Posted by Jen Star on June 27, 2005, at 22:52:15
In reply to Plantar fasciitis---Ouch!, posted by gardenergirl on June 26, 2005, at 20:44:26
hi GG,
I have PP in my left foot! I was having bad pain in my arch and heel, so I went to a foot doctor.He did an Xray on the spot with a special "footsie" xray machine that you step onto like a little scale - very easy and showed me that I have a bone spur growing out of my heel. It was kind of awful to see it there on the Xray.
He said that my plantar fascia is too tight, and coupled with the spur, it's causing me pain.
He prescribed custom shoe inserts for my shoes. They take a mold of your foot and make custom soles just for you! I wear them in my gym shoes ALL the time, and they do help. I'm also supposed to stretch my calves extensively for 10 minutes EVERY morning to limber up that tendon, and to stretch the calves 10 min. before and after exercise. If the pain is really bad, I'm supposed to swim and do non-weight-bearing exercise for a while.
He said losing weight CAN help, but does not always fix it, b/c thin people get PP too. But in my case losing weight might help, so I'm trying.
So - I'd recommend going now before it gets worse. My other doctor said his wife had it so bad that they had to wheel her in the airport in a wheel-chair for a trip b/c she couldn't walk!
hope your feet feel better soon. :)
JenStar
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