5 signs your plantar fasciitis is getting worse
A plantar fasciitis injury is one of the most annoying setbacks a runner can suffer. Remember that the plantar fascia runs from your heel bone to your toes, and creates the arches in your feet. When that connective tissue becomes inflamed at the heel, you’ve got plantar fasciitis. It can take a long time to heal, and sometimes feels like it gets worse before it gets better. But how do you know if it’s just plain getting worse?
1. The pain does not fade during the day
A hallmark of plantar fasciitis is that it gets worse in the morning. After a night of rest and healing, it hurts a lot to put pressure on the inflamed point. Typically, after some use the pain lessens. If it doesn’t ease up at all and stays very painful throughout the day, it’s probably getting worse.
2. The pain increases over time
What a nightmare! It’s understandable to expect a condition like plantar fasciitis to take some time to heal. However, the pain should slowly lessen over time. If it’s actually getting so bad that you can’t bear to put pressure on your heels, it’s definitely not getting better.
3. The pain begins to effect your feet in new places
Plantar fasciitis pain is usually contained to the heel. It may be getting worse if the pain starts to spread into the arches of your feet as well. It can effect one foot more than the other, or spread just a little or into the full arch. There’s no doubt this can be very painful.
4. Your knees start to hurt
If your feet are constantly painful to walk on, it’s likely that your gait will change as a result. As you try to avoid causing yourself more pain, you may start to put new pressure on your knees instead and this incorrect gait can cause your knees to ache by the end of the day.
5. Your hips and lower back start to hurt
If your gait is off, and your knees are out, then it’s likely that the dysfunction will refer upwards to your hips and lower back, too. If you don’t address the root of the problem (the plantar fasciitis) quickly, it can cause quite serious problems down the line.
If you're suffering from painful plantar fasciitis, here is our rehab advice.
Does walking make plantar fasciitis worse?
Anyone who has been recently diagnosed with plantar fasciitis should minimise time spent on their feet. However, after approximately one to two weeks you should be able to get back on your feet again.
Can I treat heel pain through walking?
Walking in small doses at this stage will actually help heal your plantar fasciitis. This provides the stretches necessary to increase flexibility and reduce pain. However, it is absolutely fundamental that anyone walking to help heal their plantar fasciitis, wears supportive insoles.
The only insoles proven to help heal plantar fasciitis, Enertor insoles are sure to get you back on your feet again.
Proven to relieve pains
Key benefits of Enertor insoles
- Proven to help heal Plantar Fasciitis.
- 91% of wearers had reduced heel pain.
- 75% said the insoles helped eliminate symptoms of plantar fasciitis completely.
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Injury prevention and increased comfort:
- Flat profile and arch support available.
- Full-length shock-absorption, spreads the load across the whole foot.
- Certified Class 1 Medical device.
- The only shock-absorbing insole to be used by the British Armed Forces.
- Improves muscle function, reduces fatigue.
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Easy to use:
- Fit into work, casual or sports shoes.
- Durable - lasts over 7 times as long as standard insoles.
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Suitable for everyone:
- Diabetics and those recently recovering from leg surgery.
How Enertor insoles can prevent plantar fasciitis from getting worse
Enertor insoles are designed to prevent a number of common running injuries and provide more comfort. Designed by leading podiatrists to reduce your risk of injury, the unique design features and materials support your foot throughout training. Enertor insoles are enhanced by D3O impact protection technology, which means they can provide more shock absorption than any other insole. Our expertise, combined with the patented D3O shock absorption technology, enables Enertor to deliver the most advanced injury prevention insoles on the market today.
A recent study revealed that Enertor insoles not only helped to reduce foot and heel pain for over 91% of wearers, but also helped to HEAL over 75% of those who suffer from Plantar Fasciitis.
To find out more about plantar fasciitis and how Enertor Insoles can help reduce its symptoms, visit our plantar fasciitis injury page, or sign up for a free guide below. If your plantar fasciitis is showing no signs of getting better, shop online and buy Enertor insoles which can help reduce pain from your plantar fasciitis injury today.
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My Heel Pain is dredfull like im being stabed in the heel with a hot poker, i have had this for months now and its driving me mad, i take ibrufen and have triem neproxen but nothing realy works, some days i can barely walk, triem the streching and New trainers, much Money to physio but again not solving the issue any ideas
I have had planter fasciitis for a long time now i have been workjng in home healthcare for 4 years now and its gotten ao bad i cant walk on my right foot and it is in my hips knees ans bavk now help me
Which insoles do I buy for flat feet?My doctor said I have plantar fasciitis.Ive tried different insoles and different shoes nothing helped .Very painful.
Thanks everyone for their comments. It is horrible condition plantar fasciitis, so sorry you are all suffering. Maura – specifically for your foot pain you could try our Performance insoles that have a met dome in the middle this helps to lift the met heads (start of the toes) slightly to relieve the pressure on your toes. It also has the shock absorption similar to the comfort and also arch support. Also check out our plantar fasciitis page or sign up for the free guide above with tips on how to solve. Hoping we can help get rid of your plantar fasciitis for good!
Also if you do want to try our insoles please use Plantar25 for a 25% discount especially for those suffering with Plantar fasciitis. We would recommend trying the Comfort Full length. (also 30 day money back guarantee if it doesn’t help you).
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