Plantar Faciitis

The last two mornings, I have been woken up by sharp pain in the bottom of my left foot. It feels like someone is stabbing me in the heel(not that I really know what that feels like :)...but you get the idea).

I told Jason about it this morning and he asked to hold my left foot for a sec. He showed me where my "fascia" was located...and proceeded to push on my heel and ask "does this hurt?" As I jerked my foot away and said, "UM YEAH!"...he casually said, "you have plantar faciitis". HUH?

Well, again, being the internet self diagnose myself queen that I am...I read up on Plantar faciitis today. You can read more about it by clicking on the link below:

http://www.maherpt.com/PlantarFasciitis.aspx>

It is quite painful, more so in the morning! Not really sure how I developed it...because it can be caused by a ton of different things...running, standing for long periods of time...etc.

I asked the nurse at RMC today what, if anything, I could/should do to help relieve the pain and she said to take ibuprofen 3 times a day for 3 days straight, get off of it as much as possible, go barefoot as much as possible(I already warned my co-workers that it may come down to this!), and roll a tennis ball on the bottom of the foot at night to massage it(translation and the way I took that last order: Get your husband to give you a foot massage every night for a week!) ha

Hopefully it'll feel better very soon. Please pray that my heel will be healed!