Plantar Facitiis Arghhh

Hi there,
I have always had deformed feet, I went to a foot specialist when I was 8 years old as I had bunions. I was reccommended surgery at age 16/18 when my feet stopped growing but never had it.

I broke my foot last October (5th Metatarsel, jones fracture) and was in a non weight bearing cast. After I came out of cast I began to pronate that foot. (I have a high instep/arch but I think I pronated to stop the pain from the 5th met) So I got some insteps from my physio which helped greatly.
However stupidly I stopped wearing them on a current holiday.

So for 2 weeks I had been pronating my feet without realising. My big toe went numb on one foot. My other foot had sharp painful pains in my heel.
So I went to my GP and she said my big toe is numb due to bunion which has been main worse by pronation. She doesnt reccommend bunion surgery as I am only 24.
Then she said the heel pain is plantar facitiis. I asked what I can do to help this and she said just take anti imflammatory tablets. (even tho I'm not swollen)
I went back today with same response and she said take them for longer (already took them 2 weeks)

I am in agony. In the morning my heel/arch hurt so bad. I rest it for a few days and the pain goes, as soon as I go to the gym, for a long walk, or stand up for a long time, it comes back the next day. It is more painful than when I broke my foot. I can almost feel myself rolling my foot outwards to take the pain off.
My big toe does not bother me, it is not painful at all. The numbness is a worry but I do not notice until I touch it. So I can live with it.

So does anyone have any advice. Could a physio or chiropractor help? Or does it just need rest.

Anti inflammatory tablets are not doing the job.

Hay!

Just going to be very brief, if you want some more information just ask and I can take some more time in the next few days to explain your condition and some treatments/advice.

Yes, go back to the physio who gave you the orthotics, he/she seems to know foot mechanics well enough. A good physio can greatly help someone with PF. The last thing you want is for PF to become a chronic condition, it can become quite a limiting factor in everything you do, I have seen this a few times in ex-army/Dep Vet Affairs clients.

Book in with your physio asap and they can explain why/what they can do to help :) If you feel like he/she didn't explain anything properly or you feel like treatment is not helping, feel free to send me a private message or repost here and let me know, and I will take the time to be a bit more expansive.

Continue with the anti-inflams too, they have shown to compliment our treatment fairly well with most clients w/ PF.

If you read this article, it provides you with ALOT of information on effective treatments. :) I highly suggest wading your way through it and researching anything you are not sure of as you go.

Conservative therapy for plantar fasciitis: a narrative review of randomized controlled trials

Enjoy!

Hiya, Thank you for the help.
I have booked in for an appointment on Friday.

One thing I have noticed is that my calf is sooo tight. I have tried doing some stretches but the pain in my heel from doing the stretch hurts so bad. So just gonna leave it now and see what advice my physio has.

Thank you for the help

Calf tightness can be one of the causative factors of plantar fasciitis, your achilles tendon inserts onto your posterior calc at the same insertion as the origin of your platar fascia ligament. Generally stretching your calf will help (stretch both your gastrocs AND soleus, one being a normal calf stretch the other a "Knee to wall" stretch)

Example of gastrocs stretch

http://64.143.176.9/library/healthgu...hwkb17_077.jpg

Example of soleus stretch

http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/ga...stretch220.jpg

Do not push these into too much discomfort for your PF ligament. Just nice and easy and slowly progress them.

I am sure your physio will give you some good advice on friday :) Good luck with it all.

Hi
There are many things you can do to treat your plantar fasciitis. I had plantar fasciitis for about a year and I discovered that treatment is individual. Things that work for one will not work for the other. The good news is that you have many treatments you can try but you must be persistent and patient.
I have found a good plantar fasciitis treatment review website in:
Plantar Fasciitis Treatment
There are many self care treatments ideas in there but I think you should consult a therapist before you do something.
Icing or cold therapy is used to reduce inflammation so if you want to reduce your pain symptom you can apply ice. I prefer to roll a frozen water bottle.
Take care