Plantar Fasciitis

Mine went away only after I’d bought arch support insoles (Scholl, from Boots) continuously in both shoes, for several weeks.
I know this doesn’t work for everybody, but it did for me.

Acupuncture worked for me.

Arch supports worked for my daughter too.

Roll a can of very, very cold Coke or Lemonade, under your feet - 3 or 4 times a day - worked for me ..

I use the support socks from Amazon they are very good and wear them to bed when the pain is bad.

Arch supporters x

I first had this very painful condition about 20 years ago (and have had it since). I tried:

wearing trainers (no heeled shoes or flipflops)
various painkillers, some on prescription
exercises from the Podiatrist
shoe insoles from the Podiatrist

The only thing that worked fully was steroid injections, done by the GP

This is a very painful condition isn't it! I visited a podiatrist who confirmed my self diagnosis, gave me some exercises and advice on footwear. The most important is slippers; she said she was astonished at the number of patients she has who spend money on comfortable shoes and then slob around at home in £2.50 supermarket slippers which are nothing ore than felt covered cardboard. If you are at home all day, spend as much on your indoor footwear as you would have on shoes to wear at work all day was her advice, and although an initial expensive outlay of around £50, the Haflinger wool clogs (handmade in germany) are still going strong after 3 years which included lockdown therefore almost continual wear. Perhaps too much info, but despite this constant wear, because they are pure wool, there is no feety smell. I bought DH the equivalent from Birkenstock. too.
I did the exercises she recommended, wore an arch support for a few weeks, but have had no further episodes of this painful condition since I started wearing decent supportive footwear in the house. I hope this is of help, you certainly have my sympathy.

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Has anyone tried shock wave therapy for PF? Or taping?

AmeliaLW

Has anyone tried shock wave therapy for PF? Or taping?

Had physio, did exercises, wore orthotics, nothing worked. Changed to different podiatrist who recommended shock wave therapy. Only thing that worked couldn’t recommend it highly enough.

Its very painful but does go in the end, though it can take up to a year, well that was my experience x2.
As has been said, trainers with insoles, no bare feet, exercise and a good deal of patience.

My podiatrist said to do calf stretches as it was tight tendons causing the problem and he did some ultrasound treatment. No problem since.

I agree that it is a very painful condition but hang on in there, it will go away. I had it recently for about a year & one day I just noticed that I was no longer in pain. I found (as someone upthread says), rolling your foot on a cold bottle or can did help me. I also found that resting did not offer any relief. Good luck

I was told the same about indoor footwear and invested, on advice, in crocs - I emphasis I only wear them indoors and my pain has improved no end.

All of the above. Lasted about 18 months for me. I had some sort of laser therapy which was very expensive, bought Scholl insoles etc etc. In the end it was some support insoles from physio at the hospital that did it. That and wearing supportive shoes all the time. That was all twice. The third time, our lovely older GP gave me a steroid injection in my hell, magic, gone! None of the present GP’s would do it now. It’s a question of patience, good supportive shoes, rolling your foot as described and standing on the edge of a step and letting your heel hang off, I’m afraid.

When I had plantar fascitis it hurt to walk if I’d been resting but I don’t remember my feet hurting in the night.

Stretch tendons
Buy supportive indoor shoes
Use arch supports in outdoor shoes

I use a massage gun on my feet and it is far and away the best thing I have tried. I think I have tried most of the standard solutions but none of them really helped that much. Then I bought the massage gun and it feels so good, your feet tingle afterwards and you wake up pain free. I am not saying it will work for everyone but it’s been a godsend to me.

I bought arch supports from Amazon for about £7, wore them in all shoes and it went. I have recommended this approach to others and it worked for them too.

I bought arch support insoles from the podiatrist, about £10. They worked for me. She also told me to freeze a bottle of water and roll my foot over it in the evening.

Stretches worked really well for me. Also rolling my feet on a cold can of juice straight from the fridge.

Rolling foot in a tennis ball, arch supports and patience..

I had this condition about 4 years ago. It made me feel miserable as the moment my foot touched the floor when I got out of bed each day I was in pain. I joined Silver Swans ballet classes for older people (like 60-90 years of age. It cured it completely. When the Covid lock-down came I folled a similar class on Youtube run by a youngish woman and her mother who was probably in her sixties and looked like many of us with a few extra pounds, which made it much more relateable. They now charge for their classes but I think the free ones are still on Youtube. No trouble with PF since.