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Pain in the foot!! What is wrong? UPDATE!

tccox
Went to bed last night and nothing hurt more than usual. Hopped out of bed this AM and almost hit floor when I stepped on my right foot. Pain is excrutiating (real bad) only when I try to walk. It seems to be back toward my heel, from the arch back. No pain while just standing, only when I step forward and kick off on the step. Then it hurts like all get out.

I have taken several Advil and just now some asprin but no help so far. I know most of you are not MD's here but have you had this happen and what caused it? I did nothing yesterday that I can think of to injure said foot. Maybe just old age? If it is, I am not so sure I want to get much older!! Tom
UPDATE
Pain is just as bad today, but about an hour ago, I ran into a friend's wife, well, actually met her and whe works for a foot Dr. She immediately told me I had the plantar stuff and she will try to get me an appointment Monday. This is good news since the pain is pretty severe. If I had it both feet, I would be in a wheelchair now. Thanks to all the good replies, some of you really know what you are talking about! Nothing like experience. Tom

PS O yes, if you had this problem, what did you do for relief? T
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  • dcon12
    May just be a side affect from having you foot in your mouth. Don
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  • cce1302
    Bone spur?
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  • mateomasfeo
    You slept on it wrong.
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  • FrancF
    cce1302 beat me to it-
    Got any bone spurs? Not fun- Thinking the same.
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  • spurgemastur
    Plantar fasciitus?

    From Wikipedia:

    quote:Plantar fasciitis, formerly known as "policeman's heel" is a painful inflammatory condition caused by excessive wear to the plantar fascia of the foot or biomechanical faults that cause abnormal pronation of the foot.[1] The pain usually is felt on the underside of the heel, and is often most intense with the first steps of the day. It is commonly associated with long periods of weight bearing. Obesity, weight gain, jobs that require a lot of walking on hard surfaces, shoes with little or no arch support, and inactivity are also associated with the condition. This condition often results in a heel spur on the calcaneus, in which case it is the underlying condition, and not the spur itself, which produces the pain.[1]
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  • tccox
    Decon & Mateo, I don't think so since I have slept with foot in mouth many many times!!! Don't think bone spur unless it grew overnight. It is kuje I might have sprained or bruised it but as I said, I did nothing yesterday and last night it was fine when I went to bed. Tom
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  • bpost
    quote:Originally posted by tccox
    Went to bed last night and nothing hurt more than usual. Hopped out of bed this AM and almost hit floor when I stepped on my right foot. Pain is excrutiating (real bad) only when I try to walk. It seems to be back toward my heel, from the arch back. No pain while just standing, only when I step forward and kick off on the step. Then it hurts like all get out.

    I have taken several Advil and just now some asprin but no help so far. I know most of you are not MD's here but have you had this happen and what caused it? I did nothing yesterday that I can think of to injure said foot. Maybe just old age? If it is, I am not so sure I want to get much older!! Tom

    PS O yes, if you had this problem, what did you do for relief? T


    Plantar fasciitus equals ouch! Or; it could be gout. Can you walk on your toes OK?
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  • AZEX
    Probably not spurs, yet.

    They call it, Plantar Fasciitis. (sp) and literally it's "inflammation" on the face "fasci" of the tendon which gives your foot it's "arch".

    I started getting the pain, which is actually the pain caused by tiny tears in the tendon, usually caused by standing for long periods of time (ahem...like standing around most of the day working on guns) and being too fat.

    Anyway, I looked all over online for something which might work, and I found these little blue rubber inserts for your shoes, called HTP or "heelthatpain". They were cheap at 15 bucks a pair, have lasted for over a year, and gave me nearly instant relief. I wear cushioned or gel insoles anyway, but having the bulge of soft support from the HTP inserts was great and continues to be great.

    Long-term neglect of Plantar Fasciitis causes heel spurs. The spur is a bone growth which forms in response to the inflammation.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantar_Fasciitis

    http://www.heel-that-pain.com

    I thought they were hokey, but they work.

    D.
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  • FrancF
    I have an Idea, go see the Doc.[:)] Bet you love him as much as I do[;)]
    If ya gotta go , Ya gotta go-
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  • pitbud5
    heel spur most likely.
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  • jimdeere
    "Pain is excrutiating (real bad) only when I try to walk."
    Then don't try to walk!
    That'll be $50 co-pay, you may pay the lady at the window.
    NOW GO SEE A REAL DOCTOR!
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  • Oren Rudder
    Sounds like inflamed tendons, are you on thyroid meds?
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  • tr fox
    There are tendons in your foot that stretch from your heel to the ball of your foot. Kinda like guitar strings. As long as your arch is high enough for your foot and those "guitar strings" to all work together properly, everything is fine. But if and when you arch falls those "strings" get pulled outta line and that causes extreme foot pain usually and mostly in the bottom of the heel. This condition also can cause a heel spur to grow on the bottom of your heel. In an x-ray the spur clearly shows up as a bone spur growth. Strangely, the spur does not cause the pain. The pain is caused at the location where the "strings" attach to your heel.

    Only cure is an orthopedic operation (the go through a very small incision in the side of your heel) or the easier route is to get solid plastic arch supports. Not flexible ones, although flexible ones sometimes do help. But the solid arch supports, if you chose the ones that fit your arch, will actually reshape your arch and restore it to the arch it should.

    A word of warning here. When you first start walking on the solid plastic arch supports, you will think you now have more problems than what you sstarted with as you will be in discomfort. Just start out about 1 hour per day (both feet since probably both feet are or soon will be in need of this treatment) and add an hour per day every so often until you can walk around all day with the solid plastic arch supports. At that time the pain should all be gone.

    To make the supports feel better on your feet, you might try removing the liner in your shoe, putting in the arch support and then replace the liner. YOu can go to a foot doctor and get this advice and purchase the arch supports for about $40.00 or you can skip the doctor and go to someplace like Target and buy similar arch supports for only $20.00. But be sure you get a good fit if you go to Target. In fact, it might be best to just go to the foot doctor.

    I am not a doctor but I played one in a highschool play once so I feel qualified to give this advice.
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  • breddyrrt
    Gout?
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  • Colt Super
    Mine are due to gout, and generic nuproxin takes care of the pain. I can't remember the trade name, but a pharmacist can tell you.

    Takes about half an hour to make the pain disappear.

    Doug
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  • reloader44mag
    quote:Originally posted by tccox
    Decon & Mateo, I don't think so since I have slept with foot in mouth many many times!!! Don't think bone spur unless it grew overnight. It is kuje I might have sprained or bruised it but as I said, I did nothing yesterday and last night it was fine when I went to bed. Tom
    Maybe you should try not to do nothing and that will make it better
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  • slipgate
    quote:Originally posted by spurgemastur
    Plantar fasciitus?

    From Wikipedia:

    quote:Plantar fasciitis, formerly known as "policeman's heel" is a painful inflammatory condition caused by excessive wear to the plantar fascia of the foot or biomechanical faults that cause abnormal pronation of the foot.[1] The pain usually is felt on the underside of the heel, and is often most intense with the first steps of the day. It is commonly associated with long periods of weight bearing. Obesity, weight gain, jobs that require a lot of walking on hard surfaces, shoes with little or no arch support, and inactivity are also associated with the condition. This condition often results in a heel spur on the calcaneus, in which case it is the underlying condition, and not the spur itself, which produces the pain.[1]


    Thanks for posting! This is exactly what I have. I just thought I was getting old!
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  • ripley16
    quote:Originally posted by AZEX
    Probably not spurs, yet.

    They call it, Plantar Fasciitis. (sp) and literally it's "inflammation" on the face "fasci" of the tendon which gives your foot it's "arch".

    I started getting the pain, which is actually the pain caused by tiny tears in the tendon, usually caused by standing for long periods of time (ahem...like standing around most of the day working on guns) and being too fat.

    Anyway, I looked all over online for something which might work, and I found these little blue rubber inserts for your shoes, called HTP or "heelthatpain". They were cheap at 15 bucks a pair, have lasted for over a year, and gave me nearly instant relief. I wear cushioned or gel insoles anyway, but having the bulge of soft support from the HTP inserts was great and continues to be great.

    Long-term neglect of Plantar Fasciitis causes heel spurs. The spur is a bone growth which forms in response to the inflammation.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantar_Fasciitis

    http://www.heel-that-pain.com

    I thought they were hokey, but they work.

    D.


    What AZEX said.
    I've gone through this sveral times. Heed this advise above...almost instant relief. If this doesn't work see a doctor.
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  • gruntled
    The pain doesn't sound like the bone spurs I had. That felt more like you had a nail sticking up through the heel of your shoe.
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  • GUNFUNCO
    I went through this earlier this year. One foot only.

    Went to podiatrist. Said I had Plantar fasciatis(sp), a bone spur and arthritus in my foot. PF was the main problem. They made me insoles that I had to have adjusted a couple times. They still are not perfect but after wearing them a couple weeks things improved a bunch.

    I found that riding a bike helps a bunch because it exercises and stretches the foot without the impact of actual walking. Now I just wear the Dr Scholls insert for heel pain that I got at walmart for about $7. One foot Doctor also recommends freezing a water bottle (take some out before freezing) or chilling a can of veggies and then rolling your arch over it while you watch TV. The roundness stretches the tendons and the cold helps with the inflammation.

    Now I only have a little pain after an active day like hunting and it is usually better by the next day.
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  • Joe Drees
    Had the same thing years ago in the Navy. Finally diagnosed as the planters tendon as decribed above. Could not drive some days. Just did stretching exercises and had to wear arch supports.
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  • rider
    quote:Pain in the foot!! What is wrong?
    It slipped down about 3 feet? [:D][:D]

    rider
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  • Maalox
    quote:Originally posted by spurgemastur
    Plantar fasciitus?

    From Wikipedia:

    quote:Plantar fasciitis, formerly known as "policeman's heel" is a painful inflammatory condition caused by excessive wear to the plantar fascia of the foot or biomechanical faults that cause abnormal pronation of the foot.[1] The pain usually is felt on the underside of the heel, and is often most intense with the first steps of the day. It is commonly associated with long periods of weight bearing. Obesity, weight gain, jobs that require a lot of walking on hard surfaces, shoes with little or no arch support, and inactivity are also associated with the condition. This condition often results in a heel spur on the calcaneus, in which case it is the underlying condition, and not the spur itself, which produces the pain.[1]


    I agree with this diagnosis
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  • jhimco
    Better than a pain in the arse.
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  • callktulu
    Thanks for this thread! Because of reading it last night I bought new insoles for my work boots. I recently started a new job, requiring steel-toe shoes for safety. Before this I'd never had foot pain, but the store that sold me the boots also sold me some fancy-shmancy "conformist" insoles.

    I thought they felt good, and I never hurt when I walked (a LOT of walking in this job for me). But when I woke up every morning and stepped down, the pain in my feet was really bad. However, it would go away after a few minutes. I bought new inserts and am wearing them now (gel and arch support). I'll let you know how they work out.

    Again, thanks!!
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