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Plantars Faciitis

NoHall avatar
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:angry: I have it in my right foot. Grrrr.

As does everything in my life, it has a funny story behind it. When my show opened in April (April 24th, to be exact) I wore the cute heels that I bought when I visited BB. Serious spikes on those things.

At the end of the show, my stage manager was yelling over the clearcom for me to come down to the stage. The shortest, most discreet way backstage from the booth was through the catwalk (concrete floor) to the spiral staircase (30 feet or more, all metal.) Impossible to do in spikes, so I ran it barefooted. I remember feeling it stretch, but it didn't hurt until the next morning.

Anyway, my shiny new chiropractor says she thinks she can fix it--it's not really bad yet--but I can't wear heels or flip flops. I have to wear supportive shoes with a heel strap. I hope that she means that I only have to wear it until she's done with me in about a month. Worse--she doesn't want me to go barefooted, even in my house. How miserable.

I can't spend hundreds of dollars to cover all my color needs. I have options in black, so I'm not buying more black shoes. I can't decide on what would work better--tan, brown, white, or navy?

Has anyone else dealt with this trouble? I'm not ready for old lady feet!

(Another funny story--my uncle Wayne had it on both feet to the point that he developed bone spurs. One day he was on a ladder pruning shrubs, and he lost his balance and slipped off the ladder. He hit hard on his heels and broke the bone spurs off--problem solved! :lol:)

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Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#52
Not so bad...I've found that my boys are so much sweeter when I'm sick or injured! (I think I heard someone whisper something like "She'll whack you with that crutch," today.)
I went to a private school. Mrs. Benning, our French teacher, would whack students on the nose with a stick if a question was answered incorrectly. I remember several occasions when she whacked someone on the nose, missed, the stick went up a nostril, and there was a nose bleed. Never happened to me. I still have the French textbook that she used in class. I loved her classes.

Sorry about the tangent.

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Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#53
Not so bad...I've found that my boys are so much sweeter when I'm sick or injured! (I think I heard someone whisper something like "She'll whack you with that crutch," today.)

It sounds like a better teacher's aide than laryngitis! A friend suggested I keep das boot and whip it out during the Christmas season to see if I get better service. :biggrin:

I do see many more people holding the door open for me, looks of pity and lots of questions about what happened. My story always terrorizes them. :lol: I am still terrorized when I walk by wooden benches. I had a little episode at the Smith and Hawken store a few weeks back. ;-)
Lady D avatar
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#54
I had this in both feet. Could hardly get out of bed in the mornings. The pain from stepping down on my feet hurt so bad, I bought Dr. Schools gel heel inserts, those did not help. Finally went to the Good Feet store and paid $300 plus for a pair of their inserts and saw a big difference within a week. I continued to wear them for probably 3 to 4 weeks and have gone without them since. I have had no more problem. It has been probably close to a year, maybe a little longer.
NoHall avatar
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#55
This is RIDICULOUS. It's supposed to be healed by now. Instead, it's waking me up in the middle of the night. There is a ridge (the edge of the still-attached section of fascia?) through the middle of my foot and it's turning blue and green. My doctor is in surgery and can't see me until Wednesday, so I'm back on crutches (and Darvocet and anti-inflammatory meds) until he can see me. I was told to sleep in the boot last night, but when I got up this morning it actually felt worse.

Can I get a new foot somewhere?
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#56
This is RIDICULOUS. It's supposed to be healed by now. Instead, it's waking me up in the middle of the night. There is a ridge (the edge of the still-attached section of fascia?) through the middle of my foot and it's turning blue and green. My doctor is in surgery and can't see me until Wednesday, so I'm back on crutches (and Darvocet and anti-inflammatory meds) until he can see me. I was told to sleep in the boot last night, but when I got up this morning it actually felt worse.

Can I get a new foot somewhere?
Blue and green? I am so sorry, NoHall. :(

I thought mine was bad. I started doing the Power90 exercises, but had to stop because it just killed my knees and made my plantar fasciitis flare up. I started back on physical therapy yesterday. The therapist told me to stop the Power90 until we resolve the knee and foot issues. I am limping some, but not on crutches like you are.

Can't believe the doc can't see you until Wednesday.:idontno:
SHELLY avatar
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#57
This is RIDICULOUS. It's supposed to be healed by now. Instead, it's waking me up in the middle of the night. There is a ridge (the edge of the still-attached section of fascia?) through the middle of my foot and it's turning blue and green. My doctor is in surgery and can't see me until Wednesday, so I'm back on crutches (and Darvocet and anti-inflammatory meds) until he can see me. I was told to sleep in the boot last night, but when I got up this morning it actually felt worse.

Can I get a new foot somewhere?

...is the doctor you are attempting to see the same one that congratulated you on doing your "self surgery?" If so, I can recommend another place you can put Das Boot.
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#58
I'd be looking for a podiatrist too. No matter how far I had to drive.
NoHall avatar
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#59
Yours is faciitis, BR. I have a rupture. My PF was never really that bad. Until the day it ruptured, I could do just about anything I wanted (I didn't try running) as long as I had a supportive shoe.

I love the doctors in my town, but they can be very difficult to see. We have a huge regional hospital here, ad people come from all over. There are never enough doctors. If you can get in to see them, they're wonderful--I have more good stories than bad. He can't see me until Wednesday because he's in surgery Monday and booked solid on Tuesday. They told me I could come in on Tuesday, but I would have to wait and wait and possibly not get to see him. I already had an appointment for Wedensday.

...is the doctor you are attempting to see the same one that congratulated you on doing your "self surgery?" If so, I can recommend another place you can put Das Boot.

That was a physician's assistant. :idontno:

I'd be looking for a podiatrist too. No matter how far I had to drive.

I trust this guy more than I trust some of the podiatrists. He's an orthopedic surgeon who has a lot of experience in foot & ankle. His father-in-law (also orthopedic in the same practice) is something of a hero to us--Mom's cousin was in a bush hog accident and the podiatrist on call wanted to amputate his feet. This doctor happened to be there, too and intervened. He was not supposed to be able to walk for more than a year, but he was walking in 6 months.

Nevertheless, if there is no action taken on Wednesday, I'll have to consider other options.
Miss Kitty avatar
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#60
NoHall...why is your foot turning colors? :blink: Yikes! Does this dr. not have a PA you could get in to see on Monday?

Sorry you are having such issues. I have graduated to a bootie and PT. Picking up and dropping marbles with my toes in one funn exercise. :cool:
SHELLY avatar
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#61
That was a physician's assistant. :idontno:

Did the Dr. like his PA's diagnosis?

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NoHall avatar
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#62
NoHall...why is your foot turning colors? :blink: Yikes! Does this dr. not have a PA you could get in to see on Monday?

Sorry you are having such issues. I have graduated to a bootie and PT. Picking up and dropping marbles with my toes in one funn exercise. :cool:

I think it's turning colors from the rupture. It's swelling again, too. The doctor told me that I didn't rip it completely across, which would have made it simpler. Only a portion ripped, and it has a hard time healing because it will re-tear very easily. If it had torn all the way across, it would simply scar over and heal. I have a feeling that I've torn a larger section of it this week somehow.

Did the Dr. like his PA's diagnosis?

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Yes--the doctor did agree with the diagnosis completely, and I really liked the PA, for that matter. I was offered the option of going in to see the PA or his father-in-law on Monday, but the doctor I'm seeing is really the foot/ankle expert in the practice. They would end up consulting him in the end.

I've been investigating the whole podiatrist issue, and it's my understanding that an orthopedic trained in foot/ankle is actually better trained than a podiatrist--? It's my experience that it depends on the doctor. I once dislocated a finger (not a great thing for a pianist) and was sent to a so-called "expert" who was absolutely awful. I could barely get him to look at it, and the finger got worse with his treatment/lack of treatment. I ended up going to an orthopedic doctor (in the same practice as the one I'm seeing now) who took a completely opposite approach to treating the finger and it healed very quickly at that point. :idontno:
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#63
I've been investigating the whole podiatrist issue, and it's my understanding that an orthopedic trained in foot/ankle is actually better trained than a podiatrist--? It's my experience that it depends on the doctor. I once dislocated a finger (not a great thing for a pianist) and was sent to a so-called "expert" who was absolutely awful. I could barely get him to look at it, and the finger got worse with his treatment/lack of treatment. I ended up going to an orthopedic doctor (in the same practice as the one I'm seeing now) who took a completely opposite approach to treating the finger and it healed very quickly at that point. :idontno:
I was very surprised at the approach of Hughston Clinic (orthopedic) as compared to Atlanta Foot and Ankle (well-respected podiatrists, official doctors of the Peachtree Road Race). Right now I am liking Hughston Clinic because it's closer timewise and I like their physical therapists.
NoHall avatar
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#64
I was very surprised at the approach of Hughston Clinic (orthopedic) as compared to Atlanta Foot and Ankle (well-respected podiatrists, official doctors of the Peachtree Road Race). Right now I am liking Hughston Clinic because it's closer timewise and I like their physical therapists.

The issue with my cousin was kind of a scandal--like I said, the podiatrist was about to cut his feet off when the orthopedic doctor intervened. My mother was good friends with the chief of staff at the hospital at the time, and he's the one who told her that podiatrists are great for bunions and that sort of thing, but that anything orthopedic dealing with the foot and ankle should go to an orthopedic doctor.

Like I said, if he doesn't give me a plan of action on Wednesday I think we'll need to reconsider. (I suspect, based on my conversation with the nurse, that he WILL do something more aggressive. They really expected it to get better by now.)
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#65
This all sounds horrible. It also sounds like you do have a good doc after all. Good luck to you and I hope you find some sort of relief soon.
Minnie avatar
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#66
Good luck, it makes me hurt to even read about it. Mine was so much less than anything you have been through.

I love my podiatrist but you have to go with what works for you. He saved me from pain and surgery and never had another problem with mine after his treatment.

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