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Apr 16, 2017, 11:29 AM
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For those of you who have never experienced this, it's excruciating pain in the heel - a really nasty sharp stabbing pain. I was Dx with it on Thurs, when I was starting to have trouble walking.
Cure is extra strength Advil 2 tabs x 3 times daily and icing 6 times a day. It's a major problem as I can't stand putting any weight on it, but I can't take any more time off work. Fortunately I don't have to work, today and tomorrow. The Dr. I saw said if it didn't clear up in 6 days to go to my GP and get a referral for physiotherapy. Really hope it doesn't come to that. splitimage
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Apr 16, 2017, 04:15 PM
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Yikes, how painful! I hope the Advil and icing help.
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Apr 17, 2017, 12:44 PM
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Sounds ouch-y. Hope you get to feeling better soon!
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Apr 17, 2017, 01:48 PM
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I was having the same problem. Started wearing wearing shoes with a TON of arch support, and the pain went away.
It's worth a shot https://www.trekstausa.com/
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Apr 17, 2017, 06:07 PM
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I had this for a year. After pursuing every medical option... and getting no relief... I decided to try a theory I had. It was originally called a "heel spurr" until some medical study came up with the idea that it due to a tight ligament. I think that is incorrect and why things based on that don't work. I believe it is the heel spurr. I had tried arch support ibuprofen, and even packing the area with padding.
In your body when you bruise a bone or put pressure on one, your body sends calcium to the area to allow it to heal. If your body sends too much calcium or the calcium doesn't go away that starts causing pain. The heel seems a particular danger spot for this calcium accumulation to continue to cause a never ending cycle of irritation / calcium / etc. So I took a reasonable guess that anything that would help absorb the extra calcium would get rid of it. Every day I drank a cup of apple cider vinegar in water. Apple cider vinegar is loaded with magnesium (which helps absorb calcium). Be careful to drink it diluted in water and via a straw not to hurt your teeth. And yes.. it went away fast. When an entire year nothing worked. Then later that year I woke up with a similar pain in one of my hips- in the waist area, the only possible explanation is that I had put pressure on it in bed. I tried the Apple Cider Vinegar and yes.. it worked again. From then on I have used magnesium, K2 and eaten less calcium to avoid such issues and I have never had that problem again. Last edited by Anonymous45521; Apr 17, 2017 at 06:19 PM. |
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