Does anyone have advice on how to treat plantar faciitis?

I was walking around barefoot all day indoors today. Now it hurts when I stand and walk. It's on the heel, close to the arch. It hurts so bad it's hard to walk. I have not injured my foot recently nor have I done any running or jumping.Does anyone have advice on how to treat plantar faciitis?
Hi, as a sufferer myself I a fair bit about it. ;O) This will really stick around unless you take steps every day to cure it.





Make sure your shoes fit properly. This was the source of my plantar fasciitis, combined with constant desk work leading to really tight calf muscles.





Before you get out of bed in the morning, take some time to rotate your feet, push your toes down, and back up again. Don't do this to the point of pain - just a very gentle stretch - as your muscles are still cold. But a little bit of this will help to loosen things up so it doesn't hurt as much when you put your foot down.





Use an ice pack on the sole of your foot, at the arch, for 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off, as often as you can. You can also take ibuprofen for the pain, though I don't recommend relying on this. Your body is hurting to let you know something is wrong. Masking it takes away a fairly important signal.





When your muscles are warm, particularly after a shower in the evening or morning, stretch your calf muscles for 20 seconds on each side. The longer you hold it, the better. Do this as often as you can during the day - but never push yourself to pain in your muscles, because eventually you'll hurt yourself and be back to square one (what happened to me!).





There are devices out there that you can wear that stretch the muscles and fascia involved while you sleep. I've never used them, but you may find them beneficial.





Any time you think about it, squeeze your toes down and release. This helps to strengthen the plantar fascia.





I hope this helps. :)Does anyone have advice on how to treat plantar faciitis?
I have this sporadically as well and have had excellent results from stretching at home. For me it's basically a calf stretch with the foot flexed.





If you do a Google on plantar fascitis you will see a lot of links for different devices, but I don't think you need to spend that money. There should also be some sites which offer ideas for stretching, icing, etc. I'll put one below.
I have suffered though major plantar faciitis while I was playing football. My doctor gave me some exercises to try out.


The one I remember is rolling the arch of your foot over a cylindrical object such as a bottle for a few minutes on each foot each day. Try to put a little effort to it as though your stretching a muscle. I think the idea is to improve the arc in the feet.


Of course the easy way to go would be to buy shoe insoles designed specifically to treat plantar faciitis.Those are a available at any major drug store.
sounds like a heel spur to me.i had one%26amp; it takes a long time to heal.
Try arch supports.


I have pain in my feet there if I go without shoes all day.


Sounds like heel spurs. A foot Dr told me to get arch supports at a regular store (like Walmart) for it and if that didn't help come back to him. It helped.
First try inserts in your shoes from your local drug store - much cheaper than custom ones. To help the pain use 2 cold cans of soda - put them on the floor and roll them back and forth along your arch for 10 minutes, twice a day. Do not wear cheap shoes - you get what you pay for with shoes - inexpensive shoes lack proper support for the foot. If this does not provide some relief make an appt with a podiatrist for custom inserts for your shoes.