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Post by aljack on Jul 13, 2016 13:46:33 GMT
Okay wise peas, I am suffering with extreme pain in right heel.
Earlier this week I noticed my left leg was numb or tingling. Kind of like falling asleep, but didnt subside for quite a while. I figured it was back related (sciata nerve) although no major back pain. Heel pain started shortly after the numb left leg and has been ongoing for three days. By the end of the day I am limping. I tried ice, heat, wrapping, elevating, different shoes, back support brace, stretching, and ibuprofen. I know I walk quite a bit throughout the day and have been cleaning, decluttering, and more in my house.
It is excoriating in the evening and just throbs.
Could this be plantar fasciitis? I thought one usually woke up with it? When I get up, I am okay. It's not until I start walking I experience.
TIA!
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Post by scrappert on Jul 13, 2016 13:58:53 GMT
I think plantar fascitis. I don't have it but my SO does. He did buy a brace to wear at night for a few nights and it really helped. He hasn't needed it for more than a year now.
Look for braces at Walgreens or Walmart in pharmacy area. See if something that like that will help, it did take a couple of days and he did continue to wear it at night for a few weeks then stopped.
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Post by not2peased on Jul 13, 2016 13:59:28 GMT
plantar fascitis or a heel spur are my two guesses. is it worse when you get up in the morning and first start walking after a period of inactivity?
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Post by scorpeao on Jul 13, 2016 14:00:48 GMT
It is excoriating in the evening and just throbs. Could this be plantar fasciitis? I thought one usually woke up with it? When I get up, I am okay. It's not until I start walking I experience. This sounds like PF. Many reviews of the sock you wear to bed, strassburg sock, say it doesn't work, but I have two friends who swear by them. Also, freeze a small water bottle full of water and roll it with the arch of your foot. |
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Post by mrsp on Jul 13, 2016 14:05:32 GMT
My personal experience with plantar fasciitis did not involve numbness & it was worse in the morning.
Numb and tingling would send me to the doc. I'm sorry you are having such pain.
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Post by aljack on Jul 13, 2016 14:14:40 GMT
My personal experience with plantar fasciitis did not involve numbness & it was worse in the morning. Numb and tingling would send me to the doc. I'm sorry you are having such pain. Yeah a family member said the same about waking up with the pain and they needed to walk around a bit to reduce stiffness and pain? The numbing is weird. Husband says it probably my back and I am overcompensating with left leg and it could be causing the tingling. |
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Post by aljack on Jul 13, 2016 14:15:52 GMT
plantar fascitis or a heel spur are my two guesses. is it worse when you get up in the morning and first start walking after a period of inactivity? I thought heel spur as well. Oh joy! |
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Post by christine58 on Jul 13, 2016 14:18:26 GMT
Sounds like the heel spur I had. Go see a podiatrist. It helped me tremendously.
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Post by anonrefugee on Jul 13, 2016 14:18:48 GMT
I've had PF and achielles tendonitis, I've got an ugly bone spur. Stretching is a must, everyday.
But those stretches might be opposite what you need if you've got a pinched nerve or something. If it persists a doctor visit will be less painful than long term problems.
ETA I see a sports doctor.
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Post by secondlife on Jul 13, 2016 14:29:31 GMT
This doesn't scream PF to me. I think it's something else or a combination of issues.
Tingling in the leg is not a classic PF symptom.
Where on your foot is the pain? Is it where the heel touches the floor or is it where a heel strap on a sandal would go around your foot?
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Post by annabella on Jul 13, 2016 14:33:54 GMT
I don't have PF but I use the Melt Method to massage my feet everyday. You just need to buy her balls and learn the technique. I have suffered from foot pain on and off for the last 5 years and this has really helped it go away. |
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Post by peabay on Jul 13, 2016 14:34:52 GMT
I have PF and I never have numbness. Please see a doctor. I hope you get some relief.
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Post by freebird on Jul 13, 2016 15:12:36 GMT
I'm currently on my second round of PF and that doesn't sound like PF to me.
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Post by aljack on Jul 13, 2016 15:19:04 GMT
This doesn't scream PF to me. I think it's something else or a combination of issues. Tingling in the leg is not a classic PF symptom. Where on your foot is the pain? Is it where the heel touches the floor or is it where a heel strap on a sandal would go around your foot? Where heel touches floor. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2016 1:11:33 GMT
I think it's exactly what you think it is: Sciatica (or piriformis syndrome) in your left leg and plantar fasciitis in your right foot, and they are exacerbating each other. I hope a doc can help you find relief soon whatever it turns out to be!
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Post by dewryce on Jul 14, 2016 1:17:16 GMT
Ouch, I hope you find relief soon! As for the possibilities of it being PF, just in my case I never had numbness, and I also do not have more issues when I wake up. I know that is typical, but I have it in both feet and my pain comes as I am on it more.
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Post by peajays on Jul 14, 2016 2:31:04 GMT
I had extreme heel and hip pain in the spring, and nothing I did would help. I thought I had PF, so I booked an apt at a clinic that specialized in pain/orthotics/physio. Turns out I didn't have PF., but I had an issue with the nerves that run from the hip and down the legs. A combination of special exercises and a few sessions of dry needling (similar to acupuncture) and it cleared right up! I don't know what I specifically had, she never gave it a name.
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Post by pierkiss on Jul 14, 2016 3:05:22 GMT
It might be a heel spur. My mom has them. They are very very painful. I hope you do not have them!!!
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Post by mlana on Jul 14, 2016 4:00:11 GMT
If it's where the heel touches the floor, it's probably plantar facts (sp) and/or heel spurs. You can buy orthotics by Spence that will do a marvelous job relieving some or all of that pain. It may take a few days before you get real relief as the area has to recover from the bruising you've inflicted on it.
I've had PF and I have a number of heel spurs, according to the X-rays I've had done. What hurts me the most is the chronic acute tendonitis in the right heel, at the back of the heel bone just below where a sandal strap would hit. I haven't been able to wear anything with a back for several years.
I first developed PF when the ankle on the opposite leg was injured. I overused the other foot and developed PF there.
Marcy
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