In my internet searches on PF, it seems like most people have more pain in the morning and then it generally gets better throughout the day. For those that have had PF, has that been your experience?
I had a long treadmill run on friday, and Saturday I woke up with pain on the bottom of my foot (just “north” of my heel) and in my ankle. It actually feels decent when I wake up, or when I get up after sitting at my desk for a few hours, and it seems to get more painful the more I walk on it. So it doesn’t jive with what I’ve been reading on PF. Anyone have anything similar? Thanks!
I had it and it was bad in the AM, then got better during the day. I had 0 ankle pain with mine. It was all in point where the heel and the soft tissue connect.
My experience was that sitting made it worse. Long drives were the worst.
It took 8 months to heal, i never stayed off it long enough to heal. I finally took 2 months off from running, did daily softball massages, night sock, icing, stretching, all of it.
I had it this past summer…I lifeguarded which meant barefoot and on my feet for 7 hours a day (besides for swimming) and then sanuks (which have no arch) the rest of the time.
My arches hurt from the moment I woke up till the moment I was off my feet.
They were fine on the bike, and fine if I walked on the outside of my foot…but as soon as I ran or walked normally, I was finished. I got some Dr. Scholl’s and they helped immensely.
I had it last year. I went the cheap route and from my research a lot of folks got past it by using cheap orthotics in their day to day shoes. I went with the Pinnacle PowerStep for like $27 and it was gone in a couple of weeks. I don’t train or run with those, but in my everyday waking shoes I use them and it seemed to solve my problem.
Suffered with PF 2 years ago, pain most severe in the morning when first getting out of bed, improved as day progressed. Never experienced any ankle discomfort.
I’ll echo a bunch of the others. Really bad in the morning. Couldn’t get out of bed and walk unless I stretched the foot out first. Slowly disolved throughout the day and was fine by the time I got home from work.
All pain in the sole of the foot. Just up from the heel (still on the sole, just more towards the toes). Absolutely nothing in the ankle.
In the end, it took time for me. I was going to physio for a knee issue at the time and was getting ultrasound on the foot. Not sure if it helped, but I at least felt pro-active.
I don’t ever have the heel pain. My PF usually fires up mid run and is a sharp tweak, or stretch in the middle of my foot. I’ve tried the night supports but always wake up to tear them off. It is a bit expensive, but I eventually bought a pair of inserts for every pair of shoes that I own, including dress shoes that I wear to work. In the past, I’ve worn flip-flops around the house and in the yard. No more. Now I do yard work in a pair of Skechers (?) with inserts.
Tennis ball massages are great. My wife and I lay on the couch and do each other’s feet for ~20 min every night. It works wonders for the PF and gives us time to connect.
I tend to use frozen water bottles for many injuries, aches and pains. For PF I will stand up with my foot on a frozen bottle and roll it back and forth over the suspect area. Sometimes you can feel the “crunch” on the sore spot. I will concentrate the pressure there and roll back and forth over it for 20 mins. or so. I have plantar problems every once and a while and this seems to take care of it for me.
I actually did this last night, and I brought a frozen water bottle to work today. Mine feels like a deep bruise when I roll the bottle over the sore spot. Is there any harm in doing this if it’s not PF?
I actually did this last night, and I brought a frozen water bottle to work today. Mine feels like a deep bruise when I roll the bottle over the sore spot. Is there any harm in doing this if it’s not PF?
No, no real harm. In fact, it will cover several bases from plantar fasciitis, infracalcaneal bursitis, flexor tendonitis, etc. The concern (since your pain is not in the am, but after being on it more) is for a calcaneal stress fracture than can manifest like this.
I actually did this last night, and I brought a frozen water bottle to work today. Mine feels like a deep bruise when I roll the bottle over the sore spot. Is there any harm in doing this if it’s not PF?
No, no real harm. In fact, it will cover several bases from plantar fasciitis, infracalcaneal bursitis, flexor tendonitis, etc. The concern (since your pain is not in the am, but after being on it more) is for a calcaneal stress fracture than can manifest like this.
Best of luck.
Last time I googled one of your medical terms… ; - )
When you step out the bed in the morning and you have PF, it feels like someone sticking a knife up through the bottom of your heel bone. Makes you really wince when it’s bad and it’s the moment your heel touches the ground
Yes I used to have it. I had it in my heel and only my right heel. It had the sharp knife feel in the morning a lot of people talk about. It was the worst the morning after a run day. I started paying a lot of attention to my running form and footwear, even my dress shoes. It’s all gone now.
hard to say, but if it feels like a soft tissue injury in that general area it is problem some injury to the fascial bands. The changing of surfaces (if you don’t normally run treadmills) can always trigger this type of stuff. If it is an acute injury, you might be wise to rest it for a few days.
I had a more acute onset of PF type of injury, though it didn’t radiate into the ankle. I was barefoot or in sanuks a lot in very flexible old shoes and running higher mileage. After it struck, I was out for a couple months (on the bike) but then by a combination of Crocs (all the time), insoles (SOLE Softec), and ice bottle—I am almost 100% over it, but it was a slow process.