What is plantar fasciatis, how would you know if you had it? Is it preventable?

[Guest guest]

I have a pulling pain in the back part of my arch on one foot. It comes and goes

but can be painful especially first thing in the morning. I was told that it

might be plantar fasciatis.

[Guest guest]

, " kookiebhl " <kookiebhl

wrote:

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> I have a pulling pain in the back part of my arch on one foot. It comes and

goes but can be painful especially first thing in the morning. I was told that

it might be plantar fasciatis.

>

I had the same symptoms in my right foot a couple of years ago, and a sister

told me it was plantar fasciatis. Another sister told me that her husband had

it, and what he was told to do to remedy it was toe raises, which strengthen the

muscles supporting the arch (I have unusually high arches):

 

With your feet pointing straight forward, raise up onto your tiptoes and back

down. Repeat 30 times. Then, with your toes pointing inward, again, raise up

onto your tiptoes 30x. Lastly, with your toes pointing outward, raise up

another 30x. Do daily.

 

I did these exercises and within a few days the pain that caused me to cut back

in my walking/running mileage decreased dramatically. After a few weeks, it was

gone completely. To keep it from coming back, I do these toe raises every so

often, but no longer daily.

 

Carolyn