Planter fasciitis

[Sorbate]

I had this so bad I couldn't walk after going to the grocery store.

Here's what made a difference for myself.

Critical* Before you even get out of bed, use a towel to grab your foot and pull back on the towel to stretch out your calves. * Then the second you stand up turn and put the top of your foot on your wall with the heel touching the ground. Brace with your other leg and then push down to stretch out your calves. You should actually feel a bit of a stretch on the bracing foot too so do it with both legs and feel around. Sometimes a stretch won't activate right the first time it's done that day.

Shoppers drug mart has these skin coloured plantar fasciitis pads that go on your foot. Its like walking around on a water bottle. Use those.

Biggest thing for me was getting custom orthotics from a physiotherapist and wearing those daily. I would suggest the heavy duty ones. If you really want you can get orthotics built to heal plantar fasciitis and then they'll slowly bring your arch down normal.

I wouldn't bother with BPC unless it's not healing. You can get your copper levels up and go in a little bit of a surplus with cashews. I'd take 1 gram of vitamin C a night along with some veggies and definitely add a scoop of collagen that has type 1 in it to a shake at night. Might as well eat an egg with it, I'd eat lots of eggs because they have the amino acids for all tissues. BTW there is an egg recall (I'm sick from it lol).

Icing definitely helps, frozen water bottle is great. Don't even try to squat and also definitely make the tendon more elastic when it does start feeling better. I keep reinjuring my elbows because they feel better but the tissue isn't elastic enough so it just tears again.

Look up videos on plantar fasciitis exercises.

Thanks for the advice.

I will check out the pads at Shoppers.

I had custom orthotics made for me years ago, all they did was give me unbearable foot pain so I threw them out. I didn’t have any foot issues back then, rarely got sore feet, and if I did, 10 minutes off my feet and they would be gtg.

It is pretty much healed now. I do the towel stretches.

I figure heat, ice and stretch and in another week it will be gone, but I think I’ll keep up with the towel stretch as part of my mobility routine I do every day.

Thankfully I have zero issues with any other tendons right now.

 

[Devson]

When your tendo

Thanks for the advice.

I will check out the pads at Shoppers.

I had custom orthotics made for me years ago, all they did was give me unbearable foot pain so I threw them out. I didn’t have any foot issues back then, rarely got sore feet, and if I did, 10 minutes off my feet and they would be gtg.

It is pretty much healed now. I do the towel stretches.

I figure heat, ice and stretch and in another week it will be gone, but I think I’ll keep up with the towel stretch as part of my mobility routine I do every day.

Thankfully I have zero issues with any other tendons right now.

When tendons heal they heal like scar tissue so you need to work for about six months or longer after it stops hurting to make it elastic again. That's what the physio told me and then I cut a finger tendon once and although it healed and didn't hurt any longer relatively quickly, everytime I'd go to stretch it up it would hurt or even use it. Took about eight months to get it normal again, so other tendons are going to be similar and that's for normal use not throwing tons of weight on it.

Maybe your orthotics were not made correctly. It can help prevent knock knee and other knee issues among helping your feet and back.

 

[Goldenrod]

@Sorbate - if you decide to ever use a corticosteroid like prednisone, be very careful lifting.
The drug is a miracle and curse at the same time. It can vastly increase the chance of a tendon injury or a rupture but is incredible for inflammation. Short courses of a reasonable dose and you will probably be OK. I have used corticosteroids before but sparingly other than one time I had a terrible chest infection and had issues breathing. I was given 50 mg of prednisone (high dose) for 5 days and then titrate down 5 mg a day until I wasn't taking any. I did not train during that time. I was sick but even if I could, I wouldn't have touched weights.
Keep in mind the % of people who have issues with torn tendons or ruptures from these medications is low but it is a significant side effect (usually higher doses/longer periods) - the most frequent tendon is the Achilles tendon.

I took levaquin for a few days and could not walk up and down stairs without concern of an Achilles rupture. Most doctors dole out meds, and don't tell people about the serious side effects. You lift heavy and this is about corticosteroids, so I am getting a little off topic.

Don't want to derail the thread but I can't stress enough the concern with fluoroquinolones - great antibiotic but you couldn't pay me to use one unless nothing else worked especially if you lift weights. I know people who took 5-10 pills of quinolones and did not train and still have terrible issues years later. There are support groups online for people who suffer from quinolone toxicity.

 

[Sorbate]

@Sorbate - if you decide to ever use a corticosteroid like prednisone, be very careful lifting.
The drug is a miracle and curse at the same time. It can vastly increase the chance of a tendon injury or a rupture but is incredible for inflammation. Short courses of a reasonable dose and you will probably be OK. I have used corticosteroids before but sparingly other than one time I had a terrible chest infection and had issues breathing. I was given 50 mg of prednisone (high dose) for 5 days and then titrate down 5 mg a day until I wasn't taking any. I did not train during that time. I was sick but even if I could, I wouldn't have touched weights.
Keep in mind the % of people who have issues with torn tendons or ruptures from these medications is low but it is a significant side effect (usually higher doses/longer periods) - the most frequent tendon is the Achilles tendon.

I took levaquin for a few days and could not walk up and down stairs without concern of an Achilles rupture. Most doctors dole out meds, and don't tell people about the serious side effects. You lift heavy and this is about corticosteroids, so I am getting a little off topic.

Don't want to derail the thread but I can't stress enough the concern with fluoroquinolones - great antibiotic but you couldn't pay me to use one unless nothing else worked especially if you lift weights. I know people who took 5-10 pills of quinolones and did not train and still have terrible issues years later. There are support groups online for people who suffer from quinolone toxicity.

I will not take any of that medication.

I will tough it out with advil for pain first and rehab.

Its too bad I pushed it too much last night on the treadmill and my foot fucking hurts again today.
I also slacked a bit yesterday with my rehab because it felt soo good I wanted to see where I was at. Well not at the point of not rehabbing, lol

It's back to heat, ice, towel stretch, lol

I had to take fluoroquinolones for my colon infections. And yes I could feel it in my tendons, took months for them to not feel weird.

 

[Sorbate]

When your tendo

When tendons heal they heal like scar tissue so you need to work for about six months or longer after it stops hurting to make it elastic again. That's what the physio told me and then I cut a finger tendon once and although it healed and didn't hurt any longer relatively quickly, everytime I'd go to stretch it up it would hurt or even use it. Took about eight months to get it normal again, so other tendons are going to be similar and that's for normal use not throwing tons of weight on it.

Maybe your orthotics were not made correctly. It can help prevent knock knee and other knee issues among helping your feet and back.

Orthotics were made right, I just didn't need them. I went to this place for tonail fungus and next thing I know I am being sold orthotics. I didn't go in for foot pain. They had me step on this machine.

It pushed up so hard on my arch that it was giving me horrendous foot pain, even just sitting in my truck driving to work. What a waste of $300 or $600 or whatever it was. That was about 8 years ago. They also said that the buildup on my joint of my big toe was my cartilage coming out, but it wasn't it was like a blister (shoes I was wearing was rubbing) they would swell up and go away, depending on the rubbing.

And the laser therapy and such they did, didn't work on the tonail fungus, I had better results with Vics vaporub, lol. What a waste of money that was.

 

[Devson]

Orthotics were made right, I just didn't need them. I went to this place for tonail fungus and next thing I know I am being sold orthotics. I didn't go in for foot pain. They had me step on this machine.

It pushed up so hard on my arch that it was giving me horrendous foot pain, even just sitting in my truck driving to work. What a waste of $300 or $600 or whatever it was. That was about 8 years ago. They also said that the buildup on my joint of my big toe was my cartilage coming out, but it wasn't it was like a blister (shoes I was wearing was rubbing) they would swell up and go away, depending on the rubbing.

And the laser therapy and such they did, didn't work on the tonail fungus, I had better results with Vics vaporub, lol. What a waste of money that was.

Doesn't sound like they made them the right way. Ideally it is a physiotherapist who does it and all they do is cast your foot in foam then change the degrees a slight amount. No machines. Speaking of machines a tens machine might help plantar fasciitis, they're also cheap and you can use them on your balls after.

 

[Sorbate]

Doesn't sound like they made them the right way. Ideally it is a physiotherapist who does it and all they do is cast your foot in foam then change the degrees a slight amount. No machines. Speaking of machines a tens machine might help plantar fasciitis, they're also cheap and you can use them on your balls after.

I went to a pedotrist, they are supposed to specialize in feet. I wasn't happy with the one I went to. It was like upselling orthotics was a money making thing.
You stepped on the machine and it left an imprint of how you stood and then they built the orthotics off of that.

I had a tens machine, found it doesn't heal anything, just numbs the pain by overloading the nerves. I can deal with the pain, its not that bad.

 

[Devson]

I went to a pedotrist, they are supposed to specialize in feet. I wasn't happy with the one I went to. It was like upselling orthotics was a money making thing.
You stepped on the machine and it left an imprint of how you stood and then they built the orthotics off of that.

I had a tens machine, found it doesn't heal anything, just numbs the pain by overloading the nerves. I can deal with the pain, its not that bad.

Might depend on the type of injury. It worked well for my Achilles tendons but those were slow healing injuries so it had been a problem for over a year at that point.

 

[Sorbate]

Might depend on the type of injury. It worked well for my Achilles tendons but those were slow healing injuries so it had been a problem for over a year at that point.

Mine is healing slowly.

Heat
Good shoes
massage with my hand
roll with lacrosse ball
Towel stretch.

Ice did nothing, I think it may have made it worse.

Normally I have zero issues with my feet and have stood 12 hour days for over 3 decades.

 

[Pippyhippy]

Mine is healing slowly.

Heat
Good shoes
massage with my hand
roll with lacrosse ball
Towel stretch.

Ice did nothing, I think it may have made it worse.

Normally I have zero issues with my feet and have stood 12 hour days for over 3 decade

Mine is healing slowly.

Heat
Good shoes
massage with my hand
roll with lacrosse ball
Towel stretch.

Ice did nothing, I think it may have made it worse.

Normally I have zero issues with my feet and have stood 12 hour days for over 3 decades.

Don't forget the Prednisone if this becomes a nagging issue. Podiatrist approved.

 

[Sorbate]

Don't forget the Prednisone if this becomes a nagging issue. Podiatrist approved.

Don’t need drugs, just time to heal. I do have some of that left from my cat, lol.

Got some new shoes and as the day went on my feet felt better, almost back to perfect.

Unlike the last time where my feet were almost perfect and then I was a dumb ass, and decided to jog on the treadmill for 25 minutes, I’m going to stick to the elipitical machine and no calve work for weeks after I’m pain free.

Plus keep doing my rehab work.
Heat and hand massage is doing the best.

It’s too bad the new shoes are not water resistant at all. I will have wet bloody socks by the end of the day. I need to get a spray that will leave a thin coating of rubber over the shoe, normal repellent spray didn’t work.

 

[Devson]

Mine is healing slowly.

Heat
Good shoes
massage with my hand
roll with lacrosse ball
Towel stretch.

Ice did nothing, I think it may have made it worse.

Normally I have zero issues with my feet and have stood 12 hour days for over 3 decades.

I was told roll on a frozen water bottle for mine because my body will heat the area back up afterwards but maybe that was specific to me and the ligaments were not super tight or something.

 

[Pippyhippy]

Don’t need drugs, just time to heal. I do have some of that left from my cat, lol.

Got some new shoes and as the day went on my feet felt better, almost back to perfect.

Unlike the last time where my feet were almost perfect and then I was a dumb ass, and decided to jog on the treadmill for 25 minutes, I’m going to stick to the elipitical machine and no calve work for weeks after I’m pain free.

Plus keep doing my rehab work.
Heat and hand massage is doing the best.

It’s too bad the new shoes are not water resistant at all. I will have wet bloody socks by the end of the day. I need to get a spray that will leave a thin coating of rubber over the shoe, normal repellent spray didn’t work.

Good shoes and or inserts can resolve things succinctly. Less drugs the better.

 

[Rocky]

The only time I had this was when I was in a phase where I ate very poorly, barely ate, I definitely had a lack of vitamins and minerals. I can't remember anything helping but it went away once my nutrition went back to normal.

In case you're eating a very limited diet or are dieting, it might be a nutrient deficiency. For me getting insoles didn't help much