Plantar fasciitis

Thank you for update Lucky

Just to update a week later. It’s not a miracle cure for me. It’s better but if I’m on my feet a long time, it still aches but nothing as bad or painful at all. I did Zumba yesterday and didn’t feel it until after. Certainly worth trying if you can get it.

The fear of the injection is far worse than the injection itself.
It was years ago since I had them. They lasted u to 4 months at a time.
A very accomplished Chiropractor that I visited suggested that I massaged my heel with a golf ball.
Either seated or standing place a golf ball on the floor under the painful heel and press your heel down on the golf ball and rotate your heel around it, effectively massaging the painful area.
It worked for me.

I’m sitting with my foot elevated. It does ache a bit but really not bad at all. I was so worried about the pain shifting around but apparently, it doesn’t matter, the steroid will spread out and cover even the back edges of your heel which is where I felt it most. Last time the pain was all in my instep and it hurt like mad but I wasnt offered an injection at all. I paid for laser treatment, made to measure shoe liners, special shoes, travelled miles to see recommended specialists etc but I’m convinced that time is the healer, it just takes time. I hope that this injection will circumvent all that. My GP did say it doesn’t always work however but he’d done his 90 year old dad in both feet and it worked. I wouldn’t hesitate but get it done when you can. I’ll update in a couple of days, here’s hoping.

I have had this for nearly three years now in both feet, some days i can’t walk, i have tried socks, ice, creams, reflexology, inserts in my shoes i have had shock wave therapy didnt work. The list is endless. There are two things that help me one is my oh massages my feet but with a lot of pressure hurts like hell but gives relief for a few hours after and the other is orthapedic flip flops i bought them off amazon and wear them all the time. I only dont wear them if its raining, i have got used to the funny looks i get wearing flip flops in the winter.

Thank you for reporting back Lucky I would be extremely grateful if you could update us in a few days when perhaps it might've had chance to take effect. It is something I have discussed with my GP and I am considering having them too. Mine shifts about around my heel and into the side of the arch of my foot too, so sometimes hard to pinpoint the exact place.

Glad it wasnt as bad As as you expected lucky. Rest up now and fingers crossed you will be skipping around painfree very soon,.

PS never got chance to use the cream but never mind, I’m sure it’ll come in sometime.

Thank you all for your happy thoughts and wishes. Phew, it’s done and it wasn’t that bad! I was so worried because it moved around the heel and it wasn’t as bad as it had been but my lovely doctor thought probably, on balance, it would be better to get it done, particularly as he retires at the end of the month and no one else in the practice does the injections! It wasn’t nice but I’ve had worse pain, as someone said at the dentist or when I have to have venesection which makes me cry! Just got to sit here and rest now, lovely.

I've had PF several times, and three Steroid injections in my right heel.
They're not pleasant, but nowhere near as bad as an injection at the dentists!
Stay off that foot as much as poss today, let the steroid start working it's magic!
You'll be fine, think happy thoughts!

Hope it goes well this morning and that it brings relief.

I’ve bought the Emla cream, Missfoodlove but I can’t imagine what else I’d use it for later though! I’m genuinely worried now, not as much for the injection, although I’m really really nervous about that, but it’s explaining how it feels now first. It really seems funny in that it shifts about on my heel! Oh well, I’ll let you know later.

When I had PF I opted for physio and it went fairly quickly. Part of my Pilates exercises are to keep my calves supple and - touch wood - the ghastly pain in my foot hasn't returned. I do get cramping in my toes occasionally but that rectified by 'stepping' heel/toe for a while. Considering the overall lack of attention given to feet and the weight they have to carry I consider myself lucky not to have suffered more often!

Thank you shysal very clever of you!

Luckylegs, there was a thread on here only recently, some of the suggestions might help including my own.
www.gransnet.com/forums/health/1253702-Heel-pain?msgid=26913019

Thanks everyone.

Try some emla cream before the injection. A good pharmacy should have it. It’s a strong local anaesthetic

Thanks merlot

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These are the socks I bought, nina. There are others available. They really helped because you can feel the instep being supported due to the tightness of the fabric.

They're not expensive either so if they don't work you haven't wasted much money.

I would definitely recommend them.

I've had the steroid injection, for Plantar Faciitis. The actual injection was indeed painful, and the pain got worse for a day or 2....then it really worked, and the injection was the ONLY treatment that stopped the Plantar Faciitis.

Get it done, you'll be glad you did.

Thank you for your replies. Of course, logically I know it’s better to have the injection but it’s just the dread! I’ve woken up this morning and it’s not half as painful! I wonder if I’ve frightened it away? I think it’s all been a bit quick (fancy complaining about that!) as I just happened to be at the GP yesterday. I never thought about acupuncture this time. A friend went to a 92 yr old physio in the village who started at the back of his knee and worked down and got rid of it in one session but he’s off sick now. I’ll grit my teeth and report back, thanks again for the reassurance.

pF does eventually go but when I had mine I had the injection. Uncomfortable at the time but it helped relieve the pain.

My podiatrist told me to do stretching exercises to loosen my tight calf muscles. They were the cause of my PF. I have not had a recurrence since.

I sympathise Lucky as I’ve got it in my right foot. It feels like I’m walking on broken glass and I can barely put my foot to the floor . I am almost living in my Sketchers which do give me some relief . I’ve got various inserts in shoes that don’t seem to help at all. My GP has offered me injections if there was no improvement in 6 months which we are now approaching . I’m very keen to hear how you get on . ( I would accept a small amount of pain with the injection for the relief it may bring) Good Luck

The injection only hurts for seconds and then you will be in less pain, so it’s a no brainer. Let us know how you get on.