Feet

[deetom]

Dose any one here have very painful sole of feet

[Ianrussell69]

Yes for about ten yrs befor I was told I may have lupus ,it was called plantiaflahitus wich is basically very tight ligaments in the sole of the foot I get it from time to time and here to go back to stretching my calf muscles and this helps a lot

[deetom in reply to Ianrussell69]

I can hardley walk.fell like I been on my feet all day which I have not

[LesJames in reply to deetom]

I get this often, it is most painful when I first get up, and also if I have been standing for a long period. The advice I was given by the physio, was to stretch my calfs. This has worked to make them less painful.

[Ianrussell69]

The best results I got was stretching my calf muscles it's a bit painful at first but after a wk my feet were a lot better hope you get sorted

[foxglove in reply to Ianrussell69]

Would you be kind enough to tell me which way you stretch your calf muscles? Thanks

[Ianrussell69 in reply to foxglove]

I'll do my best stand facing the wall about 2' away place the toe of one foot against the wall and the your utter foot 2/3'behind you then lean towards the well keeping the back leg straight go easy at first this next bit will sound weird it will hurt a bit but it is a satisfying pain that's how the phisio described it hope you understand this

[Joy_1]

Yes. For me it is a sign that a flare is on its way. It's handy that my body lets me know as my inflammatory markers are always normal.

[Barnclown]

Hello Dee

This is really miserable...I know this problem very well from decades of personal experience

I agree with the advice everyone is giving you

My SLE + so soft tissue tightening is so bad from my knees downwards that I spent years unable to stand or walk for more than a few minutes. The NHS took ages to figure out this was due to progressive tendon tightening. My lupus meds help the rehab exercises I do daily because my meds allow my soft tissues to be loose enough to respond & benefit from these "exercises". My rehab was prescribed by a brilliant prof ortho surgeon...I've conscientiously followed his instructions for 4 years and now I can walk & stand fairly normally....but, like joy says, when I'm flaring all my feet/lower leg issues worsen, including the tendon tightening, but also my simultaneous raynauds & erythromelalgia neuropathies + small vessel vasculitis

Here is a link to some god calf stretching exercises. If you scroll done to the 5th calf exercise in this link, you'll see the exercise my prof has me doing - it's called the Straight Leg Calf Stretch (or gastrocnemius stretch):

runnersworld.com/injury-pre...

Hope you'll let us know how you get on...in my experience, rehab like this is best done under the supervision of a senior experienced physiotherapist...if you live in the uk, you should be able to self-refer to physiotherapy for for a simple diagnostic test that will confirm you need this sort of rehab. the test is called The Strayer Procedure (aka the Gastrocnemius Slide), this link explains:

footeducation.com/page/gast...

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PS have you seen your GP about this....GPs usually look for plantar fasciitis in patients with sore heels especially:

nhs.uk/Conditions/heel-pain...

[foxglove in reply to Barnclown]

Thanks for advice, I practice yoga regularly, but had forgotten about alternate knee bends in down dog, glad of your reminder!, also the calf stretches good (also good advice from Ianrussell69

[Paul_Howard Partner LUPUS UK]

Hi deetom ,

We have a factsheet about lupus and the feet which may be of interest to you. You can read and download it on our website at lupusuk.org.uk/wp-content/u...