Plantar Faceitis! Or Spur Heel. Does anyone know of any cures or things to help heal it?
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The most common cause of heel pain is plantar fasciitis. Many patients with plantar fasciitis have a heel spur on the front and bottom of their heel, but heel spurs do not cause pain. The common name is "heel spur" because it's easier to pronounce than "plantar fasciitis" and doctors are able to point to the spur on an x-ray. Causes of heel pain include inadequate flexibility in the calf muscles, lack of arch support, being overweight, suddenly increasing activity, and spending too much time on the feet. Arch support was rated the best treatment in our first survey of 1,800 visitors to heelspurs.com. Our favorite form of arch support is the PowerStep Insert. In other surveys, patients ranked rest, ice, tape, and night splints as the most beneficial treatments for heel pain. Everyone seems to love the ProStretch for stretching the calf muscles and plantar fascia. Our LED Light Therapy is getting good positive feedback. Ibuprofen Cream can be applied directly to painful areas to avoid stomach irritation. See the products page for a list of other products. For the most detailed document about plantar fasciitis read Scott's Heel Pain Booklet
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my plantar faceitis went away on its own after spending $ at a podiatrist so he could whirlpool foot, wrap it
meaning.. there is no treatment
its a inflammation that appears and then disappears without medical intervention
as for a heel spur- wear a heel cushion with the hole cut out ( you can buy at any drugstore)
if gets too painful you might need surgery to correct it
Exercise your feet - flexing toes down while extending the foot down - turn you toes up and flex the foot up. 20 times. Take balanced calcium and use an insert to relieve the pressure on the spur.
I had it and 2 cortisone shots cleared it up completely. Warning you tho, it hurts like hell!
How long have you had it? If it is less than a month, exercises, ultrasound and physical therapy is the first line of treatment. If it is longer than that, orthotics and night splints need to be added to the mix. Activity modification is another thing that needs to be looked at. (Marathon running with untreated PF doesn't do so good.)
Rest,my friend had this and he moaned like hell.could not play golf for months.Rest rest rest.
Took 3 months before he was fit again.Good luck.
I had this. I got cortesone shots in both feet. It helped tremendously. I couldn't even walk before the shots. I also wears sneakers every day with orthotic inserts to support the arches. I am 95% better. My doctor also told me that the tendons shorten and that's what causes the pain. He told me to roll my foot across a can (like a soup can) each day for several minutes and at night roll it across a frozen bottle of water to reduce inflammation in the heel / plantar faschia area. Good luck. Also, don't walk bare foot on tile or hardwood floors; wear slippers or sneakers. It really helps.
the usual answer to this is surgery to remove the extra bit of bone
I had this and it went undiagnosed for years. I literally rested for about a year to get it to go away. It was in both feet and very painful. Good luck. I wish that I had known about some of the other therapy recommended, but apparently I did not have a great doctor.
ive had this trouble with feet for years and except for padding there isnt much else to do I had cortisine injections in other parts of my body and no pos effect so i dont bother to have them in my feet so (LIVE WITH IT)
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