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Foot Stretch

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Posted by Legofighter700 (Utah) on 07/11/2016
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I have spent over a thousand dollars to try and find remedies for my plantar fasciitis. After suffering for a few years, the best remedies I have found are to stretch. Stretch for 3 whole minutes, 3 times a day. After a month, my feet went from feeling like walking on glass, to walking on bubblegum. I also used a golf ball for deep tissue massage. With the two, my feet feel great. When my feet hurt again, I go back to this and it clears it up.

Foot Stretch
Posted by Rexe (Junction City, Ar) on 12/31/2010
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This is what I did for plantars fasciiatis, stand straight facing a wall. Place your well foot to the wall, move the sore foot away from the wall-behind you- until you feel a good streach in the back of your leg stretch and release, stretch and release, do this 3 or 4 times, the next day do the same thing, you probably will not notice any change except you can move the sore foot back farther each day, keep doing it everyday, soon the problem will be gone, and you will have no heel pain. It has worked for me and a family member.

Replied by John
(Us)
07/31/2016
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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

Replied by Sue A
(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
Posted by Corinna (London, Kent, England) on 02/05/2010
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I suffered months with debilitating foot pain (plantar fasciitis). Eventually, I found a ridiculously simple cure: Simply stretch the sole of your foot as you take slow steps. Roll over the ball of your feet gently, leave the toes on the ground and then stretch the sole of your feet for a second or two. Repeat 10 to 20 times several times a day. The foot pain got immediately better and generally subsided during the course of 2 or 3 weeks. I have since been pain free for one year.

Replied by Susiequeue
(Babylon)
07/23/2012
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Thank you! This has helped so much! I still have pain but as soon as it gets bad, I start doing this exercise. Am also trying grapefruit seed extract rubbed on at night, so perhaps the combination is what is working.

Replied by Sue
(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

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Posted by Kelly (Dublin, Ireland) on 09/28/2014
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I've tried EVERYTHING in the last 7 years since I've had plantar fasciitis. Acupunture, herbs, supplements, soaks, inserts, shoes, stretching yoga and finally the best answer for me, one change in my 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.

Replied by Andrea
(Kiel, Wi, USA)
08/06/2011
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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!

Replied by Anon
(USA)
09/29/2014

I've read that Plantar Fasciitis, Dupuytren's Contracture or Carpal Tunnel ... are signs of iodine deficiency.

Go Barefoot

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Posted by Ccadroz93 (Midlothian, Tx, Usa) on 08/10/2011
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I had crippling facciitis. I did the shots (worthless... The shots hurt more than the faciitis and only gave minimal relief) I have a drawer full of every orthotic known to man (none of which took away the pain in my facciia or my heel) I ended up tearing it doing stretches that were recommended and in the end after 2 doctor recommendations had surgery to repair the faciia. 2 years later my foot is still jacked up and I began having the same issue with my other foot. One day I saw a guy actually running barefoot on the street. I did some research to find out what damage I was sure he was doing to his feet and after reading about these "barefooters" I started going barefoot whenever possible. My good foot no longer has any pain at all and my foot that had the surgery has improved dramatically. All the orthotics were doing is holding the facciia in a shortened position which is the problem in the first place.... When I started going barefoot, it was able to stretch naturally. Pain is almost completely gone! Anyone looking for an orthotic collection?? LOL

Grapefruit Seed Extract

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Posted by Donna (Ohio) on 10/23/2017
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About 6-7 years ago my husband complained of foot pain. He worked as a mechanic and jumped down from the trucks onto the floor. We decided that it was plantar fasciitis. Knowing that grapefruit extract helped with inflammation, we tried it for the foot pain. He took 125 mg, 3-4 times a day, everyday for a week or so, then cut back to one a day. I do not think it heals the problem as it will return if not taken every day, but as long as he takes 125 mg everyday he does not have the pain.

Grapefruit Seed Extract
Posted by John (Eugene, Oregon) on 07/15/2008
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One year ago I was supposedly diagnosed with heal spurs and plantar fasciitis. Doc did not want to acknowledge the symptoms of migrating pain and twitching up the leg and into the body. I would at times catch a cold, and would feel it go into my heel, which would then swell so I could not walk. One day out of desperation, I rubbed GSE on it. The next day the pain was gone. A week later, I felt the pain and swelling come back. Again, over night with the GSE say 12 drops on the bottom of the foot, and it was gone the next morning. Simply amazing. I had not considered GSE but had tried: Iodine, DMSO, H2O2, other essential oils, colloidal silver, heating foot packs, magnesium oil rubs and soaks; some of which helped a small bit, but nothing like the GSE. So take it for what it's worth. And thanks Ted.

Replied by Angela
(Sacramento, California Usa)
06/11/2010
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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!

Replied by Siouxzee
(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???

Replied by Judy
(Ny)
02/15/2015

GSE stands for Grapefruit Seed Extract.

Replied by Deb
(Wyncote, Pa)
03/24/2015
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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!

Replied by Rob
(Va)
10/08/2015

I see a grapefruit seed extract online, which only says use 10 drops and dilute it with water, how are you all doing it? I haven't purchased any bottles yet, I'm going out of my mind because I've been in pain ALL year and nothing has worked!!

Replied by Joan
(Chewelah, Wa)
01/25/2016
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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!

Replied by Linda
(Dundee, Scotland)
04/23/2016

Hi I have just read your comments about grapefruit seed extract for plantar fasciitis. I am constantly in pain in both feet with this problem and I was wondering if you need to use a carrier oil with this and what product did you use? Thank you

Replied by Janet
(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

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Posted by Teresa (Morristown, Tn) on 07/22/2015
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I've been wearing high heels for a week and this is the first time I've been able to walk with out limping for six months. My plantars fasciitis was so bad I recently had to take a week off work and go to bed. I'd been wearing Crocs with Dr. Scholl's insoles and getting no relief. In desperation, I pulled out an old pair of high heels I never wear anymore and wore them in the house at night, and the next morning the heel pain was almost gone.

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
Posted by Trying To Help (Usa) on 02/05/2012

A foot doctor diagnosed a friend of mine with plantar fasciitis and told her to wear high heels for a week. She did and sure enough after a week the plantar fasciitis was healed. Heels work to stretch the foot.

Homeopathic Remedies

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Posted by Mollymg (United States) on 10/09/2020 7 posts
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HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES CURE PLANTAR FASCIITIS!

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

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Posted by Mama To Many (Tennessee, Usa) on 12/26/2015
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My 19 year old son said he had pain in the arch of his foot. He said it felt like he had a splinter but didn't think he had one. And then he realized that sometimes he has the same pain in the other foot.

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!

Replied by Sujata R
(Gilbert, Az)
06/23/2016

Hi can you please tell me from where you got pair of insoles with an arch support for under $10.

Replied by Mama To Many
(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

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Posted by Rw (Bluefield, Va) on 09/04/2016
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My feet were in pain from plantar fasciitis so bad it was hard to stand for very long. I started taking an Iodine supplement and within a week all pain was gone. I could tell some difference by the third day. The capsules contain 1,000 mcg (that's Micrograms) as a combination of potassium iodide and seaweed extracts. If you start to get acne on your face after starting the iodine, just skip it for a day or two or take every other day.

Iodine
Posted by Sherry (Texas) on 07/15/2016
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Plantar Fasciitis is a low thyroid symptom. There are at least 300 low thyroid symptoms. That was one of mine. I did yeast cleansing/leaky gut healing. At the end of the 6 months, my big symptoms went away, they were caused by leakage impacting and inflaming the thyroid. My biggest symptom was anxiety, general and OCD. I think yeast overgrowth happened when I had colic as a baby. I also did Iodine Fulfillment Therapy for 3 months using Lugals 5%. My memory and brain activity improved drastically by the end of the first week on iodine.

Replied by Billie
(Alabama, USA)
09/29/2017

Do you think that iodine and lugals would work for people with altheimerzs? You said your memory and brain activity had improved,

Replied by Evelyn
(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.

Replied by Kelly
(Ky)
08/01/2018

I am curious what types of cleanses did you use to get rid of candida over growth and the leaky gut?

Iron

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Posted by Rw (Southwest Virginia, US) on 01/28/2015
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I think it might be different for different people, but iron was the thing that finally made the foot pain go away. It only took a few days. I'm taking 29mg of Ferrous Fumarate, but I'll probably switch to Gentle Iron after this. It's easier on the stomach and not as likely to cause constipation. Gentle Iron is not a brand; several companies make it. It's Iron Bis-glycinate AKA Ferrous Bis-glycinate (sometimes the bottle just says iron glycinate, but just look for Gentle Iron.) Also before I took the iron, I took some extra Iodine and it helped a little, but when I added the iron, pain went. The kind of Iodine I've been taking comes in two brands that I know of-iThroid and Iodoral and it seems to me a large amount of Iodine so I open the capsule and take about 1/4 of the cap a day. Taking the whole capsule every day caused acne.

Lysine

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Posted by judith (USA) on 12/30/2023
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Lysine for canker sores works wonders! My son had a mouthful after having his wisdom teeth out and they healed up quickly. Recently I had plantar facitis and found 5 star reviews for lysine and tried it and it worked in 24 hours! Amazing stuff. I don't know what the chemistry behind it is, but I am grateful!


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