Fitolddog's Dynamic Plantar Fasciitis Treatment

FYI, -kev

The True Story of So-Called Plantar Fasciitis: Why Heel Injections Should Be Banned You can find my heel pain, aka so-called plantar fasciitis, books on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/True-Story-Plantar-Fasciitis-Injections-ebook/dp/B07V5...

SARA GOT THE MESSAGE

I ran into Sara, 46, in her local crafts store, North Carolina Crafts Gallery, while peddling my self-published books.

Sara told me that she had had an idyllic childhood, growing up with her younger sister, awesome parents whom she adores, and little money. They lived on the outskirts of Pittsburgh in an old farmhouse, with two horses and a bunch of cats. Sara said she has no children, her younger sister is still her best friend and she loves spending time with her nephews and nieces.

After changing career direction several times during and after college, Sara became director of public relations at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. This was when her heel pain nightmare began.

On her feet all day, on concrete floors, Sara developed excruciating pain in both heels. Sara told me with a long sigh that this lasted on and off for the next 23 years. She left Disney World and their concrete floors a few years later, and the heel pain faded.

As the result of an engagement and marriage, Sara found herself living in Carrboro, North Carolina. One thing led to another, resulting in Sara running and then owning her delightful local crafts store. Sara has been doing this work ever since, for 15 years now. She is clearly fascinated by local craft shows and flea markets, where she tracks down inventory.

Unfortunately, this work came at a price. Her heel pain returned as soon as she started to work in the store, which has concrete floors. Her heel pain became debilitating, and so began Sara's treatment saga.

Wearing different shoes made no difference.

A doctor told her she had plantar fasciitis. This is what doctors call heel pain for which they can find no cause:

Sara had no bruising, broken bones, damaged tendons or ligaments. Nothing but the presence of heel pain.

Sara’s doctor administered five extremely painful cortisone injections into Sara’s heel, each six weeks apart. She told me there was some relief, but it only lasted for a few weeks, when the pain would return, unabated.

Sara’s experience is consistent with a study of heel injections conducted in Australia (McMillan et al., 2012), but I’m not here to talk about the science.

Next, Sara paid for a series of equally unsuccessful treatments, including acupuncture, a night splint (boot), and a course of prednisone. This powerful anti-inflammatory drug caused her to gain weight, but did not cure her heel pain. This was followed by six months of physical therapy with a range of treatments, including taping.

Nothing worked.

In desperation, Sara submitted to the Extracorporeal Shock Wave Procedure with the OssaTron, under complete anesthesia, at Duke Hospital in Durham, NC. This technique, designed to induce inflammation in the heel, is based on a method known as counter-irritancy. But it made no difference to Sara’s heel pain.
Furthermore, after giving her a Coca Cola to revive her from the anesthesia, the doctors told Sara to stay off her feet for the next five days. Once again, all the focus was on the site of the perceived pain. This was in 2005, when Sara was 32.

The saga continued.

Sara paid for custom orthotics (molded shoe inserts), which did reduce the heel pain somewhat, but only while she wore them.

Nothing provided a cure.

Then one fine North Carolina day in the fall of 2018, Sara was working at her desk in the store when she overheard someone talking about their work on "so-called plantar fasciitis." This piqued her interest. That person was yours truly. At the time, Sara was kindly selling one of my books, Prepare for Aging, and I was in her store to check my inventory.

Sara left her desk to ask me about my heel pain work. I reached into my ever-present backpack and handed her a copy of my paperback, Plantar Fasciitis Has the Wrong Name. She bought a copy, tried the treatments recommended in the book, which involve a little (or a lot of) detective work, and her heel pain gradually disappeared. It has now stayed away for over five years.

When I asked Sara the other day which advice helped her the most, she replied, "The hip stretches, especially pigeon pose."

PROBABLE CAUSE, OR ETIOLOGY: Tight lateral hip rotator.

The takeaway?

Nothing a doctor or podiatrist (foot doctor) would do to one’s feet will fix this issue.

NOTE: When faced with heel pain, everyone focuses on the feet or calves, rarely if ever looking above the knee for the cause. This is the big mistake that has been going on for years.

From: "The True Story of Plantar Fasciitis: And Why Heel Injections Should Be Banned" by Kevin Thomas Morgan
https://www.amazon.com/True-Story-Plantar-Fasciitis-Injections-ebook/dp/B07V5S28QW

Exactly, -kev

Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018) was a renowned American political columnist, commentator, and author who began his career as a moderate liberal before becoming an influential independent conservative voice. He won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for his columns in The Washington Post, where his writing reached a global audience through syndication in over 400 publications. A practicing psychiatrist earlier in his career, Krauthammer played a role in the creation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III and served as a director of psychiatric research in the Carter administration before transitioning to political commentary.

-k

Hi! Folks,

I don't come here very often, due to other irons in the fire. You can always ask questions by email, at [email protected]. Put "nociceptive heel pain" in the subject line, which will reduce the risk of my missing it in the river of email.

You can also go to my website page, for more information: https://inspirationalselfhelpbooks.com/nociceptive-heel-pain

Cheers,

-kev

inspirationalselfhelp Painful heel, especially on getting out of bed in the morning, or running? My research demonstrated that the best heel pain treatment for so-called plantar fasciitis, aka nociceptive heel pain, is to realign your hips. This kind of sore heel is not a heel problem, it's due to misalignments upstream,...

OUR SENSES
I know you are all familiar with your sense of pain, but what about your other senses, and there are many.
That was the subject of my recent weekly newsletter, which some of you might find of interest, especially the section on our complex sense(s) of balance.
-kev
Here's the link, fyi.

Senses Time to talk about sensory perception, again, because I’m surprised so few people sense what I sense in the “Wiggle Your Finger Proprioceptive Intelligence Test,” which you will come to in a moment, but first:

Hi! Folks,
I'd forgotten talk about the importance of knowing "thyself," when it comes to fighting peripheral artery disease (PAD), or any other vascular or other serious disease. Your approach, especially your psychological approach, will depend to a great degree on your personality type, a complex subject indeed. I was fortunate to find, about three years ago, I have an Aspergers phenotype, which explains my tendency to be more analytical than emotional.
You have to respect, and appreciate, who you are, so I thought some of you might be interested my little video on the topic.
The battle we face, when fighting to keep our feet, is more mental, than physical. How can you do the painful PAD exercises if you aren't in the right frame of thought or emotion?
Never give up!
-kev
https://youtu.be/AUv3B8Lnps4?si=sObDSGcwIylJbNB6

An Aspergers Memoire and Research Project: Neurodivergence; The Spectrum Has Two Ends and a Middle "A great read for someone looking to better understand how we see and interact with the world as well as comprehending why we sometimes have difficulty c***e...