[Mercurial]

I've had this now for about four months and it's so incredibly painful. I have seen my Dr today, for the second time, and she's referred me for an ultrasound and injection of steroid into the site.

Has anyone had this done - how painful is it? Did it work?

I have tried anti-inflammatories, stretches etc but nothing helps and if anything the pain is getting worse. Did you trying anything else that had a successful result.

[handsfull]

Yep and yep! Very painful, still have it and I had injections but there apparently is only so many you can have. Podiatrist said comfy shoes ie. ugly fugly ones......have a pair for work and they do work.

Find wearing shoes with no proper support hurts like hell at the end of the day.

I do martial arts and no amount of exercise will allow me to stretch it out properly. All good at exercise but cannot walk down the hall later that night after tendons have shrunk back...

Get used to expensive comfy shoes...throw your vanity out the window....

[MrsW87]

My DH has this really bad. He has heel spurs as well. A podiatrist gave him a relief exercise which is to fill a round 1.25 bottle with water and freeze it, then put it on the floor and roll it underneath your foot in the spot that hurts if that makes sense. He says it helps him.

Always wearing shoes, and having shoe inserts seem to help him alot too.

Good luck OP, I had it when pregnant and it was horrible so I cant imagine having it all the time.

[~*Twilight~Zone*...]

I've had the steriod injection and it provided great relief but only lasted 6 weeks. Injection itself wasn't too painful, just stung a bit.

Have you seen a podiatrist? Mine puts inserts in my shoes which gives some relief.

[Mercurial]

I haven't seen a podiatrist yet. Might try to get in and see one before getting the injection. Or have it done and then see one so that it doesn't come back.

Shoe inserts, ugly shoes - what a glamorous life.

[AllegraM]

I developed a mild case during my first pregnancy. Mainly due to pregnancy and my habit up until then of going barefoot on hard floors at home almost all the time.

I bought some Naturalizer shoes which had great support. A couple of months after I started to wear them, mine resolved. Of course, this was post-birth so that probably helped too.

I still wear my shoes during this pregnancy and so far it has not returned. I hope you get yours sorted out.

[WibbleWobble]

Yes I had this years ago. So painful, I would be in tears at times getting out of bed.

I saw a podiatrist who suggested orthotics, but never got around to doing it.

Oddly enough at the time I was a massage student and we were practicing a therapy called trigger point, the trigger point for the feet is the back of the calf, so when my partner touched the trigger point ( and I screamed it hurt so much) the teacher worked on that spot and I never had the problem again.

If you google it you should be able to find a chart of the points and then ask someone to add some pressure to those points.

[la di dah]

I have plantar fasciitis and also short achilles tendons up the back of my leg. The tendon in my calves actually WANTS me to wear high heels (less stretch than standing flat-footed) and the podiatrist said I can if I want to.

So no ultra-fug shoes here though I prefer a wedge heel or a thicker heel to the pin-like stilettos just because I have real bad recovery if I turn an ankle.

The plantar fasciitis is, honestly, a hardcore b**ch no matter what shoes I wear.

[Green Sheep]

My DH had it and heel spurs. He saw a physio who gave him stretching exercises as well the frozen water bottle idea that C~D~W~H suggested. He also now wears supportive shoes (mostly Asics runners) and socks with extra support. He found shoe inserts didn't help him
He refused injections and with the shoes and stretching exercises his has improved lots .....it took about 8 months for him to be almost pain free.

[kaishra]

My husband had it, he did the stretches, wore the strassburg sock, got inserts and then had the shot, the man who did it said to him "for the next 30 seconds (or however long) I am not going to be your friend. The shots hurt. Luckily for him my husband could be the poster boy for cortisone shots as 1 shot cured him, that is unusual apparently, the physio wanted to do a paper about it.
He's just had the same shot in his back for a herniated disk, our fingers are crossed that it does the same and doesn't wear off