Oh yes! In fact I'm barely walking on my right foot right now. All around the back and sides of my heel hurt like crazy. The outside of my rt foot hurts the worst.


Linda

Absolutely...and it could be your tendons talkin' to ya!

Can't help but say congrats on not having had to deal with it until now!!!

As many years as I've had RA this is the worst case of foot pain I've ever had. sigh I'll be seeing my rheumy real soon. ;)



Linda

Yes, my feet hurt terribly. I developed plantar faschitis and now wear Z-coil shoes to help with it. My podiatrist gave me cortisone shots in both feet and that really helped, but my feet still hurt if I'm up on them for too long.

This is only exacerbating issues with my weight (have no motivation to exercise due to the pain). I want to lose the weight, which I think would help my feet overall. But even walking around the grocery store shopping for an hour makes my feet hurt so bad I can hardly walk for the rest of the day.

Oh yes, and it's a killer; well almost (slight exaggeration maybe). Planter fasciitis starts in the heal and radiates down into the sole of the foot. Alternatively you can get tendonitis that starts at the base of your heal and radiates up into your achilles tendon, making your calf ache.

I had both a couple of weeks ago - made walking near-on impossible when it was at it's worst and it seemed to cause terrible tightening of the muscles around the tendon too.

Heat and gentle stretching - put a towel around the base of your foot and pull towards you, gently stretching the heal. I must admit this did help a bit, but mostly I had to let it run it's course. Shoes with soft, padded inner soles seemed to be more comfortable also. Gel inner soles might help, but I could'nt get anywhere to buy a pair to try - maybe next time.

Hope the pains heading south, literally. Cheers

Might be plantar fascitis

At first I did think it was plantar fasciitis. But now it has moved around so much till I'm not sure anymore.



Linda

Thank you everyone...all you input is very helpful

Me, too! My right heel has been a "killer" lately! Sometimes it helps if I wrap it in an ace bandage and put it up for awhile. The pressure of the wrap feels good to me.

My heels don't hurt, but the underside of all toes have been killing me for weeks now. When will I be able to walk normally and for more than an hour??? These stinking toes!!!! erica