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anyone suffer/ed from it?

have an ongoing issue with my heel/arch thats been going on for months
just assumed it was a plain old injury but its not clearing up
looking online my symptoms point to plantar fasciitis

The inflammation caused by the plantar fascia being stretched away from the heel often leads to pain in the heel and arch areas. The pain is often extreme in the morning when an individual first gets out of bed or after a prolonged period of rest.

If this condition is left untreated and strain on the longitudinal arch continues, a bony protrusion may develop, known as a heel spur. It is important to treat the condition promptly before it worsens.
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the part in bold is exactly what I have

doctors next week methinks

anyone else?
 
custard said:
anyone suffer/ed from it?

have an ongoing issue with my heel/arch thats been going on for months
just assumed it was a plain old injury but its not clearing up
looking online my symptoms point to plantar fasciitis



the part in bold is exactly what I have

doctors next week methinks

anyone else?
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dronenrs said:
may seem blatently obvious but have you seen a doctor
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as i said,Doctors next week
I often pick up minor injuries at work
so I just work through them with strapping/painkillers as required

I thought it was my shoes,so changed them,then tried insoles etc
its only recently I was thinking back and realised its been months and having had a few days off work its as painful as ever
 
The Dr will give you drugs which will ease the pain but cause you side effect issues. Eventually if you complain long and hard you might get referred to a physio.

A chiropractor will do a better job. They are not just about spines and back pain they cover all nerves and musculo-skeletal problems. Also trained to provide a full medical status for those with problems we cant deal with.

He/she will probably find all sorts of other stuff that's contributing to the foot problem. That fascia wraps around the whole body, individual muscles and organs. Foot problems can affect knee hip and spine.

The chiropractic training is tough - believe me I'm doing it now. Mega exams start next week.
 
I see a chiropractor every 4 or 5 weeks, initially for a shoulder issue but now it is for regular maintenance visits; love it :)

For the shoulder, she starts off at my fingers, wrists and works her way up....
 
She sounds McTimoney trained.

I'm in Wales doing a far too medical course. I feel more like a GP than a chiro. I regret not doing McT. But when I eventually qualify I'll be able to choose how I practice and I guess it will be handy being able to hold my own with medics.
 
I've got PF in my left foot and some days it's real agony

I had a steroid injection into it last August (yes it hurt!) But for the pain of the injection it was worth it as I could walk again, it was amazing. Doesn't work on everyone tho. The injection has worn off again now so the pain is back :cry: When I saw my GP last week she said try "Sorborthane" insoles - I've ordered some yet to try. But there are also stretches you can do to relieve the pain.

Good Luck. (y)
 
Avoid steroid injection they soften the ligaments and can cause bone infarcts (dead bone by killing the blood supply). Chiropractic is safe with no permanent side effects. They will also show you home exercises to help reduce it coming back.
 
Ive had this problem a while back, known as policemens heal, affects sportspeople and pregnant women, mine lasted 2 weeks and the best remedy is to freeze a tin of beens until solid, then place the tin on the floor and gently roll it under your foot/ arch, back and forth, you wont believe the feeling, 5 mins a time, and ibuprophen, mines never returned thank god! Ant!
 
My Mum has it, triggered by an ill fitting pair of shoes and made worse by ignoring it and a pre-existing back condition (she walks more heavily on her left foot than her right).

She's due to get some deep injections soon.
 
The side effects can be serious and injections dont always work. Injections are easy for the medic but a bad idea until less invasive treatments have been tried.

A chiropractor has virtually no side effect, other than post treatment soreness, and they will work on other problems that aggravate the foot problem. If conservative (read low risk) treatments are not good enough then move to the high risk stuff. But dont miss the low risk step there is no going back.

I took this approach with my L5 disc herniation and with the help of a chiro avoided the need for an operation. The problem has never come back in 10 years.
My brother-in-law had a discectomy 2 years ago and his pain was recently back again. So he's had the heavy guns and still got the problem.
 
Plantar fasciitis is a chronic inflammation and scar tissues caused by old stresses that have stalled part way though the healing process.

Manual therapy and ultrasound will work on the scar tissue and tendinosis caused by errant healing. Short term it hurt worse for a while (hence some NSAIDs), but when the scar tissue is broken down and the correct fibres are free'd up the problem will resolve.

The snag with anti inflammatories alone is for conditions like this they dont do the whole job. They are palliative not curative. They also have some nasty side effects (check the web for info on NSAIDs).

A chiropractor will also look at why it happened in the first place, ankles, knees, hips, spine and even neck can all be parts of the problem.

Steroid injections restart the healing process but the tissue repair is random so you get more scar tissue. They side effects include weaker surrounding connective tissue (bones tendons ligaments even skin). What is the plantar fascia if its not connective tissue? Even worse we have all sorts or proprioceptive nerve endings and sensors in those ligaments which help with foot control balance and gait. Steroids can mess with them as well.
Steroids like cortisone work for athletes who are prepared to gain today and pay tomorrow and are easy to administer (cheap).

Ever wonder why twisted ankles can so easily go again? Its partly mechanical instability but also because the neural signals dont get through.
 
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Thing is I can't take anti inflammatories due to the meds I am stuck on forever with my tummy

The steriod is short term gain but it's so nice being able to "walk again" :eek:
 
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