netnay
Pain in the foot!!
Oct 23, 2013
I have been having pain in the heel of my left foot for almost a month now. I have had issues with heel spurs for a while now. I have had shots in my feet . cortisone shots made my feet feel wonderful. Now I am in pain again with it and it hurts to exercise. I usually walk for 45 minutes at the gym then work out on the weights. My foot has been hurting so bad that I have avoided the gym all together. My doctor did tell me that using the elliptical may solve the issue of walking on the treadmill hurting my feet. Of course working out on the weights do not hurt my feet and I love doing it. It was just even the thought of trying to walk anywhere even around my house makes me cringe. I had been trying to just use tylenol for my pain but it didn't even make a dent in it. I have an appointment with my podiatrist on november 14. I talked to his office and was explaining to them what was going on. Because it had been over 6 months since I have seen them they could not call me anything in or prescribe anything. They had me call my regular doctor to at least help me out until I see him on the 14th. My regular physician seems to think that I have plantar fasciitis with heel spurs. But she wants my foot doctor to finalize that diagnosis so she wouldn't give me a shot in the foot. She wants to see what he says. She did give me stronger pain medicine called tramadol. Anyone that knows me knows that I do not take pain pills because I just don't like the feeling i get from it. But I am in so much pain that I was ready to try anything. This is where i miss taking Ibuprofen. It knocks out my pain in a flash. I broke down on saturday after walking for 4.5 miles. That night i couldn't walk without feeling like I was being stabbed in the foot with a knife. I just can't stand not being able to exercise. That's why I tried to exercise through the pain on saturday. Did not work out to well in my favor. Then I'm told that if I try and push through the foot pain that it could make it worse. So low impact exercise is for me right now. Sounds good as long as it doesn't hurt.LOL
