Plantar fascitis has been a frustrating thing for me to deal with. I think I experienced my first symptoms about 5 years ago. It has gotten worse and worse since then, and the more active I am on a given day the more pain I can count on the next morning. I have talked to my doctor about it. He gave me some stretching exercises to do, and suggested I buy some orthotic shoe inserts.
I bought the shoe inserts (something like this
), and also bought a special pair of "orthoheel" shoes (something like this
). I try to remember to stretch out my feet with the exercises he gave me at the end of the day but I admit I have been slacking a bit there lately.I understand that the next step is to go to a podiatrist and get an injection of cortisone
in the bottom of my foot, which I have heard is pretty painful but would pretty much take care of the problem as long as they get it (guided by myself) in the right place.If that doesn't work there is also a surgery to consider. Rather not go there!
I've also seen various products online...foot exercisers
that are supposed to strengthen your foot muscles and in so doing lessen the pain, and splints
that are designed to stretch your foot while you sleep. My doctor didn't mention these things, but I sometimes wonder if they would help. I also hope that once I get down to a more reasonable weight, maybe that will ease some of the strain on my foot, but I know that even very slim athletes get plantar fascitis, so that's not the entire root of the issue.
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