Question
Over a couple years now I had noticed that every rare now and again I would jump or lunge off my right foot and experience a tearing pain on the underside of my toes. Once the pain ended after a couple seconds, I was back to normal.

A while after I would notice that also every very rare now and again if I did alot of heavy work on my feet, I would experience and extremely painful stabbing feeling in my heel. Once it was over however, I went back to walking around normal.

I have IBS so I live 99% of my life inside walking around barefoot on tile and hard wood flooring. Recently while doing some heavy lifting, I started getting many stabbing pains in my heel and my toes got the tearing pain constantly if I were to walk on them for a couple minutes or less. I decided to try and treat it with heel cups and arch supports but they didn't address the problem, however when I wasn't experiencing the stabbing pains I was fine.

That is until It became a real big problem one day and I noticed I felt relief wearing these special sandles with built in supports. After wearing those, I noticed when I stepped back onto hard floor that it felt like I was basically just walking on bone, no cushion, and all weight concentrated on the heel bone toward the inner side. I've been off my heels, wearing cushioned slippers or sandles for a while now and I just can't step on a hard surface at all now. Its constant twinges feeling on the verge of a stabbing pain with a dull bruised feeling in the heel and starting in the left.

I taped my heels to hold the fat pad in place and I could actually step on a hard surface but it didn't feel like enough padding and I would continue to get the twinges and uncomfortably in the heels. I have no confidence and even a general fear of putting any pressure on my heels. I would be very grateful for your insights on this issue.

Answer
This Chicago Podiatrist says......

Sounds like plantar fasciitis. See our website AnkleNfoot.com for additional info.
AnkleNFoot.com has an article and video on plantar fasciitis under ThinkFeet-Our Learning Library.
May also have some irritation in the flexor tendons that go to the toes. Both symptoms are caused by high or low arches,increased weight and/or activity and walking on hard floors without any shoes or support.Therefore losing weight, decreasing activity and not walking on hard floors would be a good start. Both symptoms are treated similarly.
Continue to wear the shoes that reduce your pain and do GENTLE, SLOW stretching exercises of your calves and arches-the stretching should not hurt. You need to be pain free for a minimum of 4 weeks and up to 12 weeks to let the tissues heal completely and be pain free. Google for exercises for plantar fasciitis-which should have diagrams to assist you.
Also visit our website store for examples of night splints-which would help for both of the above conditions. Also compare your arch supports to the ones on the AnkleNFoot.com webstore. Arch supports are not as good as prescription orthotics-but may work for some patients.
If it doesn't respond, seek a Board Certified Podiatrist-they will be the best to diagnose and treat your problem.  

Hope this helps!
Good Luck My Friend!

Dr George Tsatsos & Svetlana Zats
Podiatrist Chicago 60618 & Elmhurst 60126 Podiatrists
Board Certified in Foot and Ankle Surgery & Orthopedics
New South Loop Location-Chicago 60661
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