rroof wrote:
MikeyG wrote:
I've had plantar Fasciitis for 1 1/2 years. I've tried just about everything to get rid of it without any luck. I'm starting to really consider surgery. If you have had this surgery or know of anyone who has had it, I would love to hear about it. Thanks,
Mike
Just a bump for you. As you likely know, 95-97% of plantar fasciitis cases resolve within about 12 months. But, 3-5% is still a lot of people since such a common malady (myself included a few times).
I've done hundreds of plantar fascia releases, mostly endoscopic approaches, and my experience with them is very positive. Most all cases resolve after release (though it is certainly not 100%, probably more like 80%+ in my hands, similar to the literature). I only know of a couple of cases where someone felt worse then before and they were because of a more traditional "open" type surgery.
The alternative of course is waiting/trying more things. There is a HUGE lore of treatment options out there for this common pathology (assuming true plantar fasciitis and not a misdiagnosis). No harm in that.
Best of luck!
Hello rroof,
Forgive me for digging up an old thread, but I've been poking around for insights into my ongoing battle with my plantar fascia and have learned you are a valuable source of information.
I'm currently on the "patience plan" and reaching out for therapeutic reasons more than anything else. Please let me know if you have any input on where I should go from here.
July/August 2016. My PF flared up going into IMC (July 2016), but was manageable and did not seem like a big deal. I had a good race, then got greedy and raced some local stuff in August 2016. The foot was very angry afterward. I naively figured R&R would solve everything, began all conventional therapies including ART, orthotics, PT and stopped running completely.
March 2017. After six months of little progress through R&R (no running) and PT, a local specialist diagnosed me with "plantar fasciosis". An ultrasound of the foot showed moderate degeneration of my plantar fascia. The diameter increased from approximately 3mm to 6mm as the plantar fascia approached the tender spot where it connects to my heel. Doc described it as a "frayed rope", with layers of striations across that connection point, and a little bone spur forming as a result of the tension. Given my lack of progress through conventional means, we hit the foot with a PRP injection.
August 2017. I spent most of 2017 following the PRP recovery protocol, nursing the foot back to health through PT, limiting my running to a gravity-assisted treadmill and some light trail running. In August 2017 (12 months post-onset), I threw caution to the wind and buried myself at Norseman. Not the best “therapy” for my foot, but YOLO. The foot was extremely upset late in the race, to the point I doubted I'd be able to walk the next day, but was surprisingly tame after.
October 2017. The foot is now back to its chronic state of unhappiness. Much better than initial onset, but not “all better”. The pain is localized at my heel, which I visualize as the point where that bone spur was on the imaging. I haven’t run a step since Norseman (3 months ago), run very little over the past 14 months and am not sure what to do next. Take another year off running? Get a second opinion? Surgery? I’ll probably go back to the PRP doc for more imaging and a reassessment, but thought I’d start by seeing what Slowtwitch says.
Scott
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GreatScott: Oct 31, 17 15:47