Plantar faciitis

[mountainmomma18]

I have developed plantar faciitis in my left foot. I have never had it before and it is excruciatingly painful. I am on prescription meds now that have helped alleviate most of the pain and am waiting to see a physiotherapist. I am doing foot stretches and will modify my exercises at the gym so I am mostly seated while lifting.

Any one else suffer with pf? Advice? How did you modify? What kind of cardio did you do, if any?

I was doing so well, feeling strong and seeing progress and now I'm worried about losing all that I have worked so hard for. TIA!!

[SurgeonBrah]

Achilles stretching every hour and cold rolling your feet helps...

take a standard water bottle (500-750ml) fill with water then freeze overnight... Roll your arch over that the next morning and a couple of times during the day...

good luck. surgery is not usually very successful... could look into collagenase injections if it gets really bad and/or unresponsive to stretching etc

[riseboi]

Make sure your PT evaluates your hip and knees too.

[mountainmomma18]

Thank you both for your advice. The pain has improved greatly since starting naprosen. I certainly do feel it in my knees and hips but wonder if that is because I had been walking on my toes all week.