Feet Pain

[marinejay]

For some reason, evey month i get pain in my feet, maily in my heels. I get it on tow occurances. I normally get it when i stand up for very long periods and the heels at the bottom of my feet would normally hurt. the second occurance happens about 1x or 2x a month for no apparant reason. It hurts to the point where i could hardly stand up or walk. If i dont get the feet pain i would get it at the back of my hamstrings and calves. Its a tingling sensaton the affects the back of my legs. Its the type of pain that you get when you workout but this is 2x worse.

I was wondering if anyone is familar with this and know what it is.

marinejay

[Guest terrysturgis]

marinejay, I have those symptoms you described. In my case it is a secondary condition of my Diabetes called Peripheral Neuropathy. I have it in my feet and hands. Go to Web MD site and search PN to see if it describes what is happenning to you. If you do have DMII, than file the claim for PN as soon as possible. Take care. Terry Sturgis

[Pete53]

Terry is right it comes from you nerves dying and can get to where it is quite painful. I recommend that you treat it aggressively. Probably the best thing that can be done to slow it down is to get control of your blood sugar.

[Dorothy Kansas]

could be plantar facitis

[marinejay]

could be plantar facitis

I am diagnosed with plantar facitis with right ankle sprain, i am wonder i could get the plantar fascitis for both legs separate and the right ankle pain separate. I have the plantar fascitis in both legs. I either get the pain in my heels or when i awaken for bed in the morning and i place my feet on the ground, i get a real terrible pain in my arches. It feels like i am over streaching it.

marine jay

[john999]

Jay

I have the PF also. You might have some nerve problems as well. I think the VA would do separate ratings for both feet. I just had the newest treatment for the PF and it did not work.....ESWT is what it is called. You could possibly get different percentages for both feet but probably ten percent each unless you just can't walk at all. You have to really have some bad feet to get a higher rating. You can go to Heelspurs.com for more information on this miserable disorder that we both have. Be very careful about getting surgery on your feet. Many are worse off and many get no better from cutting the PF. I am pretty unhappy with my feet, but they can be worse.

John

[sixthscents]

Huh, well from the description of how it sometimes affects the back iof the legs, claves, and feet as well this SOUNDS like periperal neuropathy, or radiculapathy... which is most likely caused by an impinged nerve at L5-S1 or L4/L5....

Radiculapathy is the medical term for pain which radiates "down" a limb, either arm or leg.

Neuropathy is the "phyical" effects that the pressure upon a nerve can cause such as... tingeling, numbness, loss of deep tendon reflexes, foot drop etc.

If the issue was related ONLY to your feet then I would agree that Plantar Facitis is the most likely culprit, but you said that sometimes you have numbness or tingeling in the calves or back of your legs, and I am not sure how that would be caused by it...

I'd go to an ortho doc... let them do a work up and see... they can tell you for sure, or at least whats most likely causing it...