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Fri Jan-07-05 06:37 PM
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I Have Plantar Fasciitis-Ask Me Anything... |
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:38 PM
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1. Did you get it from wearing jack boots? |
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Or from marching in goose-step?
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:39 PM
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thank god i have health insurance...
the podiatrist's bill was over $300.00
he gave me an x-ray, a diagnosis, and a cortisone shot...
pluse some exercises and an orthotic device...
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:41 PM
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4. Please post pictures of your orthotic device |
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:42 PM
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6. just something to put in my shoe... |
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orthotic device might be overstating the case...
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:38 PM
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I've noticed that a lot of NBA players have been suffering with this over the last couple of years. I read somewhere that it's often the result of wearing new shoes constantly, oddly enough. And NBA players often wear new shoes every night.
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:41 PM
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5. just from walking and stuff... |
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it's not that bad...
the pain is only a two or three on a scale of ten...
my mom's in a wheel chair so i need to be able to get around... that's why i made sure i got it treated...
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:44 PM
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9. Ouch. I have that, too. |
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Those first few steps out of bed every morning are the WORST. I felt like an old gimp when I was first diagnosed, then my husband reminded me that Mark McGuire has it, and I felt less wimpy and gimpy!
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:47 PM
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11. everybody says it hurts more in the morning including the podiatrist |
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but it's not really the case with me...
it's a transient pain....
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:44 PM
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7. Ever seen The In Laws? |
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:44 PM
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Had it last spring.Took a couple months to go away. Right on my heel too-made it really hard to walk.
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:46 PM
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10. mine is only irritating or distracting... |
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funny.. if i'm busy i can forget about it...
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Fri Jan-07-05 06:57 PM
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12. I had a pretty severe case in my left foot. |
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It's finally healed after quitting my job (4 months ago) which required standing on a cement floor eight hours a day. I tried nearly every shoe insert available, but nothing helped much until I stopped abusing it on that floor. A very painful condition.
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Fri Jan-07-05 07:02 PM
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i had a tooth abscess over christmas...
this psin is minor in comparison
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Fri Jan-07-05 07:00 PM
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13. hmm, that means you have a face on the bottom of your foot, right? |
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:54 AM
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16. Dansk Clogs, THINK! shoes, Stonefly, etc are FANTASTIC solutions |
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to bad shoes that caused the problem to begin with.
DON'T let them jack you up with cortizone, it doesn't work. Supports in your shoes don't work. HEEL CUPS WORK. I swear they do. The honeycombed cups that seat your heel square in your shoes. I PROMISE they work.
Spend the money, one pair at a time if you have to, and buy GOOD SHOES such as the brands mentioned above. They make great shoes for all your needs, whether male or female.
I had it for several years enduring tortuous tests and agony and between the heel cups and expensive shoes (that lost a LONG time, I might add) my feet are almost completely cured. I don't wear the heel cups anymore, but almost always the good shoes. I can now wear strappy ass sandals for a day or so, and have become a girl again, as far as shoes go.
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:01 AM
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17. Do you wear a night splint? Do you have lidocaine patches? |
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Edited on Sat Jan-08-05 10:01 AM by Bertha Venation
I am supposed to wear a splint but I keep taking the damned thing off in my sleep. When I get up I can barely walk.
My doc gave me lidocaine patches to get me through until the splint & exercises start helping.
Plantar fasciitis is a real PITA, isn't it?!! ARGH!
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:01 AM
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18. I had horrible Plantar Fasciitis about 10 years ago... |
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I went to a podiatrist and found I had heal spurs. I also had orthotics made that I wore most of the time for a while. After a few years, the pain went away, and it only comes back now after hours of standing or walking, and I am still very active. The tendons that were causing all the pain must have stretched out or something. :shrug:
I developed the spurs from years of running long distance, as well as having inherited my almost flat-feet from my father.
Oh... yeah... a question... um... are your spurs bigger than mine, or do you not have heal spurs (yet)?
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:12 AM
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20. I Don't Have Spurs... |
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I am just doing stretching exercises for it...
And wearing supports in my shoes...
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:22 AM
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23. Good then... sounds like you caught it before it got worse |
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Edited on Sat Jan-08-05 10:23 AM by Misunderestimator
I waited for over a year while the pain got worse to see a doctor... it's possible that the spurs developed during that year because I didn't do anything about the tendon stretching. As I recall, the doc explained that the tendon pulling away from the heel is what causes the body to deposit calcium in the heel to er... heal it, which causes the spurs.
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:03 AM
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19. I have that with a side order of pes planus!! |
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I have boards with toes for feet, so I know where you are coming from!!
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:15 AM
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21. Got Hot water?- golf ballor coke bottle? |
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Soak the foot to loosen up the tendon. Then slowly rub your foot over a golf ball or a coke bottle or anything like that. Go slow at first and slowly turn you toes upward while you do it.
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:17 AM
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22. That's One Of The Suggested Exercises.. |
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I did 100 toe raises this morning...
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:32 AM
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couple of years ago.
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