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Wondering how long anyone has been out of work? I am a mailman so foot doctor told me I had to stay off 3 weeks I should be getting insoles soon it seems to be getting better then bam I have a bad couple of days ..it's quit annoying..anyone else do physically active job ? Can you give me idea how long I'll be out
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emily45692 angela_00
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I've had mine for 3 years.... I've recently just had to change jobs and got some that involves more sitting which is a bit rubbish but I couldn't deal with being in agony every day! I'm just going back to work tomorrow after 9 weeks off following surgery
JerryR angela_00
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Angela, 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.
Angela, that's what I think. I hope this helps you and the many other sufferers of plantar fasciitis. Good Luck to you, doknabox/JerryR
Netuser1980 JerryR
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Hi jerry I have just been diagnosed this morning as had to go to emergency docs as pain was so bad in my foot and they me I had this
the pain is travelling up the back of my leg is this normal with this condition ? I am just worried and it's very painful thank you
angela_00 Netuser1980
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angela_00
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Thank you both!!! I only ran across a few people that have had this that I know ... it's a little depressing being out of work and I'm hoping it gets better quicker! Thank you for your input and suggestions!
emily45692 angela_00
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