Some of the "Thank You" Messages
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Scott,
I am a fourth year podiatry student in Chicago and would like to tell you
that I feel you have put together a very comprehensive site on plantar
fasciitis. It is an excellent resource for patients and physicians alike. Good job.
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Hi Scott!
I just wanted to say great website on heel spurs and plantar fasciitis!
I am a physical therapy grad student soon to be graduating, and I am
currently completing an internship at an outpatient PT clinic. I
recently discharged a patient with heel spur syndrome who was treated in
our clinic with great success with Iontophoresis with Acetic Acid,
followed by 6 minutes of pulsed ultrasound and friction massage.
Although not completely cured, my patient reported feeling 90% better
after approximately 12 visits.
I am curious as to whether you found any information regarding the use
of Iontophoresis with Acetic Acid, as this is becoming a fairly standard
protocol in PT clinics for treatment of plantar fasciitis.
Again, thanks for the web site!
Christine C.
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Dear Scott,
Thank you for creating such a complete resource. I recently found
myself in increasing pain in my left heel over two months after moving
an extremely heavy load across a concrete floor. I went to a podiatrist
who's responses I found highly unsatisfactory. I escaped his treatment
plan by stating that I was possibly pregnant. The TENS he adminitered
and tape he applied incorrectly did nothing to alleviate what by this
time was incapacitating pain. After finding your web site, I began my
own treatment plain of applying ice during rest (not often I am afraid,
with a five year old son), Tylenol (I have chronic gastritis), and
streching exercises. What a dramatic improvement! By the following
morning I was able to walk again. Through the following day I came to
realize how much I had dreaded putting weight on my foot, as I was so
surprised by the lack of it. I am not pain free (only four days later)
but vastly improved.
As an RN I found your information to be very complete. I write for a
medical journal so I am in a position to comment. I use and encourage
my clients to avoid the use of technology when it is not neccesary, so I
was appreciative of low tech and no tech alternatives to the cortisone
injections and surgery that I thought I faced.
With sincere appreciation,
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Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren!
Mit Interesse las ich als Betroffener Ihren Artikel in der besagten
Zeitung.
Anschlie?end besuchte ich Ihre Homepage heelspurs.com.
Leider fand ich die deutsche Version (german html) nicht.
Konnen Sie mich wissen lassen, ob dieses Dokument irgendwo anders
noch abgespeichert ist.
Mit bestem Dank
und freundlichen Gru?en
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Dear Scott:
I would like to reprint the illustration of plantar fasciitis from your
web page in a manual I am developing called "Clinical Pathology for the
Professional Bodyworker." This manual is for educational purposes and is
self-published. It will be sold to recover production costs. Is this OK
with you? Thanks for your help!
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To Whom It May Concern:
I am a faculty member in the Department of Family and Child Ecology at
Michigan State University. I believe that your Web site could be of
interest to students in my courses, and I am writing to ask your
permission to use any part(s) of your Web site in my teaching.
As I lecture I would log on to the Internet, display your Web site for
students, and discuss it. The way in which I would display it for
students would depend on the situation. I envision several ways
students could view the site.
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Dear Scott,
Hi, my name is []. I'm a final year Podiatry student studying at Queen's
Uni,
Belfast. I'm doing a biomechanics assignment and my patient has plantar
fasciitis and medial tibial stress syndrome. I read your web pages on
plantar
fasciitis (and very interesting they were too!!!). I was wondering if I
could reference a line or to if you don't mind. If that's o.k. where do
I say I got the text from for the reference and bibliography section.
Thanks very much.
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Scott,
You've done a masterful job of putting together a fantastic site full of
valuable information. Thanks for all the hard work you done. The info is a
big help to patients and should be to most Drs. In my own experience as
a podiatrist for 23+ years, I find that only about 10% of patients
presenting
with heel pain, end up requiring surgery.
.............
At any rate, I enjoyed visiting your web-site and thank you again for the
hard work you've put into it. Best of luck.
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Dear Scott:
My name is Ruth Werner, and I am in the process of putting
together a textbook about massage and various kinds of
diseases and conditions. I found your PF page extremely
useful!
I have 2 questions for you:
a. what is the reference source for "a very long article"?
b. would you be willing to be "interviewed" for an
up-close-and personal" segment on what it's like to live with
this condition? I could probably take excerpts from your PF
page, with your permission.
Thank you for this good work you've done!
Sincerely,
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I just wanted to congratulate you on your website. It is by far the most
informative source for plantar fasciitis that I have ever run across. This
would include physicians, publications and the whole gamut of health care
professionals.
I am a medical massage therapist and also an avid runner. I have had the
opportunity to work on several clients who have unfortunately had this
condition, and as a runner I have personally experienced the debilitating
pain associated with it.
I would recommend your site to any of my clients because it explains the
condition so thoroughly, gives all of the available treatments, and better
yet, rates the treatments according to best success rate.
Thank you again for all of the hard work you have put into this site. You
deserve a medal for your effort and if there is ever anything I might be
able to help you with, please feel free to contact me.
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Mr. Roberts:
My motivation for writing this springs not as much from my being a
plantar fasciitis victim as my being a retired English prof. This is
one of the best written medical documents I have ever seen. It is
clear, both succinct and comprehensive, and without any gobbledook or
medical jargon. The illustrations are pertinent and elegant. I don't
know how it could have been done better. Wish you could do the same for
all the thousand shocks that flesh is heir too.
Arthur
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Dear Scott,
I had bi-lateral heel spur surgery July 15, 1999. My doctor also found
that I had a chipped done in both heels. Although he said I am recovering well,
my job is harrassing me. They say things like you just had simple foot
surgery you should be okay now. They are sending me for a fitness for
duty. Your article help me a great deal. I now know that I am not crazy, lazy
or imagining pain in my mind. Thank you One Million times for the
information.
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You have no idea how happy you have made me. I have gotten to the point
where I feel like crying every time I have to take a step. Since I am a swimming
coach I stand for about6 hours every day on hard concrete with usually
sandals, not good ones. Anyway, tried your taping technique and the pain went away
immediately. I will now try a few of your other ideas. Just wanted you to
know that the time you spent on your webpage is definitely appreciated by
me.
Sincerely,
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Hi Scott,
Great page.
Take a look at our page at www.footankle.com/foot/heelarch.htm. If you
think this would valuable for you page please feel free to add it.
You may also want to look at the July issue of Biomechanics Mag. there is a
discussion on heel pain. Biomechanics is online if any problems finding the
article please drop us a line.
Again, Great Site
Doug Hale, DPM
Larry Huppin, DPM
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I would to thank you for the trememous job that you are doing in keeping up
with all heel spur pain treatment. It was this you that allowed me to find
information about ESWT.
On Jan 26,2000 I became the first podiatrist in the Country to use a
machine for heel pain called an Orbasone. It is FDA approved for Chronic heel pain
spur pain , plantar fasciits , any insertional tendon pain. I have
performed orthotripy on six patients. I would like to update you on my results as
time past. I hope that this treatment makes a big non-surgical dent in the heel
pain.
Thanks
Dr. David Zuckerman
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Scott;
Just wanted to say thank you for your site. I am a 36 year old stay at
home mother of a very active 3 and 6-year-old in a large house. I am a
former dancer and aerobic instructor. My feet feel like they are about
150 years old.
Doctors are so rushed these days that I imagine I would have learned
1/10th of what you taught me. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless
you.
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How happy I was to find your site. really been suffering with this heel.
finally saw a Dr., got a cortisone shot. It really worked. Now he has
released me to stretch and ice after my morning walk! I walk two miles
each morning, and now will have to add this stretching and icing. But,
if it helps me to do something like walk each morning and night I will
give it a try.
Thanks for being here!
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thanks. i learned more than i have from anywhere and have more ideas on
how to direct my treatment. i am also going to postpone surgery until i
have tried all methods and have a second opinion. I would not have done
this if i didn't learn all i learned tonight.
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Dear Scott,
I, in desperation, found this info site and thank you, thank you,
thank you!!! It has been several months of following the advice I found
here, but I now can lead a fairly normal life. I am walking over two
miles a day and can go days without NEEDING to ice and elevate my foot.
Thanks!
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Scott--Thanks for your thorough, intelligent and well-organized article.
I found it three months ago after struggling for four months with heel
pain that I thought would hobble me forever. I then got serious and did
what it took (taping, heel cushions, arch support, swimming in the ocean
for my aerobics, Birkies, icing and Ibu for inflammation) and now I am
back to pre-injury condition. I ran a 10-miler last weekend, on hills,
even, with no -- repeat no -- aftereffects.
Good job.
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Thank you so much for compiling this information...you have saved me a
trip to who knows how many doctors...and I've passed this along to my
grandmother who also suffers from heel pain.
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Scott,
Just a quick note to thank you and congratulate you on your site. I have
learned more in a brief time about PF, which I have got, than three or
four visits to Doctors.
All the best and thanks again !!!
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Just wanted you to know how grateful I am that you have taken the time
to give this information out. Have and am suffering with chronic heel
problems for a very long time, medications, shots, etc. All the doctors
I have seen you have been more informative. Thanks again,
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....ONCE AGAIN, THANK-YOU 100X OVER, YOU ARE MORE HELP THAN ANY DOCTOR OUT
THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND I WORK FOR AND WITH DOCTORS AND
GENERALLY
HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR THEM. BOY I AM SICK OF MY
NIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey Scott, my name is [] and I have terrible foot pain. I found your site
and felt like I was the only person in the world who was going through
torture.. I have a burning sensation in both my feet. It started about
three years ago and has never gotten any better. I lost my job of 12
years and started an office job.. With no relief from the burning.. The
longer I stand the worse it gets.. I cannot even stand in line at the
store without them hurting.. I've tried everything..Stretching, nsaids,
cortizone,orthodics of every type, ect... with little help.. I think you
have been dealing with the same issues as me and would be grateful if
you would take the time to chat with me on this.. And offer me any advice
you could.. Sometimes I feel as though I am going crazy, the next time
I know I am..Your site has given me hope. Something I havn't had in a
long time.. I will stop writing you now, knowing that you have other
people who need your advice.. Once again I would appreciate any advice
you could give me.. Thank you
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Thanks, Scott... your heel spur page answered a lot of my questions. I
recently has x-rays to confirm heel spurs after years of "walking through
the pain". I'm about to see a podiatrist for the first time, and I now
know one thing for certain: NO INJECTIONS.
Thanks again for some very timely and very valuable information. You
probably saved me considerable pain and suffering.
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I learned a great deal from your document, and the situation doesn't seem
as hopeless as I believed when, last week, my fourth doctor, a very
well-respected orthopedist, announced after looking at my bone scan,
that he could do nothing else for me. Obviously, I must do for myself.
Thank you for all the helpful information. I wish you well.
Sincerely,
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I appreciate your information. As a teacher who spends all day on my
feet on very hard floors, my pain is great. The two doctors I've consulted
had rather not be bothered and I'm not going that route again. I am
anxious to try your suggestions and hope for relief. School starts in
5 weeks! I am wearing heel pads that are gel filled but it only eases
the pain for a while. Thanks again.
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Scott - THANK YOU for this website. I just found it today. I've been
suffering w/PF for a year now (and on and off for several years before
that). Been to a podiatrist, a number of treatments, anti-inflammatory
meds, stretching exercises, etc. etc. Nothing making that much difference.
So I finally decided to check the web to see what I could find on the
topic. Of course, I've only skimmed the surface of what's available here
but appreciate all the information -- all of which I plan to look at.
I really appreciate the message boards. I was contemplating acupuncture
so checked that first. After reading the messages, I think I'll pass.
While it looks like there's no sure cure to this heinous condition, it's
just good to know there are others out there with same problem and to have
all information/opinions available in one spot. Again, thanks for all your
hard work on this site.
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Scott,
Just wanted to say THANK YOU for your website. My husband, Mark, of 15 y
ears, has heel spurs/PF. He is in constant agony and works loading semi
trucks. We just found out last fall that he is mildly hyperactive and so
needs an active, physical job, but his PF is causing so much trouble we are
fearing the loss of job for him. Being the sole breadwinner for me and our
4 kids, this idea is devastating, especially since he has had so many jobs
not work out cuz we did not know he was ADHD for so many years! He finally
finds a job he loves and where he can grow and get into other departments,
and POOF! He gets PF! We are both extremely discouraged by this and it
has
almost wrecked our marriage. Thank you so much for the information on your
page! His podiatrist, a Christian and also a Promise Keeper, wants to do
surgery and we won't go for it after reading all the stuff on your site.
He has also had way too many cortizone shots and the doctor told him that
it sometimes takes between 10 and 12 of them to get relief! NOT! My
sister
also discourages surgery at all costs as she is a physical therapist and
says
she has never seen a 'good' foot surgery result.
I am going to try to get some oil of oregano and/or ibuprofen cream for him
to try. I sure hope it helps! Once again, God bless you and THANKS,
THANKS, THANKS.
Sincerely,
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Thanks for your page. I have been suffering this for about eight mos. now.
I was seeing a doctor that wasn't very good. Now I've switched to another.
I have the night splints and just ordered the orthos. I hope this will
work.
You provided me with much information. I hope you get that dance. Thanks.
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I was pretty well at the end of my rope yesterday when I looked up heel
spurs on the net.....Yesterday, after reading this article, I taped my
arches the way my podiatrist used to. I got immediate relief. I lay on
the floor with my feet elevated on the back of the sofa. This morning
before leaving my bed, I did the recommended stretching exercize and I
walked without pain
to the bathroom. ....
My heel spurs have been reoccuring since I was pregnant 26 years ago.
Most of the time I have no problem. Thank you for the article. I almost
wept with joy this morning when I was able to walk without any pain in
my feet. Maybe now I can start to live my life again.
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Thanks so much for all the research!!! I saw all of my symptoms (as
well as the causes) in your website. I will start working on repairing
the damage right away. Thanks again,
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Scott,
It is easy to see that you have spent much time on your web site. It
is excellent!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to put your
knowledge on the web!
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Hi Scott thanks for a very informative professional web site. My
wife is having problems and this information wil be beneficail
to her. Again thank you for all the hard work in getting this
together and if you are ever in Melbourne Australia you
would be a most
welcome visitor for a meal or accomodation . Regards
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Thank you so much for your website. .......Thanks again. You were
a 'walker saver' for me--thought I would never enjoy walking again.
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hi,
first i would like to thank you on this site that seems to have
helped quite a few PF sufferers, including myself.it did seem weird
and relieved at the same time that there are so many out there who feel the
same way.!!!
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Hello: What a wonderful gift you have given by sharing your experience
with heel spurs and fascitis. I will pass it on to anyone I know who
has this problem. I have been suffering for almost a year..Tried
ultasound..injections..massage..and spent a fortune on things to go in my
shoes. Using the tape message you illustrated in your article gave me
instant relief. I have only been doing this for three days and I can
tell it is beginning to heal. I will continue to have the massage done
for a while. Again, I must tell you how much I appreciate your sharing
this.
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Dear Scott,
Your web site is so helpful. I too suffer from this dreaded affliction
and up until I read your site, I knew practically nothing about it,
other than what my doctor told me.
Your site was chock full of helpful advice and explanations and wonderful
tips and techniques.
Thank you for taking the time to create and maintain this helpful site.
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Scott:
First off, thanks a lot for your web site. I've had plantar fascitis
on and off for several years and I only wished I could have found
your site earlier. .... Thanks again for your site and dedication
and thanks, in advance, for reading this.
Yours,
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Dear Scott,
Thank you for such a wonderful and thorough document on heel
spurs. I learned a great deal from it. ...... Thanks for such a
good document.
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Aloha Scott,
Thank you for your website on Planter Fascia. I tried the supplement
recommended and got IMMEDIATE results with the first pill - 1000 mg.
I could feel it working. I am taking one a day as it says on the bottle
of PANCREATIN. I was wondering if you could forward more information
to me on why you included Pancreatic enzymes in your article. I'm
wondering why exactly this product is working.
Your site has already changed my life, for months I have been in a
lot of pain. It still hurts but not so bad now - it's only been a
week or less of one supplement a day.
Any further information you can provide will be appreciated.
Thank you again,
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Hi Scott-
Just waned to let you know that my visits to your website this last
month has been very helpful to me in trying to understand and cope
with my foot problem. ...
Thanks or having such an informative site!
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Dear Scott,
Bless you for the Plantar fasciitis web page. So much information and
very easy to read-- ...
I so appreciate all of your research and information-gathering that
you have shared with the rest of us! Taped my foot according to your
photos this evening, and have some precious relief. Why in the world
I never thought of it, I don't know, but thank heavens you were doing
the thinking for me.
Happy Holidays to you and yours,
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I discovered your website after my podiatrist told me there was nothing
he could do for me because I would not let him inject my heel. ....
After reading most of the material on your site, I went out and bought
a pair of Spenko inserts. They have made a dramatic difference in just
a few days. This is after almost a year of rest, ice, physical therapy,
taping, etc. with
limited results. I feel hopeful for the first time. Thank you!
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Hi Scott,
I just wanted to thank you very, very much for your superb web site.
I learned more about my PF condition from your site in a single day
than I learned in many years of discomfort.
.......[many pages of his history and recommendations].....
Thanks again for your excellent site, and good luck to your ongoing
battle. I know you have carpal tunnel syndrome, so no reply needed.
Best wishes,
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This is a great site, much more helpful than my doctor chooses to be
and/or is able to be because of managed care. This is helpful and well
done, a testimony to the value of the internet and your hard work.
Thanks, thanks, thanks.
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Just wanted to thank you for the great article. I copied it and carry it
around with me. I have taken your advice, all well advised.
.... Thanks for the wonderful website.
Sincerely,
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Last night, after the pain from plantar fasciitis was the worst it's
been in the three months I've had it, I found your site.
I feel better now, even though it still hurts. But thanks to your
instructions on taping, it hurts so much less today.
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Your page is very helpful...it has the most information I have been able
to find ANYWHERE on the subject. I have been suffering from heel pain
for over a year now and was diagnosed with PF about a year ago. ...
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I am amazed. Thanks for all the info. I've suffered with relentless PF
for over 4 years, been through physio for the last year - treating my
lower back to alleviate the pain, been through three different
podiatrists, one who claims to be "The Foot Doctor" (Canada) - all to
no avail. Current orthotics are okay but don't make pain go away, just
alleviate the symptoms during the day. It's so bad I don't want to get
out of bed in the morning. I have printed out your articles and
illusrations and will start following some recommendations.
thanks for the fabulous site!!!
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Thank you for consolidating so much helpful information on PF. I am
already
benefiting from your work.
I thought I might pass along something I use at night to minimize the pain
when arising. ...
Thanks again for you efforts.
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Scott,
I can't believe the extent of work you have done on your plantar
fasciitis web site! I have had chronic pf for almost 4 years ....
Thanks again,
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Hi Scott; Just wanted to copy you on this email for any advice or
direction you would be kind enough to offer. Your web page is great.
Thank you so much!
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Hello Scott,
When I found your web page, I felt a great relief. Thank you so much
for your efforts in educating the suffering. I have been under going
treatment for plantar fasciitis nearly four months. I'm currently in a
cast and have been for over seven weeks. The pain is still quiet
intense. My doctor told me I had ruptured the plantar fascia on my left
and my right foot is getting worse. I have this cast on for two more
weeks then he's ordered a MRI to compare the damage to both feet. I
take Indocin. I haven't been able to go to work in over six weeks.
Your information you so kindly provided gave me other avenues to pursue
in my attempt to over come this injury. I plan on starting some of the
exercises you suggested today.
Luckily, I work for a great bunch of folks and they have me set up at
home telecommuting via computer, fax and phone. It's working out great.
But working at home, with a cast on has it's disadvantages too. I'm so
isolated here. Your web page gave me a connection I needed to keep
myself going and hopefully speed up my recovery. Thank you so much.
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really appreciate all the time you obviously put into building your web
site! You have been a Major Help to me! I had just had an extremely
disappointing, discouraging, and PAINFUL visit to a Bone and Joint Clinic.
I
was pretty bummed out when I started searching the Net for information.
I have had two children, but I will never have another cortisone shot in
the
bottom of my heel!
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Dear Scott,
Thank you for your helpful information. I have had PF for about one
year now, after taking up power walking to lose weight. .....
Thanks again for your homepage. Very informative and interesting!!
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Dear Scott:
You are to be commended and admired for the research work you have done to
prepare this information. I am a PF sufferer for several years and it has
all but sidelined me from doing anything. .....
Thanking you very much for all the time and energy you have spent on this
disabling condition.
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Dear Scott,
Your homepage is the most useful thing I have found yet on the Internet. I
have been struggling with PF on my right foot for about 18 months. At
first
I didn't know what it was. ...........
Thanks for all of your info. I look forward to checking back here often.
If
you know of any cheap or easy way to make a night splint let me know.
Thanks
. . .
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Hello Scott,
Just wanted to say thanks for a great collection of articles and links.
I think it is going to be very helpful as I try to get over this injury.
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I have to write and tell you what a fantastic service you provide on the
internet. I did a search and found your information, especially your long
articles on PF. My wife has it, but it hasn't yet been diagnosed. She made
her first visit to a Podiatrist a few days ago, and he doesn't know what's
wrong and put her on crutches. After reading your article, I folded some
paper and put it in her shoes, and it was DRAMATIC!. She had instant relief
from pain. So it appears to be PF. Now we just have to the get doctor to
see it. Anyway, I just had to thank your for publishing your experiences.
We are very grateful.
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I appreciate the work you've done on the heel spur page. I've been having
pain in my left heel for about six months, and it's gotten unbearable.
After
searching you out under "foot pain", you've answered a lot of my questions.
Thanks very much!
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Thanks a lot. Thanks also for the all the info you've put together. I
especially like going through your comments from readers because at least I
feel that
I'm not alone with this terrible, life-disrupting afflication.
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wanted to thank you for all the info you have on yer web page about p.f.
at least i don 't feel quite so totally alone.
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Dear Scott, I am a paratrooper who experiences plantar fasciitis. I am
highly
motivated and don't want this to interfer with my mission. I must be able
to
walk extreme distances with up to 75 pounds on my back for a distance of up
to 25 miles. Do you have any recommended orthotics, treatment, or know of
anyone who posesses the capability to make modifications to combat boots?
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Scott - this resource you've developed is just amazing and I'm very
thankful for it....
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Thank you!!
I was scared to death that my foot/heel pain was arthritis and didn't want
to
face it!
I can FIX this!!! Yes!!
Great web page, scott.
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Hi. I first want to thank you for providing such an abundance of valuable
info regarding p.f. When I came down with pf, your website was the first
thing I turned to. I haven't found anything else on the web that adds
anything to your site.
.......
In any case, thanks for your great website.
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Your information was greatly appreciated. I'm well on my way to recovery
or at least mainenance thanks to your information. I have passed on your
URL to a couple of others that didn't know what was wrong with thier
feet.
Thanks for the public service,
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Thanks for all your effort. You have a wonderfully informative web site
that has
been making the rounds of my weight loss listserve......we all are
increasing out
exercize level and many of us are suffering foot problems as a result.
........
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Thanks for all the info. on your pages. I have found the pages to be very
helpful, comprehensive, and informative. I do recommend that caution be
exercised by those that have any kind of arthritis in trying the taping
process. I tried the duct tape method for a few hours, only to develop pain
in the ball of my foot near the toes. Perhaps I should have used the
athletic
tape under the duct tape to stabilize the foot. Most people probably
wouldn't
develop this problem but I have a mild form of arthritis and unfortunately
it
seems just about anything can cause problems for me.
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Your page answered alot of questions for me...The time and effort you
have put into your page are very much appreciated and should prove to be
very helpful...Thanks again!.....
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Thanks for the great presentation on the WWW of your struggles with
plantar fasciitis. I'm having a re-occurence of p. f. in my right foot
from improper jogging. Since I love to play tennis, the p.f. has been
especially annoying. Your pages have helped me to quickly review and
better understand the many home and medical treatments.
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Dear Scott:
I have been experiencing quite a bit of heel pain for several months and
didn't know what the problem was....did some net research, came across your
plantar fasciitis page, and it answered all my questions as well as gave me
some good ideas for working with the problem (I'm sitting here rolling
around a can of corn with my foot as I type this). Anyway, I found your
page to be one of the best resources on this problem, and just wanted to
drop you a note of thanks.
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Scott -
I must thank you for your awesome site!! I've been suffering from what I
believe to be a heel spur for approximately 2 months. .......
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Thank you for the great web page you provided. I'm an avid racquetball
player and this dilemma just plagued me a few months ago. I sought a
podiatrist and I am now sporting orthotics. Although they seem to have
aided my discomfort somewhat, I am VERY PLEASED to have read your page.
My podiatrist did NOT provide half the information you did, nor the
helpful hints on pampering my feet. I have done a lot of the things you
recommended and had subsequent relief. THANK YOU. Fellow plantar
sufferer...
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Scott,
After one day of standing with toes on a telephone book the pain in my left
heel is TOTALLY gone. Thank you for your excellent web page, and curing
the pain in my left heel! I KNEW there would be a simple cure without
seeing a doctor! You have saved me a TON of money and restored my belief
that there is always an holistic way to heal (almost) everything without
surgery .
I'm trying to change my lifestyle,( although I stand 10-12 hrs. per day) ,
and I'm glad to know that my condition is not terminal! Your advice was
priceless!
=======================
Hello. Your site is a godsend.
=====================
Dear Scott,
Thank you for you well-written and informative web site.
I was diagnosed with pf today and thought I get online to see if I'd
find any useful information.
Boy, I sure have.
Thanks again, Scott.
All the best,
=======================
Hi Scott
Thanks for the page on plantar fasciitis. It confirms what my doctor
diagnosed and prescribed today.(I was looking for an excuse to slacken
off on my exercise program anyway, so now I have the perfect excuse.)
Your page serves a useful purpose in reassuring people with such irritating
problems; thanks again.
================
Dear Sir:
Thank you, thank you, and thank you for spending the time to create this
most helpful site.
Yours truly,
==================
I have found your web page to be the most down to earth, informative
collection of information on this very common and debilitating condition.
Great job...well done. I am a nurse, an aerobics instructor, and a former
sufferer of P.F. My mom and sister, as well as several of my coworkers
(on
their feet all night) and students (pounding their feet like the rest of
us,
trying to stay healthy) are similarly afflicted and I will now recommend
your well thought through web page to anyone I would bet is going thru this
same aggravation. THANKS!
=======================
Hi Scott,
I found your webpage in the course of research on Heel Spur Syndrome. For
the last fifteen years, I've had this unexplainable pain in my heel in the
morning and simply, it does cause a disruption in my life. I want to say
thank you for your effort in spreading the work about this condition.
=====================
Scott,
Again thanks for the web page. I found more helpful, but not encouraging,
information tonight. ....
Your page and all the many links are very informative, containing more
information than my DPM ever shared with me. Keep up the good work. This
kind of information is needed.
====================
Hi, Scott,
Just wanted to drop you a few lines and thank you for your excellent pages
on plantar fasciitis. I had it two years ago in my left foot and went thru
the usual conservative treatment with my podiatrist....
A few weeks ago, I developed heel pain in the right foot. So, I figured
being an "old pro" at this, I would treat myself. With the knowledge I
already had and with the help of your pages, I have "successfully" loosened
the plantar fascia. ...
So I wanted to thank you for having such a thorough and compehensive page
on this problem.....
Thank you again, Scott.
===================
Last night, after the pain from plantar fasciitis was the worst it's been
in the three months I've had it, I found your site.
I feel better now, even though it still hurts. But thanks to your
instructions on taping, it hurts so much less today.
=================
Hi Scott,
I love your web site. I have learned much about my condition which I've
only had 5 months (feels like longer). I can feel the desperation from
fellow sufferers. .... Anyway, I've learned alot from you and other
sufferers as
a result of your web site. Don't go away. Thanks. Happy holidays!
===================
Dear Scott,
I have suffered from plantar fascitis for three years now. Went to an
orthopedic twice with not much luck.
Now, I am having some success thanks to you and all of your hard work.
Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate it. Your a good man!
======================
I just got on the net two days ago, and one of the first things I did was
look up "treatment of heel spurs". I read just about everything and now
feel alot better about going to a doctor. I now know what to expect and
what questions to ask. I also learned what I need to do on my own to help
alleviate some of the pain I'm experiencing. Thank you, Scott, for making
this info available to myself and others. Sincerely,
======================
scott: many thanks for organizing your plantar fasciitis page. I has been
extremely helpful and consoling to me during my long bout with pf. I have
had it now for about 6 months-- there is a good bit of improvement and I am
no longer so depressed about it. I did have a cortisone injection, but it
helped for only a week.... in general , it is very important to tell folks
that it takes a very long time to heal--with or without drugs, no matter.
anyway, i am grateful to you, and I hope your pf is all gone!
==========================
Dear Scott:
Just having been diagnosed with PF, I am amazed to find all of this
information on the net. Your homepage is particularly interesting and
helpful. ..........
Anyways, thanks very much for all of this helpful information. It's
great!!!
======================
Thanks for taking what obviously was a lot of trouble to put up the PF
page.
I wish I didn't need it, but I do, and it's very helpful.
=====================
Hi Scott,
Thank you for all of the great information. My sister turned me on to your
site. ...
Thanks again. What a great service you are providing to us achy runners.
===================
Thank you so much for your excellent web page! I am currently seeking help
for my pain and have been diagnosed with plantar fascitis. I am in an HMO
... I would appreciate it. Thank you again.
==================
Scott,
Thank you for the plantar fasciitis page!
======================
Thanks for putting so much information about Plantar Fasciitis. It will be
very helpful to me because I have developed it also.
===================
A million thanks! The last day of my trip to Scotland I walked in
Edinburough with the wrong shoes ....
Your web page was a welcome site. I
stretched my calf muscles as suggested and iced it. The effect was
IMMEDIATE! It is unbelievable how quickly the pain diminished. Anyway I
am
greatly indebted and feel I've finally turned the corner towards complete
recovery. Again thanks a million!
====================
You've done a great service offering your thoughts and solutions
on heel pain, of which I've had for about 7 months, and it has
just about worn me down.
......
Anyway, thanks for your good works, and would be interested in
hearing from you if you've heard of the above.
With thanks,
================
Dear Scott:
I have been fighting Plantar Fasciitis for about 1 year. It has
consistantly gotten worse. .... Your web page on fasciitis
is a teriffic resourced. What made you decide to put that page out there
for all of us sufferers out there? I'm sure glad you did. I'm going to
try any and all of the suggestions I read about. I can't thank you
enough.
===================
First of all, thank you, thank you for your very informative, much needed
homepage and links! It's great. Even my podiatrist was surprised there
was
a homepage. ....
Again. Thanks for your great homepage.
===========
ive just been diagnosed with plantars fasciitis,, please help me im scared.
Please send me any info on how to make the pain go away
==============
I saw your post about your web site and your page on PF on the SciMed
usegroup.
Nice page and so much information. Thanks for sharing this. My aunt in
Maine has PF or 'heel spurs', so I will tell her about this or send her
some
info......
Thanks again. Good job!
===============
Hi Scott,
I have thanked you before for providing us with all the information, and I
am
just wanting to thank you again. I have learned a lot from heelspurs.com
and
a lot of it has helped me (although I'm not "cured" unfortunately.) I've
certainly received more help and more information from your website than
the
docs and chiros that I have seen.
I wanted to send you something for Christmas, but I can no longer find your
address on the website. I know it was on the website at one time--perhaps
you don't want to publish it--if you don't mind giving it out, please send
it
to me.
================
Scott -
I just came across your web site. It is great and full of very useful
information. I want to let you know that someone out here really
appreciates the time and energy you spent in putting this together.
I have had plantar fascitis for a few years with an especially bad flare up
for the last several months. Best of luck with your heel, perhaps the new
year will bring you a pain-free foot!
==================
Dear Scott:
I just want to thank you for the marvelous info you have compiled on
PF. I have suffered since Sept. 97 and it's comforting to finally have
so much info in one place.
I will be trying the strassburg sock and the foot log. I'll keep my
fingers crossed.
Thanks again!
=================
Dear Scott,
Thank you so much for your heelspurs.com site.
Five years ago, I had a painful heel spur. The only help that I got
from my doctor was identification of what it was and a recommendation to
pad the heel using a heel spur pad. It took nearly 18 months to go
away.
Three weeks ago, the heel spur reappeared and within a week it was
just as painful as it had been in 1994. I went on the net looking for
help and after sifting through dozens of useless sites, found yours. I
immediately began icing and stretching it using the methods that you
suggest. There was immediate improvement. Within a week, it was gone.
Thank you so much. You may not be a doctor, but experience is a
wonderful teacher.
You are providing a wonderful service with your site.
Sincerely,
===================
dear scott,
i am extremely grateful to you for producing this website. i have tried so
many different things and am still searching for relief. ...
with much appreciation for your efforts,
==============
Dear Scott,
.... I am a teacher and I was only off work for five weeks. ...
I can see from your information that I have over-done it and am
probably causing more harm. Thank you for finding the time and
caring enough to put all that information together - it has certainly
helped me!
Best Wishes,
=====================
Hi Scott,
First I just want to let you know how greatful I am that you put this web
site
together. I am a new sufferer, and was on the website for over 4 hours so
far.
====================
I have to compliment you on the technical content of your web page. It is
excellent. I am a very active athlete. I have had numerous foot injuries
over the years. It seems that I have had to educate the family
practitioners and sports medicine doctors on the ins and outs of certain
procedures and remedies. You have pulled a lot of the information I know
and a lot more together in one central location. Hopefully, the users
appreciate what you have done. This is an excellent site for learning
about
plantar's faciitus.
Thanks again,
==================
....I found your sight
to very helpful and well informed. I appreciate your dedication to feet as
i
cant afford to visit the doctor. Keep up the good work.
=================
GREAT web sitw ith great information! Thanks for taking the ime to set it
up.
====================
I have to say that your page is one of the best one stop sources that I
have come across.
=====================
My name is Kelly. I just turned 18. I'm still in high
school. Me and some of my real sexy friends got
really nasty at school the other day and we made a
web page to show you what we did in gym class.
=====================
...Thanks again for the website. Very good information. Keep up the good
work...... and know that what you are doing is being read and is of great
use
to some folks. I know it is to me!!
============
Scott,
I didn't know what plantar fasciitis was until my doctor told me yesterday
that I may have it, and referred me to a podiatrist. Thanks to your Web
site, I was able to learn a lot about it, and know what my options are.
Thank you for providing this wealth of information.
==================
Thanks again and great page. It really does help!!
==============
Dear Scott,
Thanks for your help! What a goldmine. Do you have any information
about instep fasciotomy?
Thanks,
=============
I just wanted to say you have a great site and I wanted to thank you for
putting it together. The simple, no BS links with intro commentary to the
side are the way all sites should be.
============
Scott,
I just had to write and compliment you on your most excellent website. I
have
been dealing with PF for over 14 months. Your website has been a wealth of
information!
Thanks for putting all the info together!
===================
Thanks for the info on your website; it was very helpful to me, especially
the pictures and explanation of how to tape my feet.
=====================
Scott, many thanks for your website. It's a valuable resource, and it's
obvious you've spent a lot of time on it.
===================
Thanks for the great site on plantar fasciitis. I've been able to
either learn new things or confirm long standing beliefs of my own.
======================
Dear Scott,
I read with great interest your info on PF. I have been dealing with it
for nearly 5 years. I am wondering if you are getting better. ....
Best regards and thanks for all the info,
==============
Please send information on heel pain relieve.
[note from Scott: I just threw this one in. This was the message
in its entirety. I get these every now and then. That's all they
say. It's weird. Something's up with that. I haven't figured it out yet.
Here are 4 more that had the subject heading "heel spurs":]
need info about them
Info please.
Information about plantar fasciitis
Looking for info on heel spurs.
how do you get rid of it.
=================
I must say that your web site has the most information on heel spurs
that I have seen and I have looked everywhere.
===================
===============
I really benefitted from your 18 pages on heel spurs. It has given me
much better insight into the whole problem and has helped me to be more
patient with the treatment (now ging on for one year).
===================
I found your webpage in the course of research on Heel Spur Syndrome. For
the last fifteen years, I've had this unexplainable pain in my heel in the
morning and simply, it does cause a disruption in my life. I want to say
thank you for your effort in spreading the work about this condition.
======================
I have to tell you that your site has been of great assistance to me. I
knew the name of my malady but nothing more. Your explanations and
descriptions are lucid and provide a measure of faith that I can eliminate
the problem.
=============
Scott your site is fantastic- great resource for anyone with this problem-
=================
EXCELLENT site - recomend all try it.
=============
Yo, Scott. You aren't even a doctor? And all this wealth of information!
I am impressed.......
===========
I am sorry to bother you but I found your pf web site while searching for
info/discussion groups regarding feet problems. Your site looks like a
great resource and help to people with pf and I commend your effort to
provide this info to others.
==============
scott,
my name is [] and I am doing a research paper on plantar
fasciitis. while I was on the internet I came accross your page called
"Plantar Fasciitis and Heel Spur Syndrome." I found the information very
helpful but there is only one problem. My professor is somewhat of a jerk
and he is asking for references from the original source. could you
please send me a list of the references you used to complete your page so
that I will not fail the class! I could use this information as soon as
possible if it is not too much of an inconvenience. thanx a lot for your
help.
=============
Scott,
First of all, I think your site is GREAT! The information and interaction
is fantastic. I can't imagine any better way to get people with similar
questions together. Keep up the good work!
===============
Great pages, and a great resource, by the way. Many thanks, from lots of
us.
==================
Scott: As so many have said THANK YOU for putting this site together.
=============
Scott, many THANKS for a terrific site on the dreaded PF. I've been
trying to work through it on my own for two years now, and all the mail,
information, and "shared suffering" has been a tremendous help. Thank
you!!
================
Thank you for this site. how is your pf?
==================
Dear Scott,
Thanks so much for your informative site! I learned a lot from reading
it.
Many thanks,
=================
..... Thank you for a fantastic service to mnay sufferers
============
Thank you so much for your extremely helpful pf site. I have used many
......
Thanks again for all of your work.
============
Thanks for the resource! I found it extremely informative (better than Dr.
Koop).
===========
....Your article on the internet is marvelous--the best of any.
=================
Found your website; great day. Most of my heel pain gone overnight. First
workout today (gentle... gentle...) I've had in months. Thanks very much
for
your excellent research into the problem of heel pain.
===================
Also Scott, I have to say a special thank you for your 25 pages on PF and
heelspurs. I haven't looked it a whole lot since my biggest problem right
now is TTS - but my dad was just diagnosed with heelspurs and PF. I printed
off your document and he took it home along with the Birkenstocks I bought
him for Christmas. He couldn't believe all the information in it. For
example, his doctor told him to stretch - but never told him how. Now at
least he has some good reference material. Thank you, thank you, thank
you...hope you had a good Christmas.
====================
Dear Scott My name is Anita and I have been suffering with heel spurs for
over 20 years, so I was really glad to see your research into the matter
with
your 25 page report on the subject. It was really in depth and now I know
that I am not crazy and my husband realizes that I wasn't just complaining
for nothing.
====================
.......One day I remember stepping on a rock in an outdoor mall's parking
lot on my right heel, and the agony began. After quitting that job in
february 1999 i started walking 2-3 miles everyother day for exercise and
possibly worsened the heel. I was suffering when i did a search for heel
pain on dogpile.com and found heelspurs.com. I would like to say thankyou
thankyou thankyou. I have been completely pain free since april 1999.
......
=======================
Thanks much for the info on heel spurs. I didn't know what was wrong with
my feet untill I found your site.
Now I've just got to fix 'em !
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.....I thought i would never be able to run again. I dreaded going to the
doctor. I decided to research this on my own and I just wanted to thank
you for this comprehensive site. I feel like I now have the power to deal
with this and use some of the methods described in your site. Thank you,
================
thank you so much for such a great web site. i acquirred my heal spurs by
overexerting my foot in a brake press during an accident. i have suffered
for years and want to thank you for so much info on your web site. the
doctors wanted to build me a heal cushion for over $600. i guess you can
see why i am looking for alternate ways of relieveing the pain. i have
also recently taken a fall on my back and left side, so am struggling
through that one. your site has been an inspiration and very
enlightening.....thanks.
====================
Thanks for an excellent site which has been most helpful in organising an
approach to minimize the problems with heel pain and hopefully prevent it
worsening. I'm in Australia so a lot of products that you mention are
unavailable here but you have at least pointed me in the right direction to
manage the problem for myselkf.
====================
Dear Scott;
I am very grateful to you for your informative treatise on Plantar
fascia. I was unaware of the existence of the condition and was worried
about the increasing pain in my right heel. However your article
described the location of the pain exactly, inward and just slightly
forward of the heel, with involvement of the string between the ball and
heel. As well, the temporary alleviation by wearing sandals, and the
effect of massage are just as you wrote. While I am working on other
methods you described, I am greatly relieved knowing the relative
seriousness of the condition and that there is something I can do about
it. Not to mention you have saved me the bundle I would have spent in
getting a doctor to arrive at the same conclusion.
Sincerely
Donald
====================
Thanks God, Mr Scott, that you help us suffering from pl. fasc.
Best wishes from the Czech republic, Central Europe.
Olda Cepelka
13.3.2000
=====================
Dear Scott,
Thank you so much for this informative reference on plantar fascia pain. I
don't think I have ever found a site that is so comprehensive. Have you
written articles on other runners injuries? Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Marcella
====================
Nevertheless, I wanted to take the time to personally say THANK YOU. I
have no doubt in my mind - that if I had not found this board and these
folks, I would not have survived the last several months emotionally
intact. It is so reassuring to know that there are other "hard to treat"
patients out there, and to talk to others who go through the same
frustrations with doctors and family and friends every day. My feet still
hurt, and I may not be much closer to recovery...but this keeps me sane.
All things happen for a reason (in my humble opinion), and your own medical
condition (painful as it has been in the past) has enabled you to touch the
lives of hundreds and hundreds of people.
Thank you so much.
wendy
================================
Posted by Kathy A on 9/24/00 at 13:43
I read your postings on your experiences with Vit C and decided that I had
nothing to lose. I tried the Vitamin C in large doses (about 12- 500mg
tablets of Ester C daily) for the last 6 to 7 weeks and I am able to walk
without pain for the first time in about 2 years. I have had pf for over 10
years, off and on, but totally on for the last 2 years. Nothing was
working--orthotics, shots, stretching, orthotics. I tried the Vit C and I
have my life back. I also have fibromyalgia and that is better too. The Vit
C is obviously something my system needed and wasn't getting. I had
noticeable relief, using the Vit C, after 2 days and have been mostly pain
free since about 2 weeks. The pain comes back when I am on my feet more but
I am building up slowly to walking more every day. I watch for the symptoms
of burning and pain, and then go rest and ice my feet. I only have to do
that about once a week now. And I have noticed that I don't get as stressed
out as I used to, and that is great. Again, Thanks Scott.
==================================
Scott,
I wanted to tell you that thanks to you and your site, I am now taping my
foot and enjoying much more comfort. I am not pain free, but I can get
through my work day without limping or having to change shoes. I understand
that it will take several months to heal, but I hope I am finally on my
way.
Keep up the good work, and stay healthy!
Regards,
Rebecca D
================================
Scott,
I am a PF sufferer and I wanted to thank you for information and products
on
your web site. After purchasing a set of Powersteps, doing calf stretches
and icing my heels with gel packs I am pain free. If I fail to follow the
regimen though the pain comes back quickly to help remind me of what I am
suppose to be doing.
I recently spent 5 hours on my feet with the Powersteps in my shoes and
didn't have any pain that night nor the next morning. What a treat!
Thanks again!
Larry R
=======================
Dear Scott;
I ordered these insoles for my husband, & they totally
work! He started wearing the insoles Tues. to work, &
for the first time in 6 mo. he does NOT have heel
pain.(I'm writing on Fri.) You & your site is a
godsend!
Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Lori J
======================
Dear Scott,
I want to thank you for a wonderfully informative website full of
practical advice. After being misdiagnosed by a highly recommended
podiatrist and subjected to too many painful cortisone injections, I
found your website, put a name to my condition, and started right in on
various of your treatment regimes. It has taken a full year of diligent
stretching, icing, and wearing of the right shoes (and I received a
certificate for 365 foot rubs from my husband for Christmas), but I can
finally walk without pain and have even started a cautious jogging
routine. I credit your heel pain website for my progress. Thanks again,
LF
====================
Dear Scott
You are wonderful. I was just diagnosed with PF, but have suffered with it
for a year!! I love this website. I'm going to complete the questionnaire.
Thank you for this contribution to my life. I'm an elementary school
teacher...Ouch! I'm going to try several of your recommendations.
Thanks so much!!
Gloria
=========================
I just want you to know, Scott, how valuable this web site is. I have been
devestated for the past year and a half. I know you hear a lot of the same
old stories from people about the horror of living the life of a cripple.
I am facing surgery. I will know tomorrow. I am praying that will be the
turning point for me. Thank you so much for reaching out and helping so
many people through this web site.
Paula
========================
after a year of recovery- my plantar has resurfaced. This time it is
futher from the heal and closer to the middle/front of the foot. Your site
helped me identify the problem a year ago and successfully treat it. I am
so pleased that I marked your site as a favorite- thus I can use your
taping suggestions, etc. It is the most objective web site that I have
ever seen.
thanks again
==========================
Hi Scott,
I'm checking websites for assistance for my wife who goes through cycles of
'heel spur' pain. She meets the criteria to be a sufferer, for sure. She
has very high arches, she's been walking daily to lose weight, she does not
stretch and she wears flat soled shoes frequently to work.
So...
We're going to get her stretching (when she wakes up!), head out today and
get her better walking shoes for work, apply the ice, limit her activity
and
be patient.
Bottom line...
Thanks loads for a simply written, thorough treatment of the problem...
Cheers,
TP
===========================
Dear Mr Scott
While surfing my problem heel pain I cought your website. It is really
wonderful. It provides almost complete information about the identification
and management of heel spur problem. I am suffering from heelspur in my
left heel. I contacted top orthopaedic doctors but they consider it minor
problem and do not pay much attention. But I am the sufferer you can well
understand the density of the problem. I have started treatment which were
advised in web article article. Please advise me which type of shoes I
shuold use to avoid the stress in ny feet. I have to use sports shoes which
type of shoes or regularleather shoes with arch support.
Thanking you for doing this marvelous job for humankindness
I wish you future succes to you and your website
Maroof Husain
Research Scholar
Developmental Toxicology Division
Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
CSIR, Lucknow-226001, UP
India
===================
Scott,
My name is Kris [...]. I have been in utter agony for almost 2 years. Thank
you for your information. I will be gracing my doctors office armed with
your information. I only yesterday learned that there was a name for this
condition. I met 2 different people with the same problems. One was in a
cast. I literally cannot get up and walk after any amount of time at rest.
I either have to stay active or stay off my feet.
I thought I was crazy and sounded crazy when I described what I was going
through. I was even thinking about being tested for rheumatoid arthritis.
You have given me hope for an end to this pain!
Thank You, Scott!!!
Kris
====================
Hello - wanted to thank you, first, for all the valuable information on
your
website. I have learned a lot about my two year long heel spur condition
and have been heeding the advice you offer. For the first year and half I
had not identified the problem.
Along with stretching, ordering the Heel Hugger (which I only used once or
twice) I tried the black cherry juice and within hours the inflammation had
gone down. I was not able to fully stand on that one foot until after
taking the juice. It seems incredible and I am not sure if other
conditions
or efforts may have also contributed, but it seemed miraculous.
So keep doing your good work and thanks again!
All the best,
DD
========================
Thank you for the updates. My feet are a lot better than say a few years
ago. I've had my troubles for at least 8 yrs. Started with too much high
aerobics and walking long distances. I went thru the injection treatments
several times---often weekly. I used hi dose nanoxin sodium as well-----now
known as ALEVE. I have orthotics which I will not live with out and
Berkenstock sandals, so I've been there, done that. I still have troubles
on humid/barometric change days. But---I do walk several times a week and
that's going well. I broke away from my doctor finally .
It's been a very long road but I think I'm finally seeing a clearing.
Bless you for your site. I used it a lot in my earlier days. You really
have
helped me to learn and understand this problem.
Thank you
Jennifer
===================
Dear Scott: Thank you so very much for all your help with heelspur info!
I had my first bout with this condition this past winter . At first, I
didn't know what was wrong nor what to do about it. You have helped me a
great deal to understand this most painful condition. Thank you!
God bless,
Kathleen
===============
As many others have stated your website is the best I have ever used
because it helped me realize I am not alone in my pain. I have an
appointment with Dr. Z. I am traveling from NY. The price is $2500 for 1
foot, $3500 for both. I will not have ins. If this fixes my problem my girl
will be as happy as I will be. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
================
Actually, thanks to your web page and the information I received I no
longer have heel pain (after a year and one-half of many interventions.)
What worked for me was the stretches three times a day, a new pair of
walking shoes, and avoiding aerobics for two months. Thanks.
Martha
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Dear Mr. Roberts,
I have been meaning to write to you for a long time to tell you that your
article on the Internet was immensely helpful with my plantar fascitis,
positively diagnosed only because I read it.
I am overweight and relatively sedentary and went from a life time of high
heels to new flat shoes which I stupidly forced my self to get used to. It
was only by reading your article (which I actually found because an
orthopedic doctor diagnosed "spurs") that understood the origin of the pain
in my left arch.
I proceeded to have 12 ultrasound treatments of 5 minutes and went back to
my good-old high heels attempting flatter shoes with caution. I also showed
the article to the physiotherapist who photocopied the 14 pages for her
boss. In addition, my trainer (who I started working with about 2 months
before the pain started - I believe unrelated to the exercise) read your
article and we did a lot more stretching, etc.
All in all, after a couple of months the pain which was really bothersome
(like you wrote, even as I stepped out of bed in the morning) is almost
completely gone with only an infrequent reminders.
I thank you and applaud your initiative to share with others around the
globe.
Sincerely,
Emily
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You are very kool and the most help I've had for my pf. I don't feel like
writing tonight but I wanted to thank you for the time you took and the
smile
it put on my face. Ttyl
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Scott, Thanks. Enjoy the updates. I am among the 20% who no longer
have pain which I attribute to an accurate diagnosis which brought me to
this web site and all the advice about using ice, ice and more ice!!!
It really worked for me. I was the swallow the pill, wear the right
shoes and endure the pain type until I decided to ice when ever I could.
My doctor had suggested ice but only in passing, certainly not as a main
course of treatment. Most nights went to bed wrapped with ice and after
a few weeks noticed that the pain was virtually gone. Whenever I feel
even a twinge I stretch my foot and rarely have to follow with ice. No
more med at all but do wear arch supports in Asics.. Can now be in other
shoes when needed without any untoward results. Am able to walk long
distances without pain during or after!! Keep up the good work.
Jane
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Hi Scott,
My name is Fran. I just started having pain in my left foot close to the
heel and down from the inner ankle bone (not sure of the terminology of the
skeletal part of the foot!) within the past week. I noticed tonight there
is some puffiness in this area. I have been trying to ignore the pain but
tonight the puffiness has my anxiety heightened. Of course, I notice this
at 5:00 p.m. on a Thursday night as the doctor's office is closing for the
night. I looked up the symptoms on Yahoohealth and got nowhere. I believe
Ask Jeeves is what led me to your site.
I want to thank you. Your information puts my mind at ease at least for
tonight until I can call the Dr. in the a.m. I read some of your "Thank
You's"...quite impressive! I know what it is like to search for a long,
long time until you find someone who can help you. I went through this
with anxiety from the time I was 16 until I was 22. Finding the person
with the right knowlege is the key to it all!
I'm going to go to the doctor to have this checked out tomorrow. I can't
thank you enough for your extensive information...it will get me through
the night.
Fran
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HI, SCOTT,
I am an RN in the Recovery Room of a large hospital. I have recently
developed plantar fasciitis and have been miserable. Some of the
Orthopedic Surgeons that I work with have told me to do certain exercises
and stretches, but nothing was working. Out of desperation, I logged on
to your web site.
I tried the taping technique that you described and have not had any pain
in
my foot for a week now! I am so grateful to you for sharing this remedy!
One of the anesthesiologists that I work with could barely walk. I taped
his
foot four days ago, and today he told me he could run again! Thank you!
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Dear Scott,
Thank you for your very helpful website. I started experiencing severe
heel pain in May of 2000 after I had set up sound equipment and sung at
a wedding. I pain worsened over the next few months, but I found that
wearing my thick foam-soled sandals ALL the time helped. I mean, even
when I got up at night to go to the bathroom I slipped on my sandals!
But Heaven help me if I tried to walk without them or in other shoes.
It was a real nightmare.
After being informed in a doctor appointment that "There's really
nothing we can do about this. It's a very common problem", as if knowing
it is a common problem somehow lessens the pain :o), I started searching
to educate myself about the condition.
Finding your website is what brought about the healing I now enjoy! For
me, the absolutely most helpful tip was the calf stretches. That was
the answer, and I did them every time I got up from a sitting or lying
position. I would not begin to walk at all until I had spent a couple of
minutes stretching, and I continued to wear the foam-soled sandals most
of the time too.
Now I can walk around barefooted and pain-free on cement! But I'm
always aware of being careful not to abuse my feet. Continuing to do the
stretches helps me stay in this wonderfully pain-free condition.
A couple of times I've felt a sort of tearing sensation in my heels
while I was squatting down putting books on a lower shelf, etc. so I
wonder if that is the motion or position that caused the original injury
while I was setting up that sound equipment. Now I avoid squatting and
just go ahead and kneel if I have to do anything at a lower level near
the floor.
So, the sandals, the avoidance of squatting and ESPECIALLY your
recommendation of stretching the calves have brought me blessed relief
from more than a year's worth of terrible pain and almost feeling that I
was becoming an invalid.
Thank you for you effort to educate us. It has truly been a blessing in
my life.
Sincerely,
~~Diane
Onalaska, WI
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Dear Dr. Roberts, [I'm not a doctor - Scott]
This is to send you a BIG thank you for your very helpful information in
Parts 1 and 2 of your web site. I appreciate all the work that went into
the site and want you to know that it is wonderful to get such an indepth
look at the problem. My podiatrist has been helpful with regard to my heel
spur, but the explanation(s) and solutions I got didn't come anywhere near
the thoroughness of yours!
Have a great Holiday Season!
Cheers,
Marianne L
Coquitlam, BC, Canada
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Hi Scott,
I would like to thank for maintaining the excellent
informative web site.
I have been suffering from what i now realise is PF,
and had almost given up hope on ever recovering.
The doctors that i had seen here ( In India) were not
very helpful , except for prescribing Anti
Inflamatories, and some rudimentary exercises.
Your site has given me lots of information,and also
hope.
I have benefitted a lot from that.
Thanks once again.
Yours Sincerely
K.S.Gopinath N
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
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No need to respond to this message; I just wanted to say thanks for the
great website!
To me it's the most valuable and information filled site I have ever
seen and also extremely well organized. I only wish there were websites
just like yours for all the other medical conditions out there.
You have done a great job and thank you, on behalf of all P.F.
sufferers.
Ellen J
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Scott,
Thank you for your website.
Living on a small island in the Pacific, when this thing hit I didn't know
what to do.
Your tests were quite conclusive:
(1) the morning pain was well present.
(2) the tape brought 'immediate relief' indicating tension in the fascia.
(3) the ice did nothing for me indicating no inflamation. [ Did i say that?
- Scott ]
(4) the 1/2 inch of paper under the heel brought 'immediate relief'
indicating calf problem also indicated by you as per my age(62)
As you prescribed, stetching with a towel in bed removed the morning pain.
Stretching the calf muscles at an angle indicated their tightness.
Repeated stretching loosened them up.
Stretching and massage seems to have done it for me.
I am convinced as you are that the morning pain is a reinjurying of the
fascia and is what causes the chronic nature of the problem. It and
probably all pain must be stopped at all costs.
I also realized my walking style needs to change to use the back of my legs
more and heels less.
My own remedies of running and playing basketball produced your expected
results(don't laugh).
The number one factor was as your survey indicated, your website
(information). Your techniques brought physical relief, but your
information also brought mental relief, knowing what was going on.
My causes were easy to identify from your list, bad shoes( not quality
sandals every day all day for two years even after they had deteriorated)
and on my feet a lot(walking as a primary form of locomotion and teaching).
Thanks,
Tom
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Hello Scott,
I found your site today searching heel pain on
askjeeves.com and it is really an excellent site. I
have searched for sites in the past but this is the
first time I found yours. It is wonderful.
I won't go into my story, but it is one with plantar
fascitis pain. I am already wearing orthotics for some
time. I originally started with rigid heel inserts
back in 1989 for the same pain. The pain went away a
few years later and I was OK for years. I got leather
full orthotics 2 years ago for a different pain. The
medial tub. pain started suddenly one morning and
after using the orthotics for more than a year.
I work in saudi [i am a nurse practitioner and now a
director of nursing] and help for such a problem is
limited. I usually practice my 'own medicine'.
After buying a treadmill last year things got worse. I
really suffered on vacation in the states last summer
and used celebrex with pretty good relief. Of all
things, I got hush puppy shoes here in saudi [not
those funky old gray suede ones from 3 decades back].
i had been using clarks thinking they were great until
these HP's. They cost less and are bliss for my feet.
I now go the gym and use stationary bikes or steppers.
You opened my mind to the calf muscle tightness and it
is true. I feel much more empowered with all the info.
you provide and i will begin the exercises you
explain. Your siteis a great help especially here
where I am on my own for these kinds of problems.
Sorry, I quess i gave a story afterall.
Anyway, i want to say thanks very much for your
dedication and hard work!!
Sincerely,
Muhammad Saifudin
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Dear Scott, Thanks for a fantastic website on PF. I am suffering with this
chronic condition going on 4 years in Sept. I'm in and out of depression,
am on sick leave for a few weeks for extended rest(am an elementary school
teacher) and just been miserable. I've done everything a person can do for
PF. Your website has lifted me up and made me realize I'm not exaggerating
my pain and that this is a real condition. It helps to see and read that
others are suffering just like me. Your information has been a blessing for
me. At least I know also that I have been trying the right stuff. Leg
splints are wonderful for me as the stepstretch and taping is very helpful.
My podiatrist (1st doctor) introduced taping, my orthopaedic dr.(2nd and
holding) introduced stretching, phys. therapy, & night splints.
Footsmart.com introduced me to the stepstretch. I have made progress over
these 3 plus years. with this school year being the worst. Thanks again for
sharing your findings and congrats on your improvement over this terrible
condition. I don't wish this on my enemies!!
God bless you! CAH
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Thankyou, Scott.
Having joined the miles long line to file past the Queen Mother's coffin,
and walked a long way to get to the end of the queue to start with, I had a
huge attack of PF, which I'd suffered from mildly in the past without
realising what it was.
Tried your recommended exercise and bingo, within half a day, pain almost
undetectable. I've now vowed to reduce weight as well; every cloud has the
proverbial silver lining!
THANK YOU!!!
Veronica K.
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Thank you so much, Scott....
Thanks to your website, I was informed and able to ask somewhat intelligent
questions when I finally sought medical help for a condition I was totally
baffled by...can't say enough how much you have helped.. your karmic reward
shall be greatly enhanced by such a worthy and needed endeavor..
Regards,
Robin H
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hi scott...i stumbled across your site the other day when i was researching
surgical options for my PF...i found your site to be filled with very
useful
information! and the message board is a god send...guess that's it...just
wanted to thank you for putting together such a thorough site! lisa
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Dear Scott R,
I was checking out your web site for a friend who does not have internet,
but does have a heel spur. I have not visited this web site in ages
because thanks to you, I no longer have foot pain. At the first sign of a
twinge, I'm icing and stretching, and that keeps it undercontrol. (Do all
heel spur sufferers keep an ancient unopened bag of peas in their
freezers?)
I can hardly believe how your web site has grown and your fans are now
legion. You are a god to those of us who suffer.
I first visited this site years ago and wrote you a thank you note because
you had changed my life. You were very self-deprecating in your reply,
something like "I'm not curing cancer." It may not be a cure for cancer,
but it has given me so much mobility and freedom that I actually do not
think about my feet for months at a time.
Many thanks. I hope my friend gets the same benefit.
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Scott, your website is so complete! Thanks for all the information. I will
start by stretching tomorrow morning.
Two points of information for you. 1. My plantar fascitis was caused by
excessive running and new shoes. 2. Your website was referred to me but my
cousin who treated his plantar fascitis by reading your web site and
stretching.
Thanks for your dedication to this cause.
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Just a note to say that I have very briefly read some of your article
and am very impressed.
I am in a lot of pain and have spent a lot of time looking for the right
answers.
I am looking forward to reading the remainder of your articles in the
next few days and am planning on trying some of your suggestions.
Thank you very much for all the time you have spent researching and not
asking for $$$$$.
If I could be of any help, let me know.
Regards
Steve Spicer
(Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
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Scott,
Just had to add my 2 cents concerning your web page. Recently I
had another pair of professional orthotics made and was really
counting on some relief from my pf feet. The right foot is
especially bad. I've had this condition for more than 20 years
and have not worked for the past 8 years. Shopping was even
getting to be an almost impossible chore. I have been for physical
therapy some years ago with no results. I have had orthotics
before as well.
After coming to the realization that these orthotics were not the cure,
I decided to do some research on the net. Well after wading through
your site with a note book. I made a plan that I was going to begin
with suggestions from your site.
1. Before getting out of bed I get the circulation going before I bound
out of bed.
2. I now stretch as soon as I get out of bed.
3. I never put my feet on a bare floor, I step into my berkinstocks
sandals immediately. I have many pairs and would not be walking at all
these past years without them.
4. I ice my feet for 20 minutes at a time at least 3 times a day or at
least after I come in from walking.
5. I stretch off and on during the day with the method in your web pg.
I now can tell when my arch starts to feel prickly it is time to stretch.
6. I use a wood massage roller under my foot a couple times a day. My
chiropractor told me that this would do the same thing as ultra sound.
Breaking up the scar tissue from the previous injury is what you are
accomplishing here.
7. I am planning on making my own foot night splint, as mentioned by one
of your grand ladies on your chat pg. I have size 11 feet and the blankets
tend to really bend my feet backwards which can be problematic for ph
people.
I think that this is all I am doing right now and what a difference, my
feet are not 100% by any means, however, there is so much improvement it is
unbelievable.
Christmas shopping is fun again.
Thank you so much, I wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving.
From: A.J.
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Dear Saint Scott
30 years ago at the age of 21 I couldn't walk for a year due to what I
learned today was PF.
I had a dozen doctors from prestigious clinics in the La Jolla CA area where
I live look at me for a year while I left work disabled.
I told them I was working two jobs at the time both requiring standing on
hard floors for 8 hours. And that my feet were too sensitive to bear the
weight of my body even though I was slightly underweight for my height and
had always pursued multiple sports my whole life.
They treated me for gout, rheumatoid arthritis, questioned my history of STD,
put me in a cast, built me Plexiglas slippers, fed me powerful
anti-inflammatory like Indocin and Butazolidin (that they give to race
horses!), etc. and concluded nothing and leaving me in the dark except for
the general observation that I had a collagen vascular disorder and that this
was correlated with being HLA-27 positive. Meaning the presence of some
protein molecule on my white cells that seems to correlate with people having
RA. Or course that left me with the message that it was a mysterious disease
and help most likely would not be forthcoming.
Deciding the end was near, in a physical activity sense, at the age of 21, I
moved to Paris for 4 months taking my road bike with me as a "wheel chair".
My theory was if this was at all a psychosomatic illness, then totally
changing my surroundings might push it into the back ground and reduce its
grip on my daily life.
Gradually over the next 4 months the acute pain subsided not to return
until just recently.
I started doing a lot of club dancing about 3 years ago and was going out
3-4 times a week.
My feet have been paying the price in terms of soreness and last month
began to show the signs of my condition back in 1974.
Still clueless of any real explanation, I recently began the doctor visits
all over again last month. The results of these visits were similar to 1974.
Still thinking I was a medical anomaly I mentioned the problem to a friend
yesterday who immediately said with out missing a beat - "oh, you have PF
like my son, go see the internet site heelspurs.com".
Presto! The information portal opens and I am enlightened.
My condition has a name and I have a strategy!!!! Where were the doctors?
I have lived for 30 years thinking I was alone with this "esoteric"
condition!!
Thank you your compassion, intelligence, hard work and generosity in
making this site available. Your book should be in every podiatrist and
arthritis specialist office in the world.
Lawrence E L
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Scott,
I am a nurse, a highly educated and intelligent nurse but my field is
obstetrics, not podiatry. I had plantar fasciitis many years ago and was
less than impressed with the help I received. I got better, but not because
of my doctor but because of my access to a medical library and my willingness
to learn about my problem and to treat it accordingly. That was about 10
years ago, so when I started a new job and started walking to work in the
last six months I didn't think of nor remember my plantar fasciitis.
Unfortunately, it remembered me.
So, I remembered vaguely what I needed to do but I thought that I would
check the internet to see if there were any quick resources before trudging
back down to the library to reeducate myself. Well, there won't be any need
for that now. You placed everything I needed to know in one very concise and
well written website. I remember what I used to know and you also updated my
knowledge. You gave easier to understand and more cogent information than
I've ever gotten from any of my physician colleagues.
This is obviously a cause and a labor of love for you. I really respect that,
and even more, am grateful for the time you saved me. Also, since the pain has
just really started getting bad enough to notice in the last week or so, I'm
quite sure I will be able to turn it around much quicker than last time.
Thank you so much,
Terri A
p.s. I'm on the same page with you about your rants re: vitamin C and other
holistic but not economically profitable treatments. I may work as a healthcare
provider but I stopped believing blindly in the priesthood of allopathic medicine
long ago. Too bad the Hippocratic Oath doesn't seem to include making the patient,
rather than the almighty dollar the focus.