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I put part of this in a journal too, but I felt the need to put it here. Sorry if I'm not my normal optimistic self...So... my plantars fascitis has now gotten to the point where I cannot walk for more than a few minutes at a time. We do not qualify for medical, and I'm not sure how to handle this... What am I supposed to do? If I can't walk, I can't ever get better! I'm always going to be this fat, hopeless, creature with no reason to live... I'm scared... I'm trapped in myself in so many ways now, and I'm terrified.
My mother keeps telling me I need to look for a new job so we can move into a house where pets are allowed, and every time we look into a place, I'm reminded that I can't because It requires walking. I can't drive, because I'm afraid that if I drive too long, I'll end up going off a bridge or something stupid, and every day when I go to work with my mother at her job, I sit there for 12 hours waiting for the one hour I can be helpful.
I know someone what had this happening to their feet and he uses Aleve like I do for my strained muscle around my ribcage. You can get about 20 per bottle if you look at the dollar tree for the off brand kind. two bottles will last you over a month. You can also put some ice on your feel and put them up when you are resting.
He also bought a good padding for his shoes that he moves from one pair of shoes to another that helps with the pain. I think it is Drscholls. I really hope this helps. I will pray for healing in your feet.
Support for your arch is so important so inserts for shoes that give you more support to keep arches up. Ice and heat therapy, as in a bag a frozen peas and a dishcloth in a quart bag slightly damp and microwaves. This can also be don with a bag of rice sewn into a dish towel or sleeve of and an old sweatshirt. Then freezer it or microwave it to use as needed. Another simple help is the cheap cloth stretchy headbands. They are usually sold in threes,. about two inches wide . You hook from the ball of your foot and to the back of you calf for the time you have with your feet up. They help to gently loosen and support the foot while you do small flexes of your foot, slightly pointing the toe and relaxing again. I do reps of 10 and rest a few minutes then do again , no more reps than three reps. This moves fluids into the area that help lubricate and aid pliability of the tendons. You can also help the lubrication by gentle massage, pulling first towards your toes from heel and then back from ball of foot to heel and surrounding tarsals and meta-tarsals.
There are many sources of at home remedies. But when this flair is chronic it can damage your heel, the worst being heel spurs, so extra care when you are able is important.
Support J.
Flat shoes would be a no no, since they offer no support and allow the arch structure of the mid foot to collapse irritating the tendons. pulling at the heel bone connections (this is where a heel spur starts). I also have extra trouble walking on cement and cement tiles floors in stores or schools even in good supportive tennis shoes.
These cords are inflamed so an over the counter anti inflammatory like ibuprofen helps ( I take three before I get out of bed) and before I sleep along with the exercises mentioned. Pain that I have anyway of re-mediating on my own is essential to quality of life.