Doing the rolling ice thing. Will look up the runners stretch. Thanks.Roll your foot over a frozen can of juice concentrate. Probably could just freeze water in a cup like shape for the same effect. Also do LOTS of runner’s stretch where you stretch your calves up against a wall. Both of those things work wonders for me when the old plantar fasciitis kicks up. Weird feeling to feel like there’s a rock under your foot when it’s all an internal issue. Anyway, good luck. Hope one of these might help.
Wear good shoes with a dr scholl's heel cushion added. Get a pair of clean house shoes for inside.
Good tip. I'll do that. My first night not sleeping on the couch was glorious. Slept 11 hrs. Just flexing my toes up now before I try for a shower.
Everything about you is exquisite.
Cheers petal. Much improved today thank god. Saw the doc in casualty when I thought I snapped a ligament. Honestly I heard and felt summat go and was in agony. It's a bastard of a thing. I shall miss going barefoot but I don't want this again if I can prevent it. Its a bind not being able to get upstairs and living alone. Pip's been no help. Ginger twat.Gentle stretches and rest.
I have a good friend who is a sports physio who'd know what to suggest - GPs will be a waste of time unless they have a sports interest. Expect to pay about £50 for a consult at a decent one - it'll be worth it if the symptoms don't ease in a few days.
If you've recently changed footwear eg because of the frigging heat, then that might have tipped underlying problems into being painful. Poor you!!
I've an uncle who stepped awkwardly and felt a ping in his achilles during lockdown. Had two GP consults and each time was told 'it's just a strain' but it turned out he'd torn his achilles. Later a physio diagnosed it in five minutes (because that's their job). He's had to have surgery in the end because it was left so long.
Barefoot is the worst for it. Try Birkenstock shoes. You want to stretch the Achilles so get a wooden slant if possible
I had an x-ray and he said my tendons and ligaments were fine. I asked him about the snapping and he said it was the facitis stretching (summat like that I was a bit knackered and spacey).
Fuck me - good old NHS! I was thinking about crowdfunding your appointment but you're good. I'm still not convinced by him saying 'people hear snapping tendons all the time'. I hope the wait wasn't too long alongside those malingering old people with dodgy hearts
Snapped mine doing a CFT in the army. Hurt like a mother fucker.
Seven fucking hours!
