m heading a good direction. magnesium, kill oil, green tea ectrct, ginko bilbub are also i m taking now it helps for healing . sorry for my english but i tried.

2 pair of socks sand walk barefoot

I have had this plantar fasciitis in my right foot for about 4 months. Finally could not take it any longer so I went to the Dr a week ago. Yep, that is what you have...plantar fasciitis

Dr gave me a cortisone shot...painful experience. , but thought it would be worth it.

My foot now is painful every minute. Shot made it worse...so far...how long will that last? Do not know.

I had this extremely painful condition several years ago. I tried all the recommended exercises to no avail. I paid privately to see a sports physiotherapist who tried massage, taping and acupuncture but the agony of the acupuncture only seemed to make the plantar fasciitis even worse. I was desperate as nothing seemed to alleviate the pain. All my doctor could offer was that it would go eventually. He refused to give me a steroid injection and said he would not let anyone give him one. However, I did lots of research on the internet and found a site that sold something called aircast airheels. They are made of lightweight neoprene. They have an air sac that fits under the foot and cushions the area where the fascia is attached to the heel bone. There is another air sac that fits around the achilles tendon above the heel. There is a tube connecting the two air sacs and there is movement of air from one sac to the other as you walk. I paid £50 each for them - including P&P. When they arrived I was tempted to send them back. I did not seem to have got much for the money. However, I decided to try them. Absolute bliss! I could not believe that I was immediately pain free in those first few steps after putting the devices on. I wore them for over a year and enjoyed pain free walking whilst doing so until I became confident enough to leave them off. I do wear either trainers in the house or proper walking shoes outside as they provide good support for the feet. I also have a night splint that I still use from time to time as I can suffer from tight calf muscles. So long as I use it whenever I get the slightest hint of trouble it keeps the worst away. One thing I have found is that it pays to walk daily. Now that I am free from pain I aim for between 7,000 and 10,000 steps over the course of a day. I wear a pedometer that is designed to hang in a trouser pocket to monitor the number of steps I take. I have a mountain bike that I use on holiday and to ride along canal tow paths and forest trails at home. I have found that this can cause my calf muscles to tighten if I do too much cycling and not enough walking. Alternating the activities on alternate days seems to work for me. If I am away from home for more than a couple of nights I make sure I take my splint and aircast airheels with me - just in case. Knowing I have them with me gives me the confidence to engage in activity. Having suffered the pain of the full blown condition I am anxious not to give it any excuse to return. I hope my experience helps others find ways of managing this incredibly painful condition.

I am so glad I have found this forum unfortunately I won’t have much advice to give as I am also looking for a possible cure or for the pain to be less than it is now. But thanks for sharing your story and hope that you get better.

I have been suffering from PF for 8 years now, and the pain is getting worse especially in the morning where I have to be on all four as I cannot bare to put my feet down. It started on my right foot and now just recently my left. I have tried all sort of insole with no luck have musculoskeletal appointment scheduled in 3months and wondered if they would be any help so any advice will be welcome I am at wit end and really do not know what to do, i thought that the steroid injection would be the solution to all my pbs but the more I read about it the more I think that would be my very last resort.

To make it worse I am overweight, although I go to the gym 3 times a week, unfortunately I can barely manage once a week now now because of the pain. So stuck in a vicious circle

One more thing I work in an office and has to ware medium heel (although I wear trainers to commute), can anyone advice a good pair of insole for medium heel shoes please?

Good luck to all the sufferers and please keep sharing.

Hi, I've suffered with this condition on and off for 15 years mainly in one foot. I've tried loads of things. I did get some relief from support/compression type socks you can buy in chemists. I've had orthotics and now injections and they were excruciating. I'm sure he hit a nerve and now i'm in more pain, this last bout of pain has lasted 2 and a half years. I find I walk like an old woman till my feet begin to flex. I find wearing really padded slippers in the house helps a bit as do some soft trainer shoes. the skin on your feet is too thick for most anti inflammatory creams to work so I almost live on painkillers. Hope you get better soon.

Hi bloomers, yes i have had the injections, it lasted about 6 months i was pain free, then i broke my ankle . I have now just had anothr injection a yr later.

It takes a few weeks for the injections to work. I have been told that you can only have the injection s a max of 3 times in yor lifetime.

I have he Naproxen and they do work - only problem is you have to take 2 a day with food rather than when you suffer pain.  I am now under an Orthotics ddr and he is measuring me up for specialist innersoles to see if they work.

I have suffered for over 2 yrs   I idtn haveto go on a waiting lsit as my GP does the steroid injections. Make sure he gives you the one with the anathetic in and be prepared for pain at the time of the injection. Also make sure you rest up your foot with it up for at least a week for it to work properly.  Do not expect to be pain free instantly it will take a while you will gradually feel less pain.

Hope that helps

I have been suffering with planter facitis for a couple years. I had a shot in my heel that hurt so bad I broke off a tooth. Then a Podiatrist gave me 2 injections right below the ankle on they side  of the foot and I didn't even feel them. Makes a difference where they give you a shot and they worked. Good luck.

Hi I was diagnosed 3 years ago, I have had 2 cortisone injections and went for the third last month, but the fascia had ruptured, please be aware this can happen due to the side effects of steroid injections :-( I had some relief after the first injection for about a month, then the pain returned, the second one really did not have much effect, so the third was planned under ultrasound guidance but now Im waiting for surgery.....good luck

Physical therapy with ultrasound, calf stretching, taping and icing seems to work best for me. Also  make the alphabet with your foot, not moving your knee and your foot off the floor while you are sitting. This is the second year I have had this. When in Florida  a podiatrist gave me cortisone shot in the inside of my ankle and that helped for a year. Good luck. NEver give up.

I will be seeing the surgeon on Tuesday for a date for surgery I hope I am doing the right thing as I also Have MS and the ruptured fascia is beginning to make the nerve pain in my feet more troublesome.....i still would love to hear off anyone who has had the surgery coblation ......Kim

I am surprised to read all these posts and not hear anyone mention the Graston technique, or ASTYM, or "ART" ( active release therapy).  I have not had any of these, but multiple therapists and doctors ( here in Indiana, USA) have recommended them.  The first two are a sort of scraping the sole of the foot with a tool, which is supposed to break up scar tissue.  The 

third is I think a type of deep tissue massage, supposed to get knots out of the muscle that is underneath the fascia.  

Has anyone tried these?  ( and yes, my 

plantar fasciitis is miserable, just as so many on here describe).  Liz

I am surprised to read all these posts and not hear anyone mention the Graston technique, or ASTYM, or "ART" ( active release therapy).  I have not had any of these, but multiple therapists and doctors ( here in Indiana, USA) have recommended them.  The first two are a sort of scraping the sole of the foot with a tool, which is supposed to break up scar tissue.  The 

third is I think a type of deep tissue massage, supposed to get knots out of the muscle that is underneath the fascia.  

Has anyone tried these?  ( and yes, my 

plantar fasciitis is miserable, just as so many on here describe).  Liz