Plantar facili whatsit

[Postdog]

Anyone else had this, and if so what did you do about it.

Got to see the doc in a few weeks anyway so will bring it up then, but as a postie, it's becoming a bit more than just a pain, if you get my drift.

[Velvetee]

Isn't it to do with something in the foot?

[jackthehat]

Shoe inserts helped cushion my feet..............

[sqad617]

Pain under the heel, quite often one painful spot to touch.
Causes...unknown.
Treatment, Google "plantar fasciitis" which will give you a better answer than I could.

[joannie10]

i had this and doc tried various painkilling tablets and gels and still struggled. I no longer work all day on my feet so not such a problem for me. I was then sent to physio and although the exercises definitely helped I still had the problem. I was then sent for cortisone injection and it definitely helped for a while. I still suffer now and again but from knowing the stretching exercises the physio gave me it is very much managable. My doctor referred me for the physio.

[Postdog]

Ta for the informative answer Joannie. It sounds like pretty much as I feared - I only know I have it because a girl at work had it too, and she said basically what you have in that once you have it, you are stuck with it.

Mine is pretty bad at the moment. Not so bad when I am actually walking, but the moment I stop and then put my foot down I am in agony with it.

My doctor actually said it goes in time, but from what I have read, only if you don't walk on it much. Not really an option with me tho...

I shall see the doc and demand injections I think.

[sqad617]

DEMAND INJECTIONS!!!!!! eh! Just hope he/ she has a sense of humour.

[joannie10]

I have to say I cope with it quite well now - I am a regular runner although as I said dont work on my feet now. If you get the physio and perhaps the injection I am sure it will help you and I have to say I don't find it something too awful to live with, I did not mean perhaps my answer to sound so negative. I am not it terrible pain or anything now.

[ajrowe]

I've recently developed this due to fallen arches, maybe consider this as well.

Good luck with seeing your GP, mine told me I had to see an NHS podiatrist as there was nothing she could do except refer me to GP with a special interest in joints (GPWSI). I saw him and he was even less help. After that I went back to my GP and begged her for help she said all she could do was put me on the podiatrist waiting list -which turned out to be 6 months long. In the end I went private and ending up paying �90 for insoles and about �100+ for consulations and physio. I can't claim this back in any way and about 6 weeks later I received a letter telling me I was now on the NHS waiting list on a 'non-urgent' basis. Aaaaaargh!

[crisgal]

i manage to live with mine. You won't believe the biggest help to me - special crocs! Honest, they are wonderful as they really support the undermeath of the foot.
I'm not the only one:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/a rticle/2006/07/31/AR2006073100890.html


http://www.healthyshoes.co.uk/crocs-rx-relief- –-the-podiatry-comfort-shoe-p-2589.html

http://thyroid.about.com/b/2007/06/30/help-for -heel-pain-and-plantar-fasciitis.htm

[joannie10]

I had a look at one of the links about wearing crocks and it mentions the pain in the morning. One of the things I do before I get out of bed in the morning now is stretch the foot back and forward and move in circular motions (clockwise and anticlockwise) and this loosens off the muscles etc and has been a big help. Another of the exercises was standing on a step, facing upwards with the ball of your foot on the step and the lowering your heels down (hope you can imagine this). Again giving everything a good stretch. Perhaps these will help until you get to the docs - they really only take a few minutes of your time and done regularly make a big difference.