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 Hog Tie My Mojo
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Location: Opelousas, LA | I got the HTP heel seats and I sleep in the hard plastic boot on my bad foot. The pain is 100% gone in one foot and the other is about 85% better. I will also ice my foot at night if neeed and use Surpass in the morning if I know it is going to be a super long day. |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | BMW - 2014-07-09 6:32 PM I've been wearing ZCoil shoes since 2003 and my PF hasn't bothered since I started wearing them. Until then my feet felt like they were made out of glass and disintegrating the first steps I'd take in the morning or after sitting for a few minutes. I only have to wear the shoes at work to keep the pain under control. You can go online to find a store handling them or buy on line.
im gonna look them up to see if they do steeltoes THANKS! my feet feel just the way you described! |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | jake16 - 2014-07-09 6:45 PM BMW - 2014-07-09 6:32 PM I've been wearing ZCoil shoes since 2003 and my PF hasn't bothered since I started wearing them. Until then my feet felt like they were made out of glass and disintegrating the first steps I'd take in the morning or after sitting for a few minutes. I only have to wear the shoes at work to keep the pain under control. You can go online to find a store handling them or buy on line. im gonna look them up to see if they do steeltoes THANKS! my feet feel just the way you described!
they only do a composite toe in mens sizes |
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Location: OH. IO | Barnmom - 2014-07-09 6:44 PM I got the HTP heel seats and I sleep in the hard plastic boot on my bad foot. The pain is 100% gone in one foot and the other is about 85% better. I will also ice my foot at night if neeed and use Surpass in the morning if I know it is going to be a super long day.
Is the boot called the RIGID nite boot? |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | rodeomom3 - 2014-07-09 6:09 PM I have it. I went to a store called Ideal Feet and bought some custom inserts. They were expensive, $300, but with them I was able to keep exercising despite dr telling me to take 6 months off. Well worth the $$. The only time I now experience any pain is if I go barefoot too much.
I see they are custom, The closest store is 3 states away, it does say they can try to help if there is no nearby store though,they have a lifetime warranty so the price isnt all that bad if they work, that would be priceless! |
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| jake16 - 2014-07-09 5:32 PM rodeomom3 - 2014-07-09 6:09 PM I have it. I went to a store called Ideal Feet and bought some custom inserts. They were expensive, $300, but with them I was able to keep exercising despite dr telling me to take 6 months off. Well worth the $$. The only time I now experience any pain is if I go barefoot too much. Is this a special insert that you have to be fitted for? Ill look them up as well. THANKS!!!!!!!
Yes, they watch you walk on rice paper and do some other things. They don't actually custom build them for you but get the pair that fits you best. They are a very hard plastic with a lot of arch support depending on what you need. You also get a "milder" pair of inserts, both work for me. I only have them in my workout shoes. I do a lot of impact and stepping/jumping on benches at the gym and these inserts have saved me. I have been wearing them for 3 years. I have never checked on line to see if that is an option. |
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Hog Tie My Mojo
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Location: Opelousas, LA | jake16 - 2014-07-09 5:52 PM Barnmom - 2014-07-09 6:44 PM I got the HTP heel seats and I sleep in the hard plastic boot on my bad foot. The pain is 100% gone in one foot and the other is about 85% better. I will also ice my foot at night if neeed and use Surpass in the morning if I know it is going to be a super long day. Is the boot called the RIGID nite boot?
I think thats it, looks uncomfortable but it is really not that bad. I seriously regret it when I forget to put it on, pretty much have to crawl out of bed the next morning.
I also have the heel wraps for walking around the house barefoot, those are awesome! They also fit in my winter mud boots if I need to make a quick trip to the barn. |
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Location: In the wrong place at the wrong time | I have it too and my saving grace was orthoheel shoes and inserts.
When it really flares up I wear the boot at night.
I do all the stretches already mentioned as well as the frozen soda bottle after which I also roll my foot around on a tennis ball.
I am a hairdresser that stands on concrete 10 hours a day too so I feel your pain.
Also as others have said never go barefoot, your foot or feet needs support.
Good luck! |
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Location: Kansas | Good feet for inserts helped me. Also bending your toes up with your feet flat on the floor. Also the stretch for splints--stand pigeon toed, hands against wall, stretch your toes up and and bend your knees. It stretches the front of your leg and your heel. Do these several times a day. You could do the second stretch with your boots on. These stretches seem to mimic the idea of a boot to me. I need support under my arch to avoid PF. I have also wrapped my instep to give it support but the inserts work best. I also wear Birkenstock sandals in the house--the ones with a lot of support. They also have an insert that was about $40 that worked pretty well. I put those in my rubber boots to chore in now. Good luck. |
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates | I was given a type of therapy boots to wear to bed or around the house- they stretch your feet and Achilles tendon they aren't comfortable initially but they helped me, I actually need to wear them again because my flip flops are killing me :( |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | Thanks for all of your help ladies, i will be sure to use all of your suggestions to the best of my ability! I really appreciate that you all took the time to reply, im sorry for all of your foot pain, its pure misery!!! |
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Crazy Doggy Mommy
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates |
I completely understand your pain, hope you get to feeling better soon. I wanted to add that the boot I have is like a therapy boot that my sports medicine Dr. gave me from the physical therapy dept. I've also stated to wear a new tennis shoe brand called brooks which help a lot, my nike shox tend to hurt me worse. Good luck though its a rough ailment |
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| jake16 - 2014-07-09 4:18 PM
Anyone have to deal with this? How do you ease the pain? Im not up to another surgery, i do the stretches,i cant take anti inflamitories right now as i am dealing with a bleeding ulcer. Any tips,or miracle cures for you?
I used to roll a baseball on my feet and also had my husband massage my feet as hard as he could plus do stretches and I haven't had a problem for over 3 years. |
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| I had it for 2 years. It's very very painful. My wife had it at exactly the same time. We fought it, and the following things helped both of us:
1. Put the ball of your foot on a step, and let your heel fall below the step.
2. Never go barefoot in the house. Get a pair of old man type slip on tennis shoes.
3. Biggest lifesaver was a heel thing I got from a company called Stone Lang. It was a silicone type material in a honeycomb pattern. It really relieves the pain. They were $60 but we're really worth it. |
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Location: where the wind blows | I have it an it is a nightmare!!! Here's what I do;
1. Got inserts for shoes. The kind I got said they were for plantar faciitis. I got them at Dillons in the pharmacy/medication section. They were like $15, nothing fancy.
2. I got a brace to wear at night. I also got this at Dillons in the pharmacy/medication section. It keeps your foot at a 90 degree angle. It's not pretty but it helps! They are $30 a piece.
3. Freeze water bottles and roll your feet over them. Works wonders.
I hope you get some relief!
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Location: the end of the rainbow | I suffered bad for 6 months... tried inserts & the sleeping cast thing, which helped some but I managed to do some pretty bad damage to my right foot & it just wouldn't go away. I was also using a lot of Voltaren gel (Surpass) on my feet which helped more than anything else.
I finally went & got it injected. The injection honestly didn't hurt at all. The dr. freaked out when he looked up & I had taken the mask with the laughing gas off my face & wouldn't breathe it in because he thought it would make the injection hurt worse... but the gas was about to make me puke. The injection itself was fine. It's been a year now since that & I am just barely starting to feel some discomfort... but I have been a bad girl & have been going barefoot or in flipflops almost exclusively for the last 3 months or so.
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Location: North Dakota | Any good shoe salesperson. Will know what you should try! Seriously good shoes make all the difference in the world! I had the dr scholls inserts where you stand on the machine at walmart and then Strictly wore brooks shoes and now have found keens they are the greatest. You will spend a bunch of money on shoes but it totally makes the difference |
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| What really helped mine was the lace up work shoes, like an a ariat. Wore them every day with an insert. It help support my ankle, which rolls inward pronate to make your foot hurt. It really healed mine up. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I have just started getting the pain in the last few months. It hurts so much to get up out of bed to the point I cannot put weight on my left heel. I also have extremely flat feet and wear orthodics. I am reading all the suggestions and will be trying them! |
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With God all things are possible
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| Been dealing with this for two yrs in August. tried everything,insole for plantar fiscitis foot doctor etc. heel injections. I finally found Shoes Inc. Odessa Tx went there they heat insoles and do impressions of your feet WOW the past two weeks have been close to pain free.
The dang foot doctor only xrayed my foot , never looked at my foot UGH, told me to do the frozen bottle, and wall stretches. didn't go back. |
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