Foot pain

[Liege]

Any advice for painful feet I think this is an under medicated issue or maybe some supplements required?

[puncturedbicycle]

Any idea what your b12 and d are like? My sore, weak hands improved when I got my d levels up and my sore feet improved with b12 injections. But sure, some people get joint pain when undermedicated.

[jgelliss]

You could try some Sea Salt it has minerals in it . Put some Sea Salt in to warm water with lemon first thing in the morning . It's a good alkalizer too . You can put it into your sports bottle too .Magnesium is also very helpful . Keep the Sea Salt 2 hours away from your thyroid meds .

[Treepie]

A few years back I recall reading that reflexology was good for thyroid issues. To know if you are undermedicated you need to post all your recent results with ranges : TSH,FT4,FT3,B12,D3,Ferritin and folate .

[Princessbubbles]

Foot pain is horrible. Before being diagnosed I thought my feet hurt as I was a barmaid. Anyway, I find that it is one of the first symptoms I get when I am not medicated correctly. I am currently suffering from it as I am on week 4 of a meds change over. Remember it takes c.6 weeks for before new regimes kick in and your old one may not work due to other factors, for example weight loss can lead to being over medicated.

[shaws Administrator]

Plantar Facilitis is also a symptom of hypothyroidism. Maybe your GP should test your Free T4 and Free T3 to see what exactly is circulating.

I think you will be able to tick off more than a couple :-

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

[Flower1lassie2]

Sorry to hear about your foot pain but the lady that suggested the mineral foot bath is spot on , if it’s persistent try rolling a dog food can or similar on the floor with your bare feet this really helps xx

[Debsoxford]

As well as the normal good advise from people on here have you tried a foot roller? I purchased a plastic one (£7.20p) which you can put in the fridge, it's so lovely in this hot spell and really feels good stretching your toes out

Best wishes x

[Jackiez]

I know when I was under medicated I suffered with pain in my feet and Achilles tendon, as well as my knees. My GP refused to up my Levothyroxine, so I started taking a little T3. It took about 4 months, but I suddenly realized I wasn't in pain any more. Ask your GP to retest, you might be lucky enough to have a GP who listens to you 😁 Good luck. By the way, I found Magnesium spray really helpful, it certainly helped with the knees anyway.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

It's often low vitamin D and/or low T3

Like many on here, my plantar fasciitis disappeared after prescribed additional small of T3

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4, TT4, FT3 plus TPO and TG thyroid antibodies and also very important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Private tests are available. Thousands on here forced to do this as NHS often refuses to test FT3 or antibodies or vitamins

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin or Blue Horizon Thyroid plus eleven are the most popular choice. DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw. Both companies often have money off offers.

All thyroid tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and fasting. When on Levothyroxine, don't take in the 24 hours prior to test, delay and take straight after test. If also on T3, make sure to take last dose 12 hours prior to test. This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip, GP will be unaware)

If antibodies are high this is Hashimoto's, (also known by medics here in UK more commonly as autoimmune thyroid disease).

About 90% of all hypothyroidism in Uk is due to Hashimoto's. Low vitamins are especially common with Hashimoto's. Food intolerances are very common too, especially gluten. So it's important to get TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested at least once .

Link about thyroid blood tests

thyroiduk.org/tuk/testing/t...

Also look at DIO2 gene test

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...