Shock wave therapy post I’m sure this has been posted a number of times but I just thought I’d ask!

Do you do flat on the floor heal raises? Both feet same time? That exercise helped me the most because it burns into your glutes. Look into gastrocnemius recession surgery. What I know now, I would of done this surgery and think I wasted about a year of severe pain. 25 years of age, way too young for this type of pain. It’s very hard to cure but I’m 95% pain free after a 20 months of strengthening my lower body. Hips, glutes, lower back and calf’s. Focusing on those instead of your feet you can get out of pain. It took a year to cure the last 20% of my pain and stiffness.

I tried shockwave and softwave. On session 5 my pain went from a 3 to a 7 for the week. I stopped. It works for some and others it’s just a bandaid or temporary fix.

Made it so much worse back to zero again because of it.

I couldn't take the pain of it.

Hi Kelly, I had 5 sessions and didn’t do much for mine. I think key thing is to get them close together but it’s pricey 😳 I have had it since last March but with stretches, insoles and taping I can run 2/3 times a week. X

I did 6.. all a week apart. Yeah .. painful for days after . But now …. I’d say my PF is 70% better. I am now incorporating a lot of stretches … vitamins …new shoes .. and oils etc… shockwave helped me … but this alone isn’t gonna fix me or keep me dancing.

Didn’t help me one bit

Did calf stretches and used my hand held messager on my calf muscles Do wear orthotics in my sketchers I wear Birkenstocks when not wearing sketchers Wear soft foam slip ons at home Heat worked for me Cleared up my PF on my own Maybe I did not have it as bad as others I was on a 2 week trip with lots of walking up and down cobblestone hills in Portugal 4 th day into trip I had so much heel pain I hobbled around for the next weeks Was very painful I did take Celebrex and xtra strength Tylenol while on trip It took me 3 months to recover but much better now No more pain Did this on my own reading lots of info Everyone’s severity is different This worked for me ‘ Was told by excellent medical sources not to get Cortisone shots It’s a temporary relief but not a solution plus very painful to get Same with the laser

I have this on private health care and while when it was being done i didn’t find too bad almost enjoyable it didn’t fix my problem!

I had 6 sessions but ending surgery after several attempts of injections,exercise and shock wave x

It’s helping my hubby

I had only 2 . Started off gentle on the 1st session . The 2nd session was a bit more intense but bearable . Until the next day when I could hardly walk .. I was meant to go back in a week for my 3rd session but it took me 3 weeks to recover from my 2nd .. I ended up cancelling my 3rd session and haven’t gone back .. I just do my own gentle stretching exercises, wear my Archie’s and Oofos , take magnesium supplements every day . Also use magnesium cream . I manage better just doing these .

I did 3 sessions - no improvement. My orthopedic dr said to stop it after 3 sessions if there is no noriceable improvement

I’ve had it twice I see a slight difference, they said I need 3 sessions but wondering if I need more..

I’ve had 7 sessions It worked only in one foot, but very very slowly Might work better if you just started. And compliment it with other treatments

I've had over a dozen sessions since November....stick with it! It takes at least 12 weeks for full effects, it really helped my heel spurs the most, then once that got better I could feel the plantar slowly getting better. I was a 10 down to I'd say a 2-3, unless I overdo it. That's with doing everything else too, you can't rely solely on the shockwave....do the stretches, wear the insoles, buy the good shoes, use the massager, use the heat, the night splint etc etc

I have now had 3 sessions of shock wave therapy. I would say I have 60% improvement. The doc say it takes 6 sessions. In am happy with results so far! Highly recommend’

I am looking into acupuncture. I hear that works too for continuing care with PF

I had 6 waves of shock therapy, never felt the impact, was told it was on the highest setting. No improvement for me

Yes! I have it almost eliminated it!!

I’ve been doing 2 sessions a week for a month. There are times I have no pain. Doing stretches and switched to a zero drop shoe. If I try to wear the brooks or new balance with the higher heel drop I’m in pain. So I’m staying with the zero drop shoes

There's a physio in Buckinghamshire who's got a great online programme. It takes a while, consistency and effort, but after 2 years of agony and various methods (including shockwave) this sorted my bilateral PF. Worth watching his video. It's a paid-for programme, but you can find similar things, even on the NHS.