Heel pain

[Little-Acorn]

This started a few days ago and seems to be getting worse. It's the heel area, but on the sole of my foot. Ever stretch the "arch" of your foot and get that stinging pain, that generally lasts a few seconds and then subsides? I'm getting that but all the way to the back of my foot. Doesn't matter if I'm sleeping, sitting or working out, if I happen to stretch that portion of my foot, it HURTS like hell!

Any ideas?

I've gotten that a few times. With me it looks like it was fallen arches (I had it in both feet), aka flat feet.

First time I got a couple rolls of white cloth first-aid tape, and started laying down strips in the middle of my shoes from front to back. Put more and shorter strips in the middle, building up the part under the arches, until it arched smoothly and was maybe 1/4 or 3/8 inch thick in the middle. Felt odd at first, but eventually (1-1/2 week or so) the pain went away and didn't return.

Basically I built up fairly-solid arch supports.

I've gotten it a few times since then, including right now. This time I got some 1/16" thick aluminum at the hobby shop (metal supply stores have it too), cu out some approx. D-shaped pieces (one for each foot), smoothed and rounded the edges, then bent them slightly into an arch shape, maybe 3/8 inch at the highest point. Right foot is fine now, left foot still has a problem, not sure why. Some day I may break down and actually see a podiatrist.

When I first put these metal arches in my shoes, again it felt weird. I refer to it as "walking on mountaintops". Becomes less noticeable as your feet get used to them, also as your arches press back into their proper shape. Body weight during ordinary walking, does the pressing.

Try it, who knows, you may like it. Got anything better to do?

[SassyLady]

I'm afraid to even look that horrible looking name up? Is it a technical term for "fat body crushing heel"? LOL

[Gunny]

I'm afraid to even look that horrible looking name up? Is it a technical term for "fat body crushing heel"? LOL

Your arch is most likely plantar fascitis. Your heel could be several things. Heel bruises are common. So are heel spurs. The latter require surgery. The former requires rest.

[Missileman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantar_fasciitis


I've had it since 1998, non-stop. Every day.

Prednisone cleared my plantar fasciitis up in a few days.

[jimnyc]

I bought a set of soles with "better" arches to see if that helps overall. In addition to that, trying to ice/heat it when I have downtime.

Ever lay on your back and lift your legs straight up in the air, as if to do the "bicycle" exercise? That's when it REALLY hurts, as if the blood flowing, or gravity, is aggravating it. It's also bad when I first get up. Funny thing is, it rarely hurts from walking, mostly stretching it at certain angles and certain pressures.

I'm going to give it another week of babying it and see if it gets any better, then maybe see a doctor and at least get an xray.

[Gunny]

This started a few days ago and seems to be getting worse. It's the heel area, but on the sole of my foot. Ever stretch the "arch" of your foot and get that stinging pain, that generally lasts a few seconds and then subsides? I'm getting that but all the way to the back of my foot. Doesn't matter if I'm sleeping, sitting or working out, if I happen to stretch that portion of my foot, it HURTS like hell!

Any ideas?

My next idea would be possibly heel spurs. In layman's terms, calcium deposits on your bones that impinge your tendons/ligaments and cause pain. The only cure for those I know is surgery.

Back to the original comment of yours, if you're getting cramps in your aches, try taking extra potassium and cutting down on the

You could also try one of those Dr Scholl's displays that has a foot-thing you stand on and it tells you what kind of inserts you need. Even if you don't want the inserts, it could give you an idea, what's wrong.

The BEST bet is go to a podiatrist. Why not? Obama says he'll pay for it.

[Jeff]

Jim I have had plantar fasciitis for a few years now, it gets so bad I cant walk period, I have to use crutches but MM is exactly right a shot of Prednisone is what the Doc did for me and it felt 100% better the next day with in a couple days back to normal

That's what I thought was going on a couple weeks ago when they admitted me into the hospital for a infection, welcome to my world Jim, LOL

[Gunny]

Jim I have had plantar fasciitis for a few years now, it gets so bad I cant walk period, I have to use crutches but MM is exactly right a shot of Prednisone is what the Doc did for me and it felt 100% better the next day with in a couple days back to normal

That's what I thought was going on a couple weeks ago when they admitted me into the hospital for a infection, welcome to my world Jim, LOL

My ex had to have surgery on both her arches she had plantar fascitis so bad. Nothing to do with feet is fun.

[darin]

I had a doctor inject my heel with some sorta shit. The shot hurt so f'ing bad; hurt like getting kicked in the nuts by a nut-kicking robot. Never again.

[Gunny]

I had a doctor inject my heel with some sorta shit. The shot hurt so f'ing bad; hurt like getting kicked in the nuts by a nut-kicking robot. Never again.

Most likely hydrocortizone or hydrocortisol.

[darin]

Most likely hydrocortizone or hydrocortisol.

I tell ya, whatever it was, sticking that needle into my fascias swollen 5 times normal size = probably the single most-painful experience of my life, other than the end of Old Yeller.

[logroller]

I tell ya, whatever it was, sticking that needle into my fascias swollen 5 times normal size = probably the single most-painful experience of my life, other than the end of Old Yeller.

I make it a point to not watch the end-- even knowing how it ends, it gets me every time.

[Gunny]

I tell ya, whatever it was, sticking that needle into my fascias swollen 5 times normal size = probably the single most-painful experience of my life, other than the end of Old Yeller.

Guess you've never broken a bone, huh? I think the single most painful thing I have every experienced was pleurisy. Think about something that will only not send a searing pain through your ribs with each breath if you stop breathing. Takes like 6 months to heal. Maybe less if you don't continue to go out and play basketball, lift weights and run every day.

[darin]

..passing a gallstone hurt like hell...but hard to compare. Once I bit through my tongue - had to get stitches in my F'ig TONGUE. Yeah - that may be the worst...

[Gunny]

..passing a gallstone hurt like hell...but hard to compare. Once I bit through my tongue - had to get stitches in my F'ig TONGUE. Yeah - that may be the worst...

It's all relevant to experience. I cracked my left shin from almost the knee to the ankle using it as a block in a martial arts sparring match on the ship. Had a purple leg for quite awhile. THAT hurt. However, because I could walk (spelled: h-o-b-b-l-e), they wouldn't cast it. A cast would have gotten me a free ride off the ship early. Had I known that, I might have pulled a punter's flop.