Plantar Fascitis Cured or CONTROLLEd?

Question

i have had plantar fascitis for 6 months now with Zero relief...the only thing that helps a little is if I wear an elevated shoe...will I ever feel better?

Answer 1

Plantar fasciitis is the result from a collapsed medial arch (the inside part of your foot). That arch is a spring that allows to absorb and expel energy, it also protects the rest of the body from impact shock. Since the arches collapsed, it elongates the plantar fascia causing pain at the attachment site (the heel). Over a period of a few weeks, it may start to feel better, but that's only because the body is depositing bone to strengthen that tendon attachment. Since the problem hasn't been fixed, the pain will resume and the cycle will keep going. This is how you get heel spurs. So, how do you fix this?

1. If you wear high heel shoes, stop wearing them. It's a sure way of collapsing that arch.

2.. Take your shoes and socks off. Place a pen/pencil on the floor. Use your toes to try to grab it. Do this 30 times, 3 times a day. This will strengthen your feet muscles to restore some of the arch.

3. Get orthotic arch supports. Try the cheap ones in your local pharmacy. Cost $15-20. After a month or so, you should feel a lot better. Afterwards, get custom orthotics for more effective result, consult with a podiatrist to get them.

4. Consult with a chiropractor who specializes in feet after 2-3 months with orthotics. You need the bones realigned in the arch to properly restore the arch. Orthotics only provide support and give the ligaments the time to heal but they cannot fully restore the arch. Think of it like a supporting brace underneath a bridge. You need to fix the arch itself.

Follow these steps and over a year, you'll fix your foot for good. Please don't ignore this problem, the last thing you want is a heel spur, and believe me, heel spur surgery isn't fun.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

My mother has had plantar fasciitis for two years, now.

There are several treatments available. A podiatrist can give you cortisone shots in your heels. They hurt like hell, but they do work. There is an experimental shock wave therapy (called the Ossitron), that's what my mother got. It didn't fix it completely the first time, so she tried again. Still aren't totally cured, and this is expensive therapy.

The final option is surgery, where your plantar facia are clipped, either partway or all the way through. This alleviates the pressure, and is an instant cure, but you'll have to wear orthotic inserts in your shoes for the rest of your life in order to walk properly without falling down. You will be pain free, however.


She has the most severe case her podiatrist has ever seen, though. In most cases, it does get better eventually. I would recommend talking to your podiatrist.

Answer 4

Have you seen a podiatrist? I was just diagnosed last summer, too. I have some Tula (birkenstock) sandals, and orthotic insoles. Between them, I'm getting relief. I think it takes a long time to "cure", and I'm not sure you're ever really cured, unless you go the extreme route and have surgery (YUK!! even MORE pain).

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I know someone that got relief from wearing inserts that the podiatrist made specially for her feet.

You can also get surgery, but that's more expensive and you'll have to be off your feet for a while.

Answer 7

Neither cured nor controlled, just not reaggravated before it has a chance to heal. If that is the problem and it is not overused or abused, it should heal up on its own.

Been there.

Answer 8

can be cured

even, now we can fight with hiv too.

And i'm sure you will be cured very soon,

Answer 9

return to the podiatrist to follow up.