This is ruining my life. I have had this going on over a year. I can hardly walk. I have plantar facitiis is both feet, have had therapy first, then cortisone shots while in therapy, PRP injections, night splint. Now I am back in water therapy with wearing a boot during the day and using a walker. I had an MRI done of just one foot (not sure why just one since both feet kill me), but MRI showed torn facia. Now they are having inserts made for me. Yes, I need to lose weight, but that's pretty hard when you can't walk. :) I wish I could find a medical expert who could help me but just don't know where to turn. I am now always depressed because I can't hardly even go to grocery store. I live on the third floor of condo building which is a nightmare. I am hoping someone out there can help me.
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I have had Plantar Fasciitis for years in both feet as well. I also got the cortisone injections. I've done lots of research, even after I finally cured my PF. what helped cure me were natural supplements and stretches, and a few other regimens.
June 3, 2017 - 8:09pmThis Comment
Hi, did you get rid of plantar fasciitis? Did you try plantar fasciitis taping.
August 17, 2016 - 2:53amThis Comment
I am just wondering if you ever got the help you NEEDED to free yourself from the footpain, the last reply I noticed was in 2009.
November 19, 2011 - 11:50pmI am in the EXACT situation you were in, or are in.
It would be great to hear how things are now for you:)
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VickieA, I'm so sorry about what you're going through!
Nearly 3 years ago I suffered from plantar fasciitis myself in my right heel only and had to wear a brace for a couple of months 24/7. Then I gradually weaned from it to only a night brace for about a month, and also started wearing an insert made by my foot doctor. The combination of the months of rest, the insert and also doing daily calf and foot stretches made the pain disappear entirely. Then, last winter I trained for and ran a half-marathon. Sure enough, the plantar fasciitis came back and I barely made it through the run. But once I was done with the run, I took a big break from running (I still haven't started back up and probably won't), went back to wearing my night brace for about a month, and now the pain is gone again.
Long story short, my experience with plantar fasciitis appears to be from basic overuse and strain. Now I know better, from my past experience, and will continue to wear my insert and to walk and cycle and weight train for exercise rather than run. And, if I do feel pain again, I will go back to wearing the brace until the pain is completely gone. I hope you have good luck with the inserts! Let us know how they work for you. If by chance they don't help, there are lots of difference kinds out there.
October 22, 2009 - 4:23pmThis Comment
My husband and myself had had it for years and we are curred, if you want to email me at home, maybe i can help. My husband ordered some inserts for his shoes from the AZ fair, no less, and you can no believe the difference, and his were bad like yours. I got luck with the shots and the foot exercises. i would recommend the exercises even for a bit. I will try and get the name of the place where my husband ordered the inserts, they are much different than the ones from the docs and they work great.... I know hard to believe
October 22, 2009 - 10:54amThis Comment
Please let me know website where you ordered your husband's inserts. Thanks. My Dr. is making mine right now.
October 29, 2009 - 10:55amThis Comment
Can you give more info on what sort of inserts these are, and where you got them?
October 22, 2009 - 12:50pmThis Comment
I started wearing inserts made specifically for plantar fasciitis and got almost immediate relief and finally no more pain. If I feel it starting up again, I just start wearing the inserts.
October 22, 2009 - 10:51amThis Comment
Where did you get your inserts?
October 23, 2009 - 3:28amThis Comment
Hi VickieA,
So sorry for your difficulty. There is a great grassroots website with an ask the doctor page and separate section about inserts for specific questions about them. It was started by a man named Scott who had severe plantar fascitiis. Click on "The book" on the top menu line which he wrote and after you read it post any question you like. Only doctors answer in the doctors section but fellow sufferers post on the other sections to share thoughts. http://heelspurs.com/index.html
Hope this helps.
Followup: Unfortunately as of 2016, the boards are no longer active though you can search them and the site still has some good information. I don't know why they stopped doing the forums.
October 19, 2009 - 5:08pmThis Comment