Plantar fasciitis

[ThomC]

Get new expensive well fitting boots and shoes. There is a cast at Walgreens that holds your foot so that the plantar cannot shrink while you sleep. It takes for ever for it to heal. Over a year for me.

[AZAV8ER]

Calf stretching is what flared my foot pain out of nowhere. I quit stretching and it took 6-9 months to settle down. That was 15 years ago, lots of hiking, hunting no calf stretches and pain free.

[cjl2010]

I feel for you guys with feet problems. My dad has bad feet and its pretty miserable to watch people suffer on the mountain.

[AZbowhntr]

I went through this a couple years ago. I had the foot casts that you sleep with and the little rolling thing for the bottoms of my feet while at my desk. None of that seemed to help. I ended up getting new work boots with custom inserts and I haven't had an issue since. I imagine it is like everything else that every case is different though. I would pretty much shuffle to the bathroom in the morning when I got up because of the pain. But as the day went by they seemed to loosen up. Good luck

[Pine Donkey]

This is one of the most painful, frustrating conditions you could possible have. To repair it correctly it takes a long time. Here are the steps that worked for me. I was not willing to get the shot because it is destructive to connective tissues. I was also not willing to cut back on my hunting and hiking.

 

1) Stretch a lot, all day long. Stretch against a wall or chair, stand on the edge of a step, supported on the balls of you feet, then lower you body until your heels are below the step.

 

2) Custon orthopedic insoles in quality shoes. They will have a high arch and low heal to keep the muscles stretched. A big mistake often made is buying the thick gel type heal cups. This is damaging as the heal cup prevents the muscle from stretching; they are exactly opposite of what is needed.

 

3) night boot that keeps the muscle stretched. They are a bit cumbersome, but work magic. Also, keep the boot on for the first few minutes of walking in the morning so the healing muscle can adjust to your body weight.

 

Thats about all it takes, but it does take months to recover. Good luck.

[Shawn]

Exercise bike worked for for me to stretch it. And good inserts in my boots. I use Superfeet I know you can get some custom ones but the $50 Superfeet helped me.

[Edge]

I was literally walking like I had a club foot and a day a week couldn't walk. A trip to the Good Feet store and problem solved. Pain free going on 20 years.

[stanley]

Misery apparently loves company...... Amazing how common it apparently is!

 

Thanks a bunch guys!!!!!!!!

 

S.

[CatfishKev]

Look into finding a rolfer. Rolfing is similar to deep tissue massage but they specialize in stretching the facial tissues of the body.

 

I also had some heel pain and did the dr. Scholls thing you stand on at Wal-Mart. They work pretty good for only $50. Also there are companies now that can send you a form to stand on then send it back and they send you custom orthotics.

[Snapshot]

I have had it for about 6 years. It got so bad one time that I had to take a week off work, and get Cortisone shots.

 

Get a computer scan of the foot for a custom cradle for the foot. Dr. Schols footwear can make you some custom sneakers for just over $300, or go with New Balance 1000 series. That was the recommendations from my doctor.

 

When the pain is bad and you feel like your foot is on fire, you can roll your foot on a frozen water bottle to help stretch and relieve the pain some.

[Shawn]

I had some velcro straps that would go from top of my calves to my feet when sleeping. Evan used them on several backpack trips. Like I said before the exercise bike really helped me, about 3 or 4 days a week 30 min each.

[firstcoueswas80]

My wife suffered from this for quite a while. On her December deer hunt, she actually partially tore it. She was a trooper and continued to hunt. It has been very hard on her. She had all the shots and everything else you can think of.

[AzDiamondHeat]

There is a Dr in Gilbert who is actually an "expert"(wrote books etc...blah blah) on this. I went to him many years ago as I too suffered horribly with it.

 

Ice and TENS unit for pain/inflammation and stretching for prevention/cure.

 

These are some of the stretches he recommended. They work. Just takes time and patience:

 

https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness-exercise/plantar-fasciitis-stretches#stretching

 

And get better shoes.

[Jimmer Negamanee]

I've done a lot of the above and it has helped a lot.

 

I got it from jogging. I went minimalist until the PF showed up and put me on injured reserve. When I got back to it I went maximalist (lots of cushioning). HOKA are my jogging shoes now.

 

Also, don't walk barefoot on hard floors. I bought these well cushioned slippers and keep them by the bed. I slip them on immediately upon waking up. (And even for bathroom trips in the middle of the night.) Kinda spendy but well worth it.

 

https://www.oofos.com/collections/mens-ooahh-slide-sandal

 

Also, my hiking boots are on the cheaper end and as soon as I buy a pair I throw out the stock liner and replace them with Green Superfeet. Also spendy but worth it.

 

https://www.superfeet.com/en-us/insoles-and-sandals/green

 

I can't say I'm rid of it but I seem to have it under control. (If I walk on tile barefoot for a while it seems like it flares up.)

 

Good luck!

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