Recurrent severe plantar fasciitis

[Anonymous]

It’s flared up again and now hurts all day not just in the morning. I’m actually limping to lunch and avoiding walking when not necessary. I wear supportive shoes (primarily Dansko at work), do not have “flat” arches, don’t appear to “overpronate”, and got one cortisone shot last year and don’t want to do it again. I’m overweight and gained weight due to an extremely long course of prednisone I had to be on. I’d like to exercise more but it hurts! I stretch and ice and have a compression thing I wear at night and during the day if it’s really bad, but this sucker hurts worse than it ever has before. What finally cured your PF beyond the usual suspects of custom orthotics, stretching and cortisone?

[Anonymous]

You need very comfortable shoes that support your foot in all the right places.
Perhaps something with memory foam inside? Ask the forum for good shoes.
They know everything.
Cold?.. hm.. it causes to shrink things and does not heal inflammation. Maybe
let go of cold for now, maybe it is making it worse?
For excursuses try swimming.

[Anonymous]

I’ve had the same terrible issue myself several times and the absolute first thing my doctor said was that I need to wear Super Feet insoles in my shoes, plus not exercise such as jogging or walking for a period of time. Almost seemed too made up of an answer. Sure enough it worked like a miracle and everyone I’ve run into with the same issue agreed that Super Feet did the trick.

[Anonymous]

Ditch the Danskos and ice immediately. (Former plantar fasciitis sufferer and physical therapist.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ditch the Danskos and ice immediately. (Former plantar fasciitis sufferer and physical therapist.)

To clarify above, ditch both the Danskos and the ice.

[Anonymous]

This guy swears by repeated dedicated stretching of the calf muscle. I don't know if it works, I never did the stretches as often as he recommends.

https://www.marksdailyapple.com/plantar-fasciitis-stretches/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ditch the Danskos and ice immediately. (Former plantar fasciitis sufferer and physical therapist.)

To clarify above, ditch both the Danskos and the ice.

Why are Danskos bad for plantar fasciitis?

[Anonymous]

Super feet + active release therapy (ART) on the calves

Nothing was working for me last year until I went to a chiropractor and had him do ART on my calves. I have tight calves and no amount of stretching or foam rolling could do as much as a professional. I can maintain with stretching and rolling. Though I am doing a few year end appointments at the chiropractor because I met my HSA deductible so it's super cheap until the 1st

[Anonymous]

Danskos have hard soles, I threw mine away after I got PF. I need to support & cushion my feet. Like sketchers memory foam. Stopped going barefoot, even in the house. Compression sleeves worn over my calf muscles during the day help me. I had to find what helped through trial & error.

[Anonymous]

I am never ever ever barefoot. If my foot is touching the floor, it’s in a vionic or super feet insole (or heels). Full stop all the time, like flip flops next to the bed and the feet go straight into them.

[Anonymous]

Agree with a calf muscle stretcher! Plantar fasciitis is referred pain from issues in your calves. Every time someone complains about plantar fasciitis I post this, but I think everyone just likes to whine about it. I get those painful, but go see a manual physical therapist who can work on your calves!

[Anonymous]

Special PF flip flops around the house *always* (healing sole)
Long calf stretching (mark’s daily apple link)
PT calf and foot exercises (pick up sock with toes, etc)
Deep massage on knots in calf - hold and roll for a long time to release

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This guy swears by repeated dedicated stretching of the calf muscle. I don't know if it works, I never did the stretches as often as he recommends.

https://www.marksdailyapple.com/plantar-fasciitis-stretches/

This really helped me - deep stretching of the calf muscles. I do it by standing with the ball of my foot on the stairs and letting my heel drop as far as it will go with my weight bearing down(one leg at a time). Gradually lengthen the time of the stretch up to 2 minutes. Also stretching hamstrings helps.

[Anonymous]

I told my boss and wore tennis shoes with inserts to work. I got them at fleet feet.

I got a pair of flip flops with support and wore them in the house. They are ugly. Google to find the one you can stand. Never walk bare foot.

I did PT but it wasn’t until I did bikram yoga that it healed.

Also walk daily. Don’t stay off your feet you need to strengthen and stretch.

It sucks!

[Anonymous]

I loved my Danskos but agree - they are too heavy and hard. They made my PF much worse. I wore nothing but tennis shoes with custom orthotics for a year and it finally started to improve.