Plantar Fasciitis - Anyone here had/have it?

[ChiefsFan4Life]

Anyone here who has had it certainly knows what it is.

For those who don't know what it is, it's a pain in the foot (typically happens to people who have little or no arch) that occurs when there is excessive wear and tear in an area of the foot on the underside of the heel. It makes it hard as hell to walk or run without a lot of pain and after long periods of sitting or sleeping, the first few steps are the steps from hell.

Actually, this is the injury that was hampering Albert Pujols last season and right before the postseason.

Does anyone here have this or had it and got rid of it with success? My doctor has told me to do exercises for the heel, I've received 2 cortisone (good god that is a large needle and a painful shot) shots in my heel over the course of 3 months and am wearing these arch support insert things in my shoes and it still hurts like a -----.

Has anyone successfully gotten rid of this thing and if so what did it?

I know it seems weird to ask on messae board, and obviously I'm seeing a doctor, but I am finding out more and more that this is a common problem so I figured I'd see if anyone here had success with getting rid of the pain.

[Otter]

My ex-girlfriend had it, she had to wear special pads in her shoes that make her almost 6' tall and she always tried to get me to rub those nasty corn chip feet of hers. Yuck!

Hope that helps.

[Mecca]

I was under the impression it was an inflamation of a tendon.

I think there's a surgical procedure for it.......otherwise probably staying off your foot as much as possible would be a good idea.

[cdcox]

Yeah, I agree the Planet mods are facists.

[ChiefsFan4Life]

Originally Posted by Otter

My ex-girlfriend had it, she had to wear special pads in her shoes that make her almost 6' tall and she always tried to get me to rub those nasty corn chip feet of hers. Yuck!

Hope that helps.

Plantar Fasciitis has nothing to do with any part of the extremity of the foot. As another member mentioned, it is the tendons INSIDE the foot that are affected.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFan4Life

Plantar Fasciitis has nothing to do with any part of the extremity of the foot. As another member mentioned, it is the tendons INSIDE the foot that are affected.

I don't recall saying it had anything to do with the outside of the foot.

[burt]

We need a Planet Pod.........iatrist!

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Otter

My ex-girlfriend had it, she had to wear special pads in her shoes that make her almost 6' tall and she always tried to get me to rub those nasty corn chip feet of hers. Yuck!

Hope that helps.

You should be happy she didn't make you lick them.....

[MOhillbilly]

Do your feet suctioncup to the shower floor?

[sedated]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFan4Life

Has anyone successfully gotten rid of this thing and if so what did it?

two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole multi colored collection of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, and a pint of raw ether.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

Do your feet suctioncup to the shower floor?

I'll bet he takes a spatula to the shower with him to get his feet unstuck when he's done.

[phisherman]

Originally Posted by sedated

two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole multi colored collection of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, and a pint of raw ether.

hunter thompson had plantar fascitis too?

bp

[Extra Point]

Originally Posted by sedated

two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole multi colored collection of uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, and a pint of raw ether.

The only thing you forgot was the pair of arch supports.

I had that $hit. Staying off my feet as much as possible, and walking on the fronts of my feet was the only way to deal with it.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFan4Life

Anyone here who has had it certainly knows what it is.

For those who don't know what it is, it's a pain in the foot (typically happens to people who have little or no arch) that occurs when there is excessive wear and tear in an area of the foot on the underside of the heel. It makes it hard as hell to walk or run without a lot of pain and after long periods of sitting or sleeping, the first few steps are the steps from hell.

Actually, this is the injury that was hampering Albert Pujols last season and right before the postseason.

Does anyone here have this or had it and got rid of it with success? My doctor has told me to do exercises for the heel, I've received 2 cortisone (good god that is a large needle and a painful shot) shots in my heel over the course of 3 months and am wearing these arch support insert things in my shoes and it still hurts like a -----.

Has anyone successfully gotten rid of this thing and if so what did it?

I know it seems weird to ask on messae board, and obviously I'm seeing a doctor, but I am finding out more and more that this is a common problem so I figured I'd see if anyone here had success with getting rid of the pain.

I had it in both feet recently from wearing dress shoes....now I wear tennis shoes 24-7. I didn't get the shots...but the shoes and inserts combined with foot exercises got rid of it. I would also lay a small towl down in the shower and pull it with my toes under my foot in the morning. It seems to work...the pain is gone.

[sedated]

Originally Posted by phisherman

hunter thompson had plantar fascitis too?

bp

no, but I think that would cure anything that ails ya