how to treat plantar faciitis?
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There are several things you can try.\n\nAnti-inflammatory medications like Ibuprofen or Naproxen may be helpful, taken with food.\n\nFill an empty soda bottle with water and freeze.  With a sock on, roll your heel over the ice bottle for 10-15 minutes, 3-4 times a day.\n\nNEVER go barefoot!  NOt even to the bathroom in the middle of the night.  Always have good supportive shoes on.\n\nStretching your calf muscle may help, particularly if you have a tight achilles to begin with.  Face a wall, and place your plans on it.  With the affected leg further behind you, lean into the wall, keeping your back leg straight and the heel on the floor.  Then stretch with your knee slightly bent.\n\nIf these methods don't work, see your health care provider.  A stronger anti-inflammatory medicine may be prescribed, he or she may evaluate you for orthotics, or supports that go into your shoes.  Physical therapy may be helpful, and some people even have a cortisone injection into the heel.
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a podiatrist is a good choice for your problem.  if you would like to do some research ahead of going for visit, it sounds like you may have plantar fasciitis along with CT band syndrome.  i have a great site for you to check out regarding foot conditions, myfootshop.com. use the source as direct link to site
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You should put some triple antibiotic cream on the affected area.  Don't use vaseline, it is petroleum based and will make a great breeding ground for bacteria. Try and leave the area affected open for short periods of time to let the air help you heal.
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NSAIDs and ice have been used for symptomatic treatment of plantar fasciitis, although no studies have been done to determine efficacy.\nCorticosteroid injections have been shown to improve symptoms at 1 month but not at 6 months. These injections have been shown to be associated with plantar fascia rupture and fat pad atrophy. These injections should be used conservatively and should probably be left to podiatrists for use, as NSAIDs would be proper first-line management in the ED.\nExtracorporeal shock-wave therapy (ESWT) has been used to treat plantar fasciitis. Although its efficacy is not definitively proven, it has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of plantar fasciitis and tennis elbow. The therapy bombards the tissue with high-pressure sound waves with its mechanism of action being to (1) stimulate blood flow for a beneficial immune response, (2) reinjure tissue to stimulate healing, and (3) shut down the neuronal pain pathways through the pulses hitting the affected nerves.\nSurgery for plantar release (open and endoscopic) has been used in extreme cases that are unresponsive to conservative treatments.\nDeterrence/Prevention:\n\n\nThe patient should decrease weightbearing activities (especially running), if possible.\nShoes inserts (both custom-made orthotics and prefabricated insoles) have been used in conjunction with stretching. No definitive evidence exists that one type of insole is better than another.\nNight splints made to hold the ankle in dorsiflexion and the toe in extension have been used. One Cochrane review found limited evidence in the use of night splints in patients with pain lasting 6 months.\nStretching is commonly used, but the exact benefits are unknown. One randomized control trial showed that there was greater improvement in pain with plantar fascia stretching as opposed to Achilles tendon stretching.\nCasts or splints holding the ankle in neutral to slight dorsiflexion have been investigated, although efficacy is controversial.\n\nGood website for info.
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get some lamisil cream over the counter at Meijer or Walmart...it is like a disease like athlete's foot that makes it do that...the stuff works.
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I soak my feet in a solution of Epsom salt and vinegar water. After that I use a file to "shave" away as much of the skin as possible. Then I use a pumice stone to buff even more off, then rinse and pat dry. Then I put Vaseline Intensive care lotion on them. I wrap them in plastic wrap and let them sit like that for about 25-30 minutes. THEN... I wash them in lukewarm water and put baby oil on them. Wipe off excess oil, put on clean socks and you should notice a difference in about 3 or 4 days. IF you do this twice a week, it should help keep them soft and smooth not cracked and painful. (Before the first time I did this I got a professional pedicure done.)
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Wash with warm water, try and not walk on them too much, if you HAVE to walk on them wear a soft padded shoe and soft socks. Salt water works too.
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Try soaking your foot in the hottest water you can stand, with a little bath oil in the water. Soak for about 30 minutes. Dry, then take a pumice stone and gently rub it over the corn, making sure it doesn't hurt too much. Then, put some really good body lotion on your feet. Repeat the next day, until the corn is gone. It might take several days, maybe weeks, but it will often go away. If not, you might have to have surgery anyway. Always make sure your shoes fit properly, with plenty of room for your toes to move. Always wear socks with your shoes. And do a foot treatment at least once a week. No time? Put a plug in the shower and while you shower, let the shower fill with water, soaking your feet as you wash. You can even add a little bath oil. Dry and moisturize. This is also the best time to cut your nails. Take care of your feet and they'll take care of you. <*)))><
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Go to the doctor, he/she will freeze them.  Or...they now sell at the drug store a kit so you can freeze them yourself.\nBeing that it is on your foot it is probably a plantars wart.  They have deep roots and cutting them off doesn't work.
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first of all, buy better shoes. Second, take an anti-inflammatory ALL THE TIME. Just taking it when it hurts does not help the problem. Third, quit running and start walking for exercise. Shortening your stride will also help. You can strengthen those muscles by doing 30 toe-raises a day. Without the support of a wall, go from flat footed to up on your toes 30 times each day. Do so fairly slowly and let yourself back down JUST as slowly.
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See your doctor or a podiatrist
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Treatment directed at the cause of bone spurs may include weight loss to take some pressure off the joints (especially when osteoarthritis or plantar fasciitis is the cause) and stretching the affected area, such as the heel cord and bottom of the foot. Seeing a physical therapist for ultrasound or deep tissue massage may be helpful for plantar fasciitis or shoulder pain. Treatment directed at symptoms could include rest, ice, stretching, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen. If a bone spur is in your foot, changing footwear or adding padding or a shoe insert such as a heel cup or orthotic may help. If the bone spur is causing corns or calluses, padding the area or wearing different shoes can help. If the bone spur continues to cause symptoms, your health professional may suggest a corticosteroid injection at the painful area to decrease pain and inflammation of the soft tissues next to the bone spur.
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Generally speaking, corns are a disease of civilization. If we didn't wear shoes, we wouldn't have them. Potential preventive measures therefore include: \n\nMoving to Tahiti to stroll on the sand in your bare tootsies! This is a pleasant approach, as long as you never have to go back home and walk in shoes again. \nFor the incurably civilized, wearing comfortable shoes is useful. The idea is to avoid having footgear press on the outside of the 5th toe, or pressing the 4th and 5th toes together. \nAnother approach is to pad the potentially affected area. You can buy many sorts of padding at the drugstore:\nCushions to put between the toes; \nFoam or moleskin pads to put over the places where corns form; \nFoam pads with holes in the center (like doughnuts or bagels), which redistribute pressure around the corn instead of right over it; and \nCushioned insoles to pad your feet and alleviate mechanical pressure\n\nYou can buy many types of medicated products to chemically pare down the thickened, dead skin overlying the corn. These products are share the same active ingredient -salicylic acid. \n\nSalicylic acid is a keratolytic, which means it dissolves the protein (keratin) that makes up most of both your corn and the thick layer of dead skin which often tops it. Used once a day as indicated on the package directions, these products are gentle and safe. Salicylic acid treatments are available in different forms including: \n\nApplicators \nDrops \nPads \nPlasters \nAll of these treatment will turn the top of the skin white and allow you to trim or peel away dead tissue, making the corn protrude and hurt less. \n\nIt generally is recommended that salicylic acid not be used in diabetics or when there is poor circulation (because of concern about how normally the skin can heal); however, in practice, salicylic acid is withheld only when there are clear signs of ongoing inflammation of the skin
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Sounds like it might be plantar fascitis. I had that. It's an inflammation of the fascia on the bottom of the foot. I ended up getting inserts for my shoes and had to do stretching and strengthening exercises. And don't climb round rung ladders!
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1) Clean feet thoroughly. Bacteria stinks.\n2) Check for fungus. \n3) Use pleasant-smelling foot spray.\n4) Air out shoes in the sun and let baking soda sit in them for a while. If that doesn't help them, get new shoes.
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Get good shoes for walking, take whatever pain med you can tolerate (ask your doctor first), use ice pack when needed. Main thing is see your doctor. Good luck.
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u cant cure it by a homeopathic medicine. it is a bone spurt into the tissue and the onl way to "fix it " would be to go to a padiatrist aka a foot dr. he will opper8 and file it down.