Subj : Re: Trouble For All Ages To : alt.tv.er From : DawnK Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 19:18:04 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er "Sharon Three" wrote in message news:fzC0f.496$L24.26@lakeread01... > > wrote in message > news:b_A0f.741$ZY2.676@bignews6.bellsouth.net... >> Karen, >> May I ask what the heel spurs feel like? I am having some trouble with my >> heels and wonder if this may be it. >> thanks >> p >> > Plantar fasciitis, which is what causes heel spurs, feels like you have a > stone in your shoe all the time when you're standing or walking. When > you sit or lie down, your foot feels fine, but, then, when you stand up, > yikes! Heel spurs also tend to feel better if you've got shoes on, walking > barefoot is the worst. The pain is also just as bad when you first start > to walk as when you've been walking awhile, unlike other foot pain which > tends to be not much at first but worsens with activity. When I went to > the orthopedist with my heel spurs his first question was, "When you get > up to use the bathroom first thing in the morning, do you hop all the way > there?" According to him, an affirmative answer to that question was all > he needed to make the diagnosis. Doing an online search for plantar > fasciitis will give you lots of exercises to try which really do work if > you do them. > > Doc Sharon > When I had plantar fasciitis, it hurt worse, when I first got up in the morning, or if I was just getting up from my computer chair. After a few steps, it still hurt, but not quite as bad! Dawn .