What Is The Best Treatment

[tamaris]

apart from rest, for Plantar Fasciitis ? TIA

[SirOracle]

Different supporting insoles can sometimes help in addition to rest,as you say.

[tamaris]

Thank you I am in agony , never heard of this before.

[Buenchico]

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/heel-pain/Pages/Treatment.aspx

[tamaris]

Thanks Chris, have printed all that and I think it is time to see the doctor.

[excelsior-1]

hello tamaris

i fully sympathise with you, i had this condition about four years ago and it was excruciating for me

my doctor advised buying gel-heels, so i purchased a number of them to keep in all my footwear - in time the condition was cured (i still have gel-heels in my work boots)

i hope you can get yourself sorted swiftly

[woofgang]

wearing crocs sorted mine.

[Sycamore3House]

Just wearing decent shoes can help the ones I started to wear had a decent instep. A friend of mine went to 'Foot Solutions' in our city centre and had insoles made to suit his feet which was costly but he is now fine.

[naomi24]

After six months on crutches I went to a sports injury specialist. Two visits - £80 - cured.

[granny grump]

I had injections; physio; insoles and home exercises which included picking up marbles with your toes and putting a length of ribbon on the floor and scrunching it up sideways. It takes time and rest as well and I don't think that there is a quick fix. I used the blue heel supports from Boots as recommended about £22 per pair and they certainly helped. I still ensure that any shoes I buy have a good supportive 'spongey' sole. Good luck and be patient

[tamaris]

Finally went to the docs today, but she only could confirm what I said I thought I had and she said it could take up to a year to get better, and they did not know how you got it. She did not offer me anything, so I asked for pain killers. I said I had taken Ibuforan and it had hardly touched the pain, so she has given me Naproxen and told me to rest, it is almost impossible to rest.

[Eve]

First time, those toner trainers with the curved sole worked wonders as they helped to stretch the muscle, that and exercises such as heel drops off a stair. Most recently I had some hydrotherapy exercises, rolling a special dumbbell under my foot and stretching my calf muscles and tendons and some special insoles from podiatry.