On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:56:39 -0700, "charlie"
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:03:45 -0500, the infamous
scrawled the following:

Has anyone else gotten over plantar fasciitis? What worked? (In case
it's not coffee.) I really -need- full use of my left foot.

my wife has been treating her's with ice. 30-45 minutes of resting her foot
on an icepack at night will cause the problem to not be there in the
mornings. that lasts for a couple of days. there's some research that shows
it can also be alleviated with a foot brace, so your foot is flat during
sleeping hours. when you sleep, your toes can curl down. hours in this
position can cause the problem.


My wife had this real bad a few years back. Her doc sent her to a
physical therapist who gave her a bunch of exercises to do. Many of
them involved one of those giant stretchy bands.

After a few weeks of the exercises all the pain was completely gone.
She now wears custom orthotics (shoe inserts) to prevent reoccurrence
and they seem to work well as she hasn't had any more trouble.

Paul F.