Plantar fasciitis

[DandyFop]

Apparently my attempt to get in shape by walking everywhere has come back to bite me in the ass because I'm stupid and wore bad shoes and now I've got some weirdness with my heel where I can't walk on it untill it's "heeled" (lol)

Anybody else ever had this? I really hope it goes away soon :(

[Yeti]

No, but I had a Planters Wart on the ball of my foot. It would get really tender. It really hurt to walk. The ball of the foot is no place for a Planters Wart. Luckily I kept digging it out and applying medicine. It finally went away.

I feel your pain since planter is in the name of your affliction.

[ms.peachy]

I have had this. It's annoying, isn't it! Go to the drugstore and get yourself some heel insert thingies for your shoes; they really help.

[Rock]

OTC medicine or Doctor prescribed medicine? I am having the ole plantar on the ball of my foot issue now.

[DandyFop]

Yeah I guess i just have to like stretch it and wear those heel things. Blah! It sucks especially because I've been doing my best to stay in shape lately, but a friend had a good idea to take up swimming while I'm waiting for this to heal (y)

[SobaViolence]

it was developping on both my feet, then i was told to rollerblade, and voila, problem solved.

or get better shoes. but i couldn't afford them
poor(n)

[enree erzweglle]

Isn't that the term for a heel spur? If so, my kid had one. I always correlated it with when he wore a particular pair of crap (but fashionable) shoes to school one term.

It was pretty painful but it got better when he reduced his activity, went on anti-inflammatories for a few months, and used a particular insert in his shoes. It also helped, I think, that since then, he hasn't worn crap shoes. He wears some sort of Nike Air (which we replace every few months) for sports and leisure and when he was in high school, it was Rockports as part of his school uniform. It took about 3-4 months for the initial bout to clear up and it didn't return after that.

I think people often underestimate the importance of good shoes and they maybe don't replace them often enough. My running/gym shoes easily cost $100-$150 a pair and I replace them every 900 miles/3-4 months. It's much better (and cheaper) to do that than to deal with doctors and copays and rehab.

[Yeti]

OTC medicine or Doctor prescribed medicine? I am having the ole plantar on the ball of my foot issue now.

Ouch! You may want to consult a Podiatrist. It is a bitch to get under control. I used over the counter Planter Wart medicine. It took forever to work. I constantly was digging it out and had what amounted to a crater in my foot. My brother also had one and had to get an operation. The Planter Wart actually attaches to the bone so I am sure mine will return. My brother was in a walking cast for over a month after his surgery.

[DandyFop]

Yeah, the crappy shoes does it. I've been wearing flip flops like no one's business. I should buy a new pair of Saucony's (y)

[Yeti]

Isn't that the term for a heel spur? If so, my kid had one. I always correlated it with when he wore a particular pair of crap (but fashionable) shoes to school one term.

It was pretty painful but it got better when he reduced his activity, went on anti-inflammatories for a few months, and used a particular insert in his shoes. It also helped, I think, that since then, he hasn't worn crap shoes. He wears some sort of Nike Air (which we replace every few months) for sports and leisure and when he was in high school, it was Rockports as part of his school uniform. It took about 3-4 months for the initial bout to clear up and it didn't return after that.

I think people often underestimate the importance of good shoes and they maybe don't replace them often enough. My running/gym shoes easily cost $100-$150 a pair and I replace them every 900 miles/3-4 months. It's much better (and cheaper) to do that than to deal with doctors and copays and rehab.

WOW, I need you to talk with my wife. She won't even replace the oil in her car every 3,000 miles.

[enree erzweglle]

WOW, I need you to talk with my wife. She won't even replace the oil in her car every 3,000 miles.Yeah, see I take care of myself, but not necessarily my car. Its radiator went a summer or so ago and the guy at the place where I had it towed offered to change my oil too and I said sure. He went away and came back and asked when I'd last had it changed and I told him that if they do it as part of inspections, then three or four months before. And he looked at me funny and said that they don't do oil as part of inspection. So some quick calculating on my part and I said, then I've never changed the oil. On my car. Which is 11-12 years old. Maybe 35-40K miles. They couldn't get the filter off without breaking screws.

[Yeti]

Yeah, see I take care of myself, but not necessarily my car. Its radiator went a summer or so ago and the guy at the place where I had it towed offered to change my oil too and I said sure. He went away and came back and asked when I'd last had it changed and I told him that if they do it as part of inspections, then three or four months before. And he looked at me funny and said that they don't do oil as part of inspection. So some quick calculating on my part and I said, then I've never changed the oil. On my car. Which is 11-12 years old. Maybe 35-40K miles. They couldn't get the filter off without breaking screws.

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[Bob]

Yeah, see I take care of myself, but not necessarily my car. Its radiator went a summer or so ago and the guy at the place where I had it towed offered to change my oil too and I said sure. He went away and came back and asked when I'd last had it changed and I told him that if they do it as part of inspections, then three or four months before. And he looked at me funny and said that they don't do oil as part of inspection. So some quick calculating on my part and I said, then I've never changed the oil. On my car. Which is 11-12 years old. Maybe 35-40K miles. They couldn't get the filter off without breaking screws.

wow! and i felt guilty going 5 months without doing it (the reminder sticker on my windshield had faded away and i forgot). i thought for sure my car would combust or something.

[beastiegirrl101]

I think people often underestimate the importance of good shoes and they maybe don't replace them often enough. My running/gym shoes easily cost $100-$150 a pair and I replace them every 900 miles/3-4 months.

I totally get that and have heard this before the problem I have is how do I know how many miles I have put on my gym shoes?

[Yeti]

For $150 they should come with an odometer and an instruction manual.

[Yeti]

OTC medicine or Doctor prescribed medicine? I am having the ole plantar on the ball of my foot issue now.

Diagnosis

Most plantar warts are diagnosed based on their appearance. In some cases, the podiatrist scrapes a sample of skin cells from the wart and sends the sample to a pathologist for microscopic evaluation.

Treatment

Over-the-counter medications contain chemicals that destroy skin cells (e.g., acid) and may damage healthy tissue surrounding the wart. Self-treatment for plantar warts using an over-the-counter preparation is not recommended.

In some cases, podiatrists apply mild acid (e.g., salicylic acid, cantharidin, dichloroacetic acid) topically to treat plantar warts. This treatment, which often requires multiple applications over the course of several weeks, disintegrates viral cells and allows healthy skin cells to replace them.

Laser treatments (e.g., CO2 laser cautery) can be used to treat plantar warts. Laser treatment is performed in a podiatrist's office or an outpatient surgery facility using local anesthesia. Lasers produce little scarring and are effective in most cases.

Cryotherapy involves freezing warts with a very cold solution (e.g., sodium nitride) that destroys the virus and causes the wart to turn black and fall off within a few days. This treatment is ineffective in some cases when the solution does not penetrate far enough to completely destroy the virus.

Surgical removal (called debridement) usually is not recommended to treat plantar warts because it can cause painful scarring. Generally, this procedure is used to remove several small warts in a limited area. Debridement is performed using anesthesia and can be used with acid to destroy the virus and prevent the warts from regrowing

[Bob]

For $150 they should come with an odometer and an instruction manual.

and flight jets

[Yeti]

I have a good friend that is a competitive runner. He has competed in the Boston, New York and on and on. He documents the miles he puts on his shoes. I just can't relate. I gauge my shoes by their stench.

[The Notorious LOL]

I have been paranoid about showering at the gym ever since I was told about the possibility of getting a plantar wart. Now I wait til I get home.

[enree erzweglle]

I totally get that and have heard this before the problem I have is how do I know how many miles I have put on my gym shoes?I know how many miles I put on my running shoes, so that's easy. But the gym shoes replacement thing is not a science. I don't replace them as often as my running shoes because I don't get as much impact in the gym as I do with running. For gym shoes, I wind up replacing them about twice a year. I know when it's time by the springiness factor--when I am tempted to put my running shoes on instead of my gym shoes, then I know that it's time for new gym shoes because the old ones have lost their spring. :p It seems to work for me.

I replace my summer sandals every other year and they're Clarks brand. I have the same pair in two different colors. Our summers are short enough here that I can get two seasons out of them. Hiking shoes/boots--how often I hike determines when I replace them. Usually one pair a season and then I use the "off" pair as my winter outside walking-around shoes.

I take care to do the right thing with shoes. I learned (the painful way) in my first season of hardcore running that shoes don't affect just feet. The right shoe affects stuff all the way up to the knees and hips clear up through the spine. Maybe it's obvious to some people, but it took me a bit to get that. (lb) :)