Off Topic Any doctors here

@Teessidemackem, this is the taping method I used.

If you imagine rolling the arch of your foot on a tin of beans, it's stretching the plantar muscle, which runs from the base of your toes, round your heel, and up the back of your calves.
The taping does the same as rolling the ball of your foot on something, but instead of stopping once you remove your foot, the tape keeps it in that position.

What you find as well, is that when you go to bed, your foot relaxes and goes virtually straight with your lower leg which allows the plantar to contract again....that's how it always seemed worse on a morning (for me anyway).
The tape stops that, sort of keeping your foot in a near 90 degree angle to your leg, even when relaxed.

Hope you get some relief from it mate, it's a twat when it gets a hold.

 

Get well soon mate

 

Thankyou very much everyone. So basically the Orphapaedic department are saying contact the gp to get it done and the gp is saying contact the Orpahapadic department and both are having a stand off in who can be arsed to help me bearing in mind ive taken a day off work today without pay. Our Nhs is an absolute joke

 

Might sound daft, but have you tried calling 111 and asking for help?

I was in a bit of a similar situation when I first started getting joint pain related to a kidney condition. My GP and consultant were having a bit of a pissing competition about who was responsible for what, so I phoned 111 and just said look I'm in pain and need help. Got an emergency appointment at the local Primary Care for two hours later and the doctor there got me sorted.

 

Yes mate thats what i did to get sent to urgent care. I didnt just turn up.
Im sure if i was an immigrant id be sorted now, but hey ho

 

Someone’s already mentioned this but done proper arch support in all your footwear will help massively (it did for me)

I ordered removable orthopaedic insoles online and put them in my footwear if I start getting issues and it goes away pretty quickly if treated quickly enough. Hope you get sorted soon

 

I have had plantar faciitis before. My doc told me that they can't really do owt about it and one day I would wake up and it would be gone. That is exactly what transpired. Not very pleasant at all, as soon as you get out of bed and put any weight on that foot. It will go away but there is no timeframe as far as I know.

 

I have had that, pretty painful but I wasn’t going to let it rule me. Got a good pair of walking boots went out walking daily and as said it just quit and went away.

 

Appreciate you're in pain but no need to talk ****e. Unless of course you believe immigrants receive preferential treatment from the NHS.

 

Echo this. My wife had this AND she had the steroid injection which was way more painful than the condition; I had to hold her down while they performed it. The needle has to be guided in with a scanner to the centre of the heel and the pain is intense. What is worse it did not help at all. After about 9 months the pain just went, and hasn't returned. They also gave her a big plastic boot but that made it worse!

 

I must have been lucky. Mine did not last that long, maybe 3-4 months.

 

Really sorry mate but that had me laughing .... especially when they gave her the boot

 

Must admit I had a smirk when she wasn't looking. We tried to send it back but NHS wouldn't take it, probably cost 70 quid or so. It ended up languishing in the loft till a clear out earlier this year. Took it to the recycling shop at South Tyneside recycling centre. Turns out one of the staff had fallen off a ladder and was looking for a support for his ankle, was quite chuffed with the old boot

 

Sounds about right mate, NHS is on its knees at the minute.

Hope you get sorted quickly

 

Or a prisoner
You would get treat like royalty
Some times I think I might get a prison sentence
Then I would he my back put right

 

Hoped it had cleared up for you by now. You still on holiday as well!

 

6 guards with 1 prisoner the other day in Sunderland hospital for treatment. I suppose being all class A no chances are taken.

 

Unlikely but would contacting 111 not help. Can they force your GP or hospital to act stating its an emergency. Regardless hopefully you are healed sooner rather than later.

 

That's who i rang to get my emergency care appointment mate. Now im getting pushed from pillar to post because no one can be arsed to help me

 

I had a bad rupture of my CFL last April and it’s still f*cked now. Couldn’t walk on it without a boot for about 10 weeks and can barely move it on a morning for about 5 minutes when I first wake, can’t run nor can I weight bare properly on loads of stuff in the gym ie squats/deadlifts. NHS physiotherapy was a waste of time and I stupidly just thought it would get better by itself, yet over a year later here I am! Keep on them mate don’t let them fob you off and if they’re no good go private, don’t end up like this it’s a ****ing nightmare to live with.