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| Jan. 17, 2015 Jawood Men's 50 943 posts | Plantar Fasciitis This may have been discussed somewhere before but I would appreciate anyone's thoughts and treatments in dealing with plantar fasciitis? Thanks. I think HEALTH should be added to the message board list of topics. |
| Jan. 17, 2015 Wayne 37 Men's 65 773 posts | Therapy is your best option. Don't know your specific case, but there are several little exercises you can do sitting at home. One of the best is just get a tennis ball, or softball to roll around with the bottom of your foot. It helps if you mash some to help loosen the calcium deposits. It can be a long painful process. Good luck. |
| Jan. 17, 2015 mad dog Men's 65 4191 posts | jawood... i found some inserts for your shoes that helped me....they are called walk rite...i found them on ebay...and they seem to help used them for a few months...and then i went to regular inserts that were for high arches and have been using them all the time now and have no problems per say.....the therapy that wayne talks of is good also...a frozen water bottle also helps..use it in the same manner as wayne says of the softball....i think a tennis ball would be to soft tho...just saying as i never heard of using a tennis ball....but hey if it works use it too..... |
| Jan. 17, 2015 E4/E6 Men's 70 873 posts | Jawood, I use a plastic bottle with frozen water. Lay it on a towel and roll it. Not only does it relieve the pain, it also helps with any swelling. Good luck and quick healing.. |
| Jan. 17, 2015 taits Men's 65 4548 posts | E4/E6 is correct I pressed hard in that arch areas of 'stretch' the ligaments\tendon there under the foot. I have had it 3 times over the years.Stretching the footing a towel pulling back on the toes area helps the stretch also. |
| Jan. 18, 2015 Tom Stigler 2 posts | There is no one cure for plantar fasciitis. The first thing you need is an insert in your shoes to hold your arch. There are generic ones in the market but the best is go to a foot doctor and have a custom made arch suppot made. Then all the above exercises help along with time. Good luck this is a very painful condition. |
| Jan. 18, 2015 jpb28 9 posts | stretching the calf muscle here is one of the most important things to do, |
| Jan. 18, 2015 Benji4 Men's 55 289 posts | jawood I thought I had plantar fasciitis but after seeing a pain specialist it was determined the tendon that runs deep in my calf under your foot was inflamed. I received pain injections deep into my calf and haven't had any pain since. Once your calf muscle becomes fatigued the tendon gets overworked and becomes inflamed. find a pain doctor that will give you injections of lidocaine and maybe kenalog and that may solve the problem. I know several people who had the same problem and it wasn't plantar fasciitis. Good luck |
| Jan. 18, 2015 rtaven Men's 70 43 posts | Benji4 Did it feel like a bad stone bruise on your heel? |
| Jan. 18, 2015 Uncle Mike Men's 60 122 posts | Orthodics or inserts, yoga, frozen water bottle, and pulling your toes back with a towel all help. My guys and I tape an "X" on the bottom of our feet. Pull your toes back and put tape on 1 side of your foot starting at the heel and then pull it tightly across your foot and put it on the other side halfway up your foot. Repeat on the other side. You should form an "X" with the tape, and the X should be at the source of your pain. Works for us- try it. |
| Jan. 18, 2015 Jawood Men's 50 943 posts | Thank you everyone for the suggestions, a lot of good stuff here. I've tried some of them over the weekend. rtaven, there is an area slightly from the middle of my heel that hurts the most when I press on it. The pain lessens as I move away from that spot. The arch doesn't hurt at all, just the heel. |
| Jan. 19, 2015 Benji4 Men's 55 289 posts | jawood Mine hurt at the heel and in the middle of my foot. What uncle Mike described is how I taped athletes with shin splints for years. If you can find a pain doctor I'm telling you that the pain injections will eliminate the pain. kenalog is a safer form of an anti inflammatory than cortisone. No long term side effects. You will just need to take everyone's advice and figure out what works for you. I use kinesio tape (Rock Tape) for any type of swelling injury and that stuff works wonders for me. You can get Rock Tape anywhere and try putting that at the source of the pain. just make sure you pull the rock tape snug otherwise it's useless. Good luck brother. |
| Jan. 19, 2015 Player 86 posts | Jawood, All the suggestions are good. I had it this summer which made it rough as I play the out field. And it resolved itself after about three months. When you're playing, use the tape remedy. The how-to can be found on the internet. One suggestion which I didn't see was use of a rigid device on your foot when sleeping. It holds your foot in a fixed position. They're advertised at varying prices, but I found one at CVS for about $35.00. Good luck! It'll take a bit to heal. |
| Jan. 20, 2015 Webbie25 Men's 70 2413 posts | I had it a few years ago and hurt in the middle and the heel. Simple inserts that raised my arch took care of it and I haven't had a problem since. |
| Jan. 20, 2015 swing for the fences Men's 50 1224 posts | Jaywood, first thing you have to do is get the swelling down... cortisone shot is the quickest way.. after this you have to have a regiment of wall stretching and maybe an orthotic.. I had it 3 years ago and have not had a problem since, and I keep up the wall stretching before and after games and every other day when I get up.. The Wall stretching has helped others, that I recommended it to that were having the beginning signs of pain.. It worked for everyone I told so far. FYI |
| Jan. 20, 2015 swing for the fences Men's 50 1224 posts | One more thing Jaywood, I tape up before everytime I play.. tape like I have a sprained ankle and also wrap up the front of the foot before the arch.. it works wonders.. |
| Jan. 20, 2015 Fabe Men's 65 456 posts | Suffered with this via injury a couple of years ago....went to a specialist, rehab, took shots. What finally work was getting inserts from from a store called "Step Ahead", they take imprints of your feet n prescribe a specific type of insert. In two weeks I had great results! I continue to stretch n wear my inserts...no problem since. Aloha, Fabe |
| Jan. 21, 2015 Wayne 37 Men's 65 773 posts | Yes there is a way you can tape your foot to help relieve some pain, but doctors don't like to put cortisone shots in the heel...........just saying. |
| Jan. 21, 2015 Mario Men's 50 451 posts | Jawood I have had heels spurs since 1988. I tried everything at first to aleve the pain. Finally went to a foot Dr. and he taped me up, then after the pain went away he made a impression of my foot and had a custom pair of orthodics made for me. Now all these years later I still wear them when I play. Don't have any more pain. Sounds like you may have heel spurs your self. May want to go get a prfessional opinion. It was well worth the expense of the custom orthodics. I tried the over the counter and it made my pain worse. |
| Jan. 21, 2015 swing for the fences Men's 50 1224 posts | Agree 100 percent with Mario.. go to a professional... |
| Jan. 22, 2015 17Black Men's 60 414 posts | Good Topic. I had one major bout with this right in the middle of the old Winter Worlds when they were in Las Vegas in November 2009. Pain hit me right in the middle of game as I was running out a double. I didn't know what it was. Took off my shoe and had a black and blue mark only the size of a dime under the arch of my foot, but it felt like a sharp knife was in there. Doing nothing did not work, and I still had a couple more games to play this day and sunday. I (short term) found a pair of golf socks in my bat bag and rolled one up and stuck in under my arch inside my turf shoes and it got me through the tournament. Upon return to Ohio saw my doc right away------------and as others stated above, your calf/Achilles/everything is all inter-twined with the bottom of your feet. Luckily for me that year Vegas was in November and I had five months to heal before playing in April again. I started taking a yoga class with several team-mates who found an instructor who catered to our needs (over 50 men) and didn't try to get us in poses 25 year old girls can do :) WOW, the stretching we all started doing helped the planter issue, as well as preventative maintenance for other body injuries. I also found standing with only toes balancing on a stair for instance, and letting the weight of your heals fall with gravity with just your toes holding you up stretches the calf/Achilles all the way through the heal and planter area of the foot. Getting a good "doctor scholes" (or similar) gel insert for your shoes on a daily basis is huge. I wear them all the time now, in all my shoes, work or play, as gravity changes the way we walk as we age. The extra support is a must for many of us. I DO KNOW a person who had surgery to correct this. In his case, the surgery made it worse. He walks with a limp now----------not saying that will happen to everybody but it did for him. I don't know all the details. |
| Jan. 22, 2015 Corky Men's 55 451 posts | Had it for a whole season....pain in the.... uh.. foot....I did all the above plus injections and bought some KT tape at the local sporting goods store and watched a UTube video that showed how to tape it so I could play...still hurt tho |
| Jan. 24, 2015 Ceres 73 posts | Wayne37 tells us our feet can be taped for planter fasciitis, but doesn't tell us how. He tells us doctors don't like to use cortisone,but I know least I who did and cured my teammate. I suppose there are others. |
| Jan. 24, 2015 swing for the fences Men's 50 1224 posts | Dr's don't like using cortisone to much. It can destroy the tissue if used to much..there are great videos online on how to tape for Planter Fasciitis! |
| Jan. 25, 2015 Ceres 73 posts | Swing, I'm not discussing whether doctors don't like using cortisone to (sic) much. I'm saying doctors have successfully used cortisone on Planter Fasciitis. Also I was not asking whether there were great videos on line. I was saying that Wayne37 did not supply information about the way to tape. |
| Jan. 25, 2015 Jawood Men's 50 943 posts | Thanks to everyone! Sounds like it's a pretty common problem. |
| Jan. 26, 2015 Wayne 37 Men's 65 773 posts | @Ceres Take two short pieces of tape, and put vertical down the back of your heel. Take a long piece of tape, and start at the back of your heel, around over the top of foot, go under the bottom of the foot (just before you get to the ball of your foot), and back over the top of your foot, and connect it to the place you started from. Might offer some temporary relief depending how bad your plantar fasciitis may be. Place one big piece of tape over your mouth so we can't hear you screaming in pain when you run. My doctor did try a cortisone shot in my heel, but only one. Said something about the nerves in the foot. Anyway, I did the therapy at the rehab place, and at home. Another exercise is to take a small towel, and put it on the floor. Put some small objects on it, and try to pick them up with your toes. When sitting around do stretching exercises with your foot. Time, and patience are your friends. |
| Feb. 6, 2015 HJ Men's 70 481 posts | If you have plantar fasciitis there will be a sharp pain when you press the underside of your heel in the back on the inner side of the heel. Tri is right that it is caused by shortened achilles tendon. A bone spur is not the cause, it is the effect of the bone growing because it is being pulled back and up by the achilles tendon. The intense pain point described above is where the fascia inserts into the heel bone. The fascia is being pulled tight which is why inserts may work. My doc recommended the PowerStep inserts which work for me and saved $300.I get the red one which also has a lift to help pronation. As usual Webbie gives the best advice. Wall Stretches. Do not do within 3 hours of starting to play but do it 3 or 4 times a day every day. Stand 18 inches or so from wall. Have feet at right angle to wall about a little more than shoulder width apart. Stick stomach out toward wall so you look really fat. Put hands on wall about shoulder width apart. Do slow controlled pushups. If you are doing it right, you will feel a tremendous stretch in your calves. The above is from my Cleveland Clinic podiatrist. I never got shots. Note: Don't go barefoot because it flattens the feet. If possible wear shoes as much as possible with inserts. Never had a relapse after nasty initial event. Doc is a softball player!! |
| May 29, 2018 akshayv 1 posts | I had been experiencing foot pain and plantar fasciitis. I was desperate to find a shoe that could get me through a day of walking without pain. Well I found it, the orthofeet not only gives me the foot support and pain relief I needed; they are also a good looking shoe that can be paired with many different outfits. The shoes took me about three weeks to wear in so that they were comfortable enough to wear on a 4-8 mile walk. |
| May 31, 2018 titanhd Men's 60 638 posts | https://heelthatpain.com/ Cured mine! |
| May 31, 2018 titanhd Men's 60 638 posts | By the way I wear these in all of my shoes not just softball shoes |
| June 2, 2018 the car 83 posts | i have had it 2 times did everything and finally came across some info about Asics Jell tennis shoe gray with gray and black trim and believe it or not had no pain in a week i tell everyone about it and 1 person JB plays with TCR got a pair i did not see him for a couple months and we were playing at a tourney he came up to me and said he got a pair and has been painless for a long time and thank you. I was using my jells for everything my feet were feeling great so i went to play and thought i will wear my Boombah`s and in 2 games was hurting put my jells back on. It is a cheap way to to see if it fixes your foot problem... |
