I suffered from intense plantars faciitus with very large heel
spurs on both feet. I would literally cry on standing. Custom
orthotics did NOT help. Cortisone lasted about 1 month.

Find some of these, they are pricey but they work for me:
Alzner othotics. I've worn the same pair for about 12 years now.

Another key is buy shoes that do not flex in the arch. There is
no one brand name, it is model by model problem. Grab the toe and
the heel and try to bend the toe up, if it moves any in the arch,
don't buy them. Stretching exercises of the Achilles tendon help
also.



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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:03:45 -0500, the infamous

scrawled the following:

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:52:16 GMT, (Doug
Miller)
I've had problems off-and-on with bursitis in my right
(dominant) shoulder for
the last 20 years -- so my solution for reducing fatigue in my
hammer arm is a
set of pneumatic nailers.

Any treatment possibilities for that bursitis Doug? I had
bursitis on
both elbows at different times and it finally irritated me
enough that
I went to a specialist to have it treated. His solution? He used
a
syringe to remove the fluid. It was a relatively painless in
office
procedure. Two or three times on each elbow a few weeks apart
and the
bursitis has disappeared completely without returning (so far).
That
was at least five years ago.

I've found most of my physical maladies have been directly
related to
diet. First I found an allergy to the Nightshade family (got
over the
potato and eggplant portion, but remain cursed by tomatoes and
chilis,
damnitall), then milk (got over it), then corn (nearly over it),
and I
think coffee is now giving me plantar fasciitis. It's mush
better on
days that I don't drink much. sigh

I learned about my allergies to the Nightshade family by going
to a
woman who was studying to be a Naturopath. She muscle-tested me
(kinesthesiology) and it turned out true. Within a week, I felt
ten
years younger and half again stronger. That was 25 years ago.

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

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