Plantar Fascacitis???

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KimDW

Cathlete
How do you know if you have this? It's mainly my right foot. But after doing any of the Imax workouts or anything with constant high impact the arch of my foot just burns like crazy. It's more like it's towards the inside of my arch rather than the bottom of my foot. Then sometimes the side of my foot on the pinkie toe side does this too. It's frustrated when I have to stop not because I'm winded or tired but because my feet are killing me. I've been using socks with the arch supports and I wear New Balance 605 shoes which could probably be replaced soon. I never had this problem at the gym during classes but since I've kicked up my workouts with Cathe it seems to be really noticable. Any ideas?

Kimbra
 
Hi Kimbra

The biggest tell tale sign is if you feel it first thing in the morning when you get out of bed. Are your feet killing you and you are walking like you are 90 years old? Then as the morning moves along it seems to lessen until you do you high impact moves?

If you answer yes to these questions, get it checked out right away. The sooner you take care of it the better.

Good luck,

Nancy
 
I have the same problem when I do the IMAX's. But I don't have the pain in the morning. It goes away after I stop exercising. I use Dr. Scholls hi-impact aerobic inserts and they seem to have helped it. I think my sneakers were a little too big for my feet so I wasn't getting the arch support that I need. I have a hard time finding the right size sneaker for myself. They seem to fit well in the store, but once I get them home and start hopping around for a few days I start noticing problems. Of course, by then it's too late to bring them back!:-(
 
i happen to have this lovely little thing }(

the tendons on the bottoms of both my feet are very very tight. i went to the foot doctor and that's what i have. anyway, i did physical therapy for while. basically, for the type i have, which caueses an intense piercing pain if it gets pulled suddenly (such as from high impact moves) i need to stretch my feet every day. during physical therapy they would do and heat massage and then ice the foot (Oooooo and that tickles!!) then they gave me a series of stretches. the type i have will never go away, so daily stretches are the only solution.

the two basic stretches are to place your hands on the wall with your feet in a lunge position. lean into the wall and you will feel the stretch along hte back of the leg down into the bottom of the foot. hold this for 20 seconds and repeat 10 times. the next move is a modification of the first. pull the back leg closer to the front leg and put your weight on it. kinda looks like the beginning of the crane move from karate kid. hold for 20 seconds and repeat 10 times.

these moves helped me. and the more i do them the looser the tendon gets and the more high impact i can do. very gradual though. i would definitely get it checked out with you doctor, and they can give you even more stretches to do. good luck! :)
 
I developed this problem I believe from first doing step aerobics on concrete covered by carpet and then taking tae kwon do. I was experiencing pretty consistent pain also and have tried several different heel inserts that I got from Walmart but nothing seemed to help. I found a site on the internet that sold a product called Heel-That-Pain (I know, very hokey title) that I have been using about 2 months and my pain has almost disappeared. The link is http://www.heel-that-pain.com/.
 
Kimbra, thank you for starting this thread. And thanks for the links posted too. I had a sudden outbreak of PF starting about a month ago and have had two steroid shots already. I'm wearing good non-custom orthotics and my PF has lessened but hasn't disappeared yet. My doc says the next step is custom orthotics at $300+ per foot which my insurance won't cover.x( I'm certainly going to try the Heel-that-Pain thingies. Another recommendation from the Video Fitness board is a book by Pete Egoscue called "Pain Free", which has several stretches I'm going to incorporate into my workouts every day.

If you haven't seen a doctor already - chiro, GP, orthopedist, whatever - I'd say do so ASAP. The sooner it gets diagnosed, the sooner you can treat the problem.

Good luck,
Allison
 
Custom orthotics have been a god send for me. I have a thin heel pad so my doctor really didn't want to give my any cortisone. After nothing else seemed to be helping, we tried the cortisone. It helped a bit but not that much. At that point, I tried the orthotics. Life has been so much better!

I also wear a night splint at night, ice daily and take ibuprofen. I also roll my heel and arch on a tennis ball 3 times a day.

Colleen
 
My first recommendation is to go to a dr. Mine had me take "therapeutic levels" of ibuprofen for 6 weeks in addition to all the stretching mentioned (absolutely necessary) as well as the icing and rolling the heel. The PT made me a night splint which works wonders. Also, one thing I have not seen mentioned is to tape your foot. Two wraps of athletic tape around the arch of your foot. It really helps. I still tape my foot before my workouts and wear inserts. Some info I read re: inserts is that the expensive ones work no better than OTC. Also, I have found that some good day shoes are Born and Ecco. Good luck. Leslie
 
although plantar fasciitis is commonly in the heel, heel spurs, it is also a problem for the arch in some people. as i mentioned in my previous post that's the kind i have. so if you have the pain that goes up the arch of the foot and not the heal. this product might be good for you.

http://about.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=1275/form_keyword=arch+brace/

if you get diagnosed with the type of plantar fasciitis that is similar to mine there is no fix for it such as there is for heel spurs. (cortizone shots and so forth).
maddie
:) :)
 
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