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Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Marjorie (South Carolina) on 08/07/2017
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Plantar Fibroma:
ACV has helped me too! I now apply it every other night for about 3-4 hours.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Mira (Denmark) on 04/06/2016
I would like to know how ACV shrinks a tumor that is underneath the skin, without breaking the skin? I'm referring to lederhose disease, which I have. Which is a plantar fibroma. All you guys who managed to get rid of yours with ACV, did you also have the lederhose disease or dupuytrens diagnosis and still managed to rid of the lump? If yes, I am going to try. Looking forward to your answers
Frankincense Essential Oil
Posted by Mama to Many (TN) on 12/03/2022
Dear Angela,
I used Frankincense frereana/carterii from Hopewell oils.
It is a staple in my house and I use it for many things!
~Mama to Many~
Frankincense Essential Oil
Posted by Duduzile (Pinetown /Durban(S.A)) on 06/30/2023
I thank you for information cause I had same problem for this and tomorrow ill go and buy it God bless you for having you
Borax + MSM
Posted by Mel (Shuswap, B.C., Canada) on 02/25/2019
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I have plantar fibromas also and have found that taking minerals such as Boron/Borax (use Mule Team for a natural source of Boron) and organic sulfur (MSM). Both are major detox minerals so read up on medicinal doses to determine what quantities are right for you.
Start slow and increase as you acclimatize. I take both at times and each has worked well in its own right but together they work wonders. I have managed to almost eliminate the pain and stop the lumps from growing larger. I am presently monitoring my progress and have noticed a slight reduction in their size.
I will have to keep you posted on further progress. I have gone from having much difficulty walking and excruciating pain when laying down to now functioning normally even with massive lumps in my insteps. Friends wonder how I walk and yet I do.
There is a great article you can google called ‘Borax The Cure For Arthritis! – The Borax Conspiracy – on YouTube'. This explains a lot and gave me hope to have my own body correct its imbalance and clear away the growths. It appears to be happening. Yippee!!
In my mind the body is misplacing its healing objective and needs to feed the parathyroid (the operations manager for the needs of the body) boron so it can correct its error. I adhere to the natural healing methodology where healing takes half the time it took to develop the issue.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by KT (Usa) on 06/03/2017
After using the garlic clove slice, the top part will become like a scab and can be picked off. I'm sorry I don't remember how long it took. After showering reapply the garlic slice and secure it with a band aid. The extra large band aids with adhesive on all four sides would seem to work the best. I didn't have those, I used regular band aids by making a cross to secure the garlic clove slice on the wart. Keep reapplying the garlic slice until it is not there anymore or you don't feel it. Wearing cotton socks is beneficial after the wart is gone because it is important to keep the area dry.
It should be noted a wart on my foot had been burned off about sixty years ago. I just assume wearing flip flops for a couple years during the summer in our garden allowed enough moisture to that area and I could feel the wart coming back. In fact, two seemed to appear side by side but there was no pain and they didn't appear to be warts but because of the area I'm sure that's what they were. The garlic slices worked.
Good luck and please keep us informed!
KT
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Denise (Potomac) on 09/02/2016
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I have plantar fibromytosis.
I have just started a treatment of physical therapy, cupping, and dry needling. After one session pain significantly reduced. I think I am on to something. Stay tuned, I will give updates.
Arnica
Posted by Holly (Us) on 05/25/2015
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Plantar Fibroma:
I have had success using arnica. I use arnica cream rubbed deeply into the area and oral homeopathic arnica tabs dissolved under the tongue. Also freezing water in a small round cup and rolling the area intensively over it helps, then heat, rub arnica in intensely and keep up the oral administration of anica. Best of luck! ACV has also helped to alleviate symptoms of it as well and of my sciatica.
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Leslie (Maryland) on 02/07/2016
Plantar Fibromatosis, Dupuytrens Contracture, and Peyronies are related manifestations of fibrous tumors that grow on the tendons & fascia of feet, hands, and penis (in that order). Typically genetic, most often appearing in middle age (40's), these tumors have nothing to do with fungi.
These conditions are in no way related to Plantar Fasciitis or "plantar warts".
Multiple Plantar Fibroma Remedies
Posted by Idot13 (Ireland) on 07/26/2018
Carol, Mix both bee wax and Vaseline together with a little turmeric in it and apply to any of these types of complaints and seal with plastic or plaster to seal it away from the air. When changing plaster, etc rub with a hard towel after washing to get the pieces that it is been killed off, off the foot.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Mama To Many (Tennessee) on 09/09/2017
Dear Rosa,
You may be surprised at how well the apple cider vinegar absorbs into the skin. We have used it successfully topically many times.
You may wish to dilute the apple cider vinegar with water at first - using half water and half acv.
~Mama to Many~
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by KT (Usa) on 05/16/2018
Hello Katy,
Are you sure it is a "cyst"? I wonder if slicing a garlic clove and using a waterproof bandage to seal it with on the area every day would help remove it.
KT
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by KT (Usa) on 09/10/2017
Dear Rhonda,
Well, I stand corrected. After looking up Plantar Fibroma...fibromatosis is what I must have had. This happened in the 50's and I believed what my mother told me. It was not a wart as it was a flat fibrous nodule that was embedded in my heel. It was so painful I remember I could not put my heel down to walk. That is why my mother took me to have it burned out and I remember having a hole there.
Anyway, what is happening now, when that area stays damp if I run around in flip flops, sometimes I will feel "something" in that area that indicates it may be coming back. I cut a garlic clove in half and secure it under a bandage for a few days. The areas I mentioned above are gone at this writing. There is no trace of anything in that area.
Our house is very damp so I keep shoes and cotton socks on most of the time.
KT
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Carol (Plainfield, New Jersey) on 03/16/2012
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I read about using ACV on a plantar fibroma with great expectations. All I got was a red, sore burn mark near the fibroma. I soaked a cotton ball with ACV taped it over the spot with plastic and sock covering it. Leary to try it again - just made my foot peel since the area was wet. Any suggestions? Thank you!!
Nattokinase
Posted by Lm (VA) on 08/09/2024
Use Tramadol (for pain) and Verapamil 15% (for the calcium deposits). Your doctor can prescribe these to a pharmacy, which will prepare a compound GEL.
I have Ledderhouse and this has reduced my lesion to almost nothing and takes the pain away. Overtime this combination should eliminate it altogether or at the very least reduce it.
Multiple Plantar Fibroma Remedies
Posted by Mmsg (Somewhere, Europeb) on 05/08/2018
You might want to start with Epsom Salt soaks. And/or Green Clay poultices or soaks.
Stretching
Posted by Francisco T. (Oakland Ca.) on 12/22/2017
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I suffer from plantar fibroma on my two feet and also had on my two hands.
The one on my hands I can handle the pain by stretching them, but on my feet it is getting worse pain wise (still same size) but pain is getting toward my heel which it started to bother me, with the constan weight I put on them. None of my family got this problem.
The pain on my feet get lesser if I stretch them rolling a glass bottle in the morning before work and at night before bed some times during the day if pain is insoportable. I'm going to try Apple cidar vinegar to see what happens.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Lynnie (Roseville mi) on 01/31/2023
Anything that you put on your skin, is also underneath skin.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by KT (Usa) on 09/10/2017
Hi Rosa Maria,
I just submitted an updated post about my experience. I did not have a "wart" after all. Scroll down after the photos.
I would try securing a garlic half/slice to that area under a band aid overnight. Then after a shower in the morning, dry it and apply another slice...as thick as you are able to walk on it.
Sealed under a band aid will allow the garlic to penetrate well.
KT
Arnica, Epsom Salt, Turmeric
Posted by Meleika (California) on 11/28/2016
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Plantar Fibroma: I just use arnica gel, but am going to try ACV to see if that helps. I soak my feet in epsom salt and this helps with the pain. I also eat turmeric which helps with the inflammation and circulation. I have heard of cabbage wraps?
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by KT (Usa) on 09/24/2016
You can also slice a garlic clove and secure it on the area with a band aid all day/night.
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Dave (Fountain Inn, Sc) on 06/13/2014
Hello Andrea,
Re the multiple problems;
Here are a couple of things you might try...first see a google site pdf "the wonder drug cabbage" and also read about "cabbage" under remedies here in Earth Clinic.
You might follow the directions of how to prepare a leaf or leaves of cabbage to wrap one foot leaving the other without the benefit of the cabbage poultice. This would be an overnight experiment. Of course, you wrap the cabbage compress in a plastic so as to protect the bedding.
That pdf site (a book) is amazing...full of examples of how the writer over decades used cabbage as a healer.
Well, which takes us to what might be causing the COMPLEX of issues you are facing and you ask ... could they be related?
You just might be right. Maybe the basis of the Fibroma is perhaps a fungi. In which case you'd have to follow an anti fungi remedy. Bill Thompson (Bill from the Philippines on EC Posts) has a book on Candida and Fungi...Killing So Sweetly which would help you.
And if the Cabbage Cure helps for one foot and then helps with the other, you know that some juicing using mainly cabbage would be a benefit.
But if me, I'd surely try the Cabbage Cure for a night or two.
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Marti (Maryland) on 07/13/2016
I was glad to see Leslie's post clarifying the issue since many seem to have confused various conditions. I had plantar fibroma on one foot in 2007 and found an article in a podiatry journal about the (then) new use of cryosurgery for this. I found in PA one of a few US podiatrists who use cryosurgery, and it went well, no recurrence. Later I had PF on other foot and again had cryosurgery, again a good outcome (just a few days of recovery). Wikipedia mentions cryosurgery for plantar fibroma, but hardly anyone seems aware of it (including many podiatrists, at least 5-10 years ago).
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Sandra (Issaquah, Wa) on 08/11/2016
I read that someone got a b12 shot in the soft tissue area for frozen shoulder. I wonder if that is the missing link.
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Leslie (Md) on 09/10/2016
Fibromas on fascia of feet (Ledderhose aka plantar fibromatosis), hands (Dupuytrens), and penis (Peyronies) are all somewhat related, and are familial. Resist surgical procedures for Ledderhose (on your feet) as long as possible (apply "donuts" around the tumors to alleviate pressure on the tumor), but as the tumor grows and must bear your entire weight, there are currently NO EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS. Ledderhose surgery will spawn more tumors (this is not the case with surgery on Dupuytrens; not sure about Peyronies), so a complete fasciectomy is necessary (the fascia is the "petri dish" on which these tumors grow). Then the tumors will appear on the side of your foot, necessitating care in selecting shoes, but at least they are not weight-bearing or painful. Sad but true ... I have these conditions on all four limbs (I'm female, so can skip the Peyronies! ), and several of my known relatives had these fibromas, and now my daughter has Ledderhose - AND she can't find doctors who know how to treat it!! One actually thought there was fluid and tried to aspirate, and now my daughter has painful masses twice the size as before. Lawsuit ...
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Jimmy (Ca) on 02/07/2017
I tried steroid injections, laser therapy, acoustic therapy, physical therapy, padding and RF coblation. All seemed to work for a short time, but the fibroma on my left foot returned aggressively. I finally had the fibroma removed with a subtotal fasiacotomy followed by radiotherapy. It has been a year now and no recurrence! I do have a little stiffness in the foot, but does not limit my activity. This approach with surgery and radiotherapy is intensive and you should really consider whether you have the stamina to endure and whether the risk are worth the outcome. It was difficult, but the outcome so far has been fantastic. I am currently treating a fibroma on the right foot and will probably have to go down the same road, again.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Idot13 (Ireland) on 07/26/2018
Also forgot to mention there is no pain with this method but it needs to be sealed from the air
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Tassia (Berkeley, Ca Usa) on 05/15/2012
When I did the ACV treatment on my feet, I treated the entire sole of my foot (see my original post above) all night long for several days, and I had NO peeling or burning at all. Don't know why it would be different for others. I used brown organic apple cider vinegar, the kind with a "mother" in it, and the brand that is from an old-time health-food advocate. My sister has been putting it on a couple of warts on her fingers, taping a piece of ACV-soaked cotton on 24/7, and this method does appear to "burn" the wart off.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Ixchelle (San Diego, California) on 09/28/2022
Did it resolve completely?
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by John (Pahoa, Hawaii) on 02/25/2024 6 posts
I paused my treatment, but I am going to begin again. Will post any changes.
Frankincense Essential Oil
Posted by Angela (NC) on 12/02/2022
Hello Mama to Many,
I have a small cyst-like thing on both of my feet in the arch.
What brand of Frankincense did you use?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Nattokinase
Posted by Anabella (Fl) on 08/26/2020
I recently developed a plantar fibroma and would like to try Nattokinase and DMSO since that's what worked for you. I would appreciate it greatly if you would let me know which brands you found effective. Thank you.
Multiple Plantar Fibroma Remedies
Posted by Carol (West Palm Beach, Fl) on 05/08/2018
I need HELP! I have roughly 30 something tumors covering my main tendon on BOTH feet! They are all different sizes and getting bigger with some growing from the tendon into middle of feet. 3 podiatry surgeons and all three say they've never seen a case this bad! They have my tendon pulled tight like a piano string ready to snap (so the docs say). Also they ALL say with surgery, they come back times 100!!! They cause me SEVERE feet cramps that curl my foot up like a fist and when I pull my toes back, they jump up my calves and top of my feet! I've tried Transdermal Cream many times with no change. I don't feel I can walk (limp) much longer. They wake me from a dead sleep screaming with a pillow on my face to not wake anyone. I am DESPERATE!! Even begged to be a guinea pig if they have any type of new laser surgery. Pain meds don't help! I don't think vinegar would penetrate that deep in my foot for these things. If anyone has found any type of relief, PLEASE RESPOND. Thank you. Carol
Frankincense Essential Oil
Posted by TyNaya (NY) on 05/02/2021
Hey Jean... Has the Frankincense worked for you all the way?
Warts vs Fibromas
Posted by Rudolph (Harare, Zimbabwe) on 07/12/2018
I need help on how best to get rid of fibromatosis warts.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Jessica (Usa ) on 09/05/2017
Hi Marjorie,
I was wondering how the ACV treatment was doing for you? I just found this thread and started ACV last night, but I was wondering how long does it take for the pain to go away and curious to know if the fibroma nodule really shrinks in size from using ACV.
Thanks and good luck with your treatment!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Rosa Maria (San Antonio ) on 09/09/2017
Hi Marjorie, I was wondering how the treatment for the Plantar Fibroma is going. I am a bit scare to put ACV in the sole of my foot mainly because it feels that my fibroma is way inside my skin and do not see how can ACV can reach the fibroma underneath.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Arlene (New York) on 02/16/2018
Hi just wondering how long it takes for the plantar fibroma to go away with the Apple Cider Vinegar ..ive used it for about 4 days only so far overnight . Thanks
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Katy (Italy) on 05/15/2018
I would like to know if anyone has experience with a cyst under foot (plantar area) just underneath a naevus skin. Naevus is normal, but cyst underneath still there, and not sure I can cure it with ACV, because of naevus. Does ACV application damage Naevus skin? or any other remedy? thanks
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by David (Toronto ) on 05/05/2017
Are you sure it was ledderhose disease and not something else? Did you get diagnosed by a doctor or imaging done?
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Marjorie (South Carolina) on 07/31/2017
I'm continuing with treatment until I see my doctor mid August. I'll post again with info. My Dr. approves using ACV.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Nat (Uk) on 05/31/2017
Hi, what later happened to it? I'm looking to start the treatment
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Rhonda (Oakland, Ca) on 08/29/2017
Has the fibroma disappeared permanently?
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Rhonda (Ca) on 08/29/2017
Hi Susan,
Were you successful at making the tumor go away permanently?
Thanks!
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Leslie (Md) on 09/10/2016
Denise (Potomac) Please do keep us updated on your Ledderhose/plantar fibromatosis! Runs in the family, and now my daughter has it. Never heard of cupping and dry needling for it (I've had multiple surgeries - including fasciectomies - on both my feet). Some idiot at Kaiser thought there was fluid and tried to aspirate; now my daughter is in pain and her fibromas are more than double the size they were two days ago. We live 3000 miles apart, so I can't take her to my doctor.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Natalie (Salt Lake City, Ut) on 01/29/2015
Luis! I'm curious to know how it's going for you with the ACV. Any updates?
Thanks.
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Timh (Ky) on 02/08/2016 2048 posts
L: From my understanding "genetic predisposition" is a cancer theory with other theories like "environmental stressors". So it would be safe to say "maybe genetic".
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Sharon (Florida) on 05/20/2016
My podiatrist asked if I had anyone in my family with trigger finger, as the above post said this runs in families. It is showing up in my little finger and palms of my hands now. It is also in the tendon down the outside of my legs, I wondered for years what those painful bumps were and no doctor could tell me. My doctor has a compounding pharmacy mix verapamil-anyhydrous gel. I used it 2 - 3 times a day for 3 minutes for probably 3 months. It reduced them enough I was pain free from 2011. My feet were bothering me again. I hated to check again and there is one about the size of a grape and and of course a line of smaller ones. They say you have these if you have Viking blood, gives me a chuckle and my imagination can roam while I rub my feet again. I will rub this in my hands also. All of this in 2011 nearly led to a completely torn achilles tendon as I attempted to do the stretch exercises for planter fascistic, the more I hurt the more I tried to do my stretches. I am thankful for a good doctor who frowns on surgery because of the damage and they come back often with a vengence. I have Arnica cream and pills so I will give them a try until I get more verapamil gel. My doctor is Mark Lambert, Pensacola Foot and Ankle, he is the best!
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Victoria (Texas) on 07/30/2016
Thank you so much for posting this. This is the first thing I have read that makes sense. The other surgeries are too scary. I would be off my feet so long I would lose my job and not be able to even walk upstairs to my bedroom. Then they would likely grow back.
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Lm (VA) on 08/09/2024
Use Tramadol (for pain) and Verapamil 15% (for the calcium deposits). You can have your doctor prescribe this to a pharmacy and the will prepare a compound GEL.
I have Ledderhouse and this has reduced my lesion to almost nothing and takes the pain away. Overtime this combination should eliminate it altogether or at the very least reduce it.
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Andrea (Italy) on 03/24/2017
Jimmy, hello my name is Andrea and I live in Italy. I also suffer from the disease of ledderhose all because feet. What kind of therapy you done?? which and the best in your opinion?? I'm thinking of the surgical solution ... Please give me tips. Thank you
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Steve (Ca) on 07/05/2017
Some docs report good success with enzyme injections which may or may not include Xiaflex for plantar fibromas. Not sure we can say nothing is effective.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Margaret (Albany, Ny) on 11/02/2009
I am so excited to read about this treatment because I have been suffering with several fibromas on each foot. I am actually currently using ACV to spot-treat plantar warts on my feet. The ACV is causing the hardened skin around the wart, and the wart, to peel away, a very good thing. But I'm nervous about now applying ACV to the entire foot, including non-hardened skin... did you experience burning or extensive peeling at all? I was surprised that you said it felt good. Thanks for posting!
