Foot Steam
★★★★☆
A couple of weeks ago I noticed my heel felt better after a shower, so I was thinking maybe heat is the answer. Then I was disappointed because a heating pad didn't do much, But then I tried moist heat and it has helped tremendously! I just heat up some water in a small saucepan and put my foot over the steam (be careful not to burn yourself!).
Foot Stretch
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Foot Stretch
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(Us)
07/31/2016
★★★★★
Thank you Rexe, I am not exaggerating when I tell you that this gave me instant relief.
Within seconds of the first stretch, 90 percent of the pain is gone. I can walk normally. Best remedy yet for me. Thanks
(Nc)
08/02/2016
I don't believe you "stretch" to help heel spur(s). That is bone or growth of bone.
Stretching helps plantar fasciitis.
What a lot of people believe is the stretching is helping the heel spur itself. It does not help the spurs. It helps with the pain from plantar fasciitis. Eases tightness of the muscles. And in turn gets rid of, or reduces, foot pain.
I used to have terrible pain in my feet. Foot doctor got me into good shoe inserts and started a stretching program. Every day have to stretch.
Check with you foot doctor for what stretches to do and how often to do them.
Foot Stretch
★★★★★
(Babylon)
07/23/2012
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(Illinois, US)
02/17/2015
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Thank you. This was so helpful - I took your advice and modified it a bit for me. My walking shoes have a broad toe so with each step I spread my toes out wide and stretch my foot as I take my next step. The pain has moderated considerably and I now think I'll be able to take regular walks again -- after not walking regularly for over a year and seeing my health suffer accordingly. I found this site by googling plantar fasciitis. I sure do appreciate all the helpful tips. I started with the easiest one I could find and it helped! I'm going to start taking tumeric also.
Gluten-Free Diet
★★★★★
Over the years ECCO shoes (just some of them) have made walking possible and comfortable. (I hated birkenstock and orthototics).
Yoga stretching helped a huge amount short term as did acupuncture. But the results just didn't 'stick'.
What worked was cutting out gluten. I'm not celiac and have zero digestive disturbance so I'm quite surprised but actually cut out gluten, (as an experiment to improve my diet), noticed day by day in just one week that my feet felt 100% normal!
Going gluten free also just isn't that hard with all the options out there. I thought it would be, in case that's a reservation for any of you out there.
Keep in mind there's sneaky gluten in things like SOY (but you can get gluten free soy)
I hope this helps someone else.
(Kiel, Wi, USA)
08/06/2011
★★★★★
I suffered with painful plantar fascitis for quite a few years. After being diagnosed with celiac disease and adhering to a strict gluten-free diet, all of my plantar fascitis problems vanished. Not sure if this is your problem, but if you or anyone else in your family (it's hereditary and some people have NO symptoms) have digestive issues such as bloating, gas or abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea or both, migraines, anemia, bone or joint pain, you might want to get tested. Good luck!
(USA)
09/29/2014
I've read that Plantar Fasciitis, Dupuytren's Contracture or Carpal Tunnel ... are signs of iodine deficiency.
Go Barefoot
★★★★★
Grapefruit Seed Extract
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Grapefruit Seed Extract
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(Sacramento, California Usa)
06/11/2010
★★★★★
WOW! Thanks John, the GSE worked on my heel pain too! I woke up this morning w/o the pain. I just rubbed the GSE on both heels yesterday mourning and again last night and today the pain is gone. Love, love, love, this site!
(Waterloo, Ontario)
10/08/2011
I am developing plantar fascitis again after a couple of pain-free years.
Can you specify this is GRAPEFRUIT SEED EXTRACT and not GRAPE SEED EXTRACT?? Some of the other posts are saying Grape Seed Extract which is what I bought and it's not helping at all after 4 days. Is this capsules or an oil???
(Ny)
02/15/2015
GSE stands for Grapefruit Seed Extract.
(Wyncote, Pa)
03/24/2015
★★★★★
I read John's post a couple days ago and yesterday purchased Grapefruit Seed Extract (hint: it's an oil). Rubbed about 25 drops on my feet and felt a slight tingling, woke up overnight and felt NO pain. Thought it was a fluke and went back to sleep. Woke up in the am and the only pain I felt was very slight on the medial and lateral edges of my foot. This is unbelievable, I'm also putting the GSE in green tea with apple cider vinegar (acv), vitamin E and colloidal silver. Good luck to you!
(Va)
10/08/2015
(Chewelah, Wa)
01/25/2016
★★★★★
After months of constant pain, I went to the podiatrist and came out with a plan: stretching, support inserts, anti-inflammatories. And then I found this site. The only thing I actually did was get the inserts (but don't wear those shoes that often) and apply GSE.
After a couple of days of GSE, the pain was GONE! I NEVER would have thought to use it in this situation, but it works!
(Dundee, Scotland)
04/23/2016
(Indiana)
04/25/2016
Linda, Our family has had 4 different people with this issue. I used a arch pad, very cheap on amazon, eventually mine went away. But what I did not know several things about what causes it. First vitamin d3 deficiency. You maybe can get your Dr. to test you. Some, most do not believe this is a problem. I take 10,000iu a day if I have been in the sun. Most in vitamin d group I am in on facebook have P. F. My mom used the arch and began D3 and is 100% better at 80 yrs old. My husband works on cement, miles of walking 7 days a week, 12 hours a day, for him he wears arches and is doing high dose d3 NOW brand is safe and available in your country I believe, what you want to avoid is safflower oil as an ingredient, should be olive oil or coconut oil only. If you take d3 you will need to increase magnesium At least 6 to 800 mg split in 2 doses everyday mag citrate is good or mag malate if you tend to runny stools. 200mcg of selenium yeast is the third component of this as these 2 minerals are sorely needed also. Because my husband gets little rest he also sees a chiropractor to break up the bunched tissue, this is manipulation to release all the tissue where it belongs no exposed nerve consequently. A great soak is apple cider vinegar as over time it will break up the bundle.
For pain you need a thick heel pad at least 1/8 inch thick, or glue 2 together, with a piece of colored chalk mark the place on your foot thickly, with the chalk, put pad in your shoe, then your foot with the chalk. You now cut a hole in the pad at the chalk mark stabbing in with scissors cut a small hole then increase size so that sore spot does not strike the shoe. This gives immediate relief. I sent them to my mom and she put 1 in her slippers 1 in her shoe so that spot never touched anything until it began to heal. Janet
High Heels
★★★★★
Today I'm walking normally and I've begun wearing a pair of clogs that have a two inch heel on them. I guess it really does work for me to stretch the muscles on the bottom of my feet by wearing heels. Hurray!
High Heels
Homeopathic Remedies
★★★★★
When I was working as a food demonstrator in a large Texas grocery store, I developed Plantar Fasciitis in my right foot. It became steadily more painful, and I tried EVERYTHING to relieve it...ACV, Orthopedic inserts of all kinds, Wrapping my foot tightly with an Ace bandage, Rubbing in Arnica, Triflora, and other suggested salves, and NOTHING worked! My store director told me to get $800 orthotics like his...HA! That was sweet of him, but not at all practical! At the time, I was 67 and collecting SSI and a small paycheck each week.
FINALLY I searched the internet for "homeopathy for Plantar Fasciitis" and landed on my favorite homeopath's site!
https://joettecalabrese.com/blog/homeopathy-plantar-fasciitis/
I just happened to have Symphytum Officinale 200c and Rhus Tox 30c and I took 5 tiny sugar pellets of each under my tongue in order for the remedies to enter my system sublingually as they melted, away from food or menthol products. I repeated this dosage morning and night for about 4 days, and on the 5th day, I awakened and gingerly stepped onto my painful foot, and THERE WAS ZERO PAIN! I thought I was still dreaming, and I tried stepping on it at every angle my foot could turn, and by golly, there was no pain!!!
That was my best day ever, and after TWO YEARS, the pain has not returned, and as directed by homeopaths, I stopped taking the remedies that morning. I can't believe I waited so long, about 30 days, to even search for a homeopathic cure. Oh well, it is what it is!
I hope I didn't break any rules by posting the link to Joette's article on her blog. I just HAD to let all sufferers know that THERE IS A CURE, AND IT IS SOOO QUICK AND EASY! I used the brand "Boiron", which Joette likes to recommend, and it is quite easy to find on the internet. It is cheap, don't pay more than $10.00 for a tube, and both have zero side effects or restrictions. TRY THEM!! YOU WILL LOVE THEM!!
Molly in Texas
Insoles
★★★★★
My first thought was plantar fasciitis since his dad and grandmother have dealt with this and many in my family have pretty flat feet. He is on his feet all day (forestry and farming work, so at least not concrete.)
I bought him a pair of insoles with an arch support for under $10. He put them in the shoes he wears all the time.
A few days later he realized that he had no more pain!
So happy for a cheap solution for him!
(Gilbert, Az)
06/23/2016
(Tennessee)
06/23/2016
I found them at a Dollar General store in the section that had a variety of foot health products. (Like things for athlete's foot.)
~Mama to Many~
Iodine
★★★★★
Iodine
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(Alabama, USA)
09/29/2017
(Ga)
09/29/2017
I say, it is a natural element we need in our bodies and as long as you follow the protocol with supporting minerals and vitamins, it couldn't hurt.
(Ky)
08/01/2018
Iron
★★★★★
