For me, the second doctor to make custom orthotics (hard plastic molded for my feet) solved the problem. I wear them with all shoes, except short periods in Birkenstocks and don't have the problem anymore.
Liz
Liz
\For me, the second doctor to make custom orthotics (hard plastic molded for my feet) solved the problem. I wear them with all shoes, except short periods in Birkenstocks and don't have the problem anymore.
Liz
From me, one word: Voltaren...
Voltaren (diclofenac) is a prescription NSAID...
...It's one of those meds whose action is not well understood, particularly why it seems to help for 12 hours or more. And it's generic, and cheap.
On a scary note, though--I have recently been trying to secure less-expensive health insurance. I have been turned down three times, including by the same company that currently insures me. My "history" of heel spurs is one of the reasons for the turn downs. Even though I have had no pain for years, and no treatment since December of 2004, they consider this a pre-existing condition and grounds for rejection.