Darn feet....

Does anyone else have problems with foot stiffness? For the past few months my feet are so stiff & sore when I wake up in the morning or after sitting for even a half hour. As soon as I stand on them I have to stop and let the worst of the pain subside before I can start moving then I have to move slowly until the initial stiffness subsides. Once I get to moving things get better but the initial pain is getting worse. I've been having more tendon soreness in my arms & legs also, not the joints. Oh, lets not forget the poor old hands are getting stiffer also.

I've tried numerous nsaids in the past but none of those ever helped with the fibro. My PM suggested that it may be left over polymyalgia rheumatica symptoms. I'd hate to have to go back on the prednisone again. Can't seem to get rid of the belly fat from the last 1.5 years I was on it.

Anyway, just wondering if this is a fibro thing and if anyone has any suggestions on how to make it stop or at least feel better.

That's definitely a fibro thing, as far as I know. I'm prone to a lot of issues with my feet, including both metatarsalgia and fasciitis, but some mornings my feet act just like yours. When the fasciitis flares up my feet will stiffen up in a matter of minutes during inactivity. I also definitely recommend the foot stretches. What kind of shoes do you wear, and do you wear any kind of insert? My doctor gets on my case if he sees me wearing shoes without good arch and ankle support, namely anything but better-quality sneakers or my Doc Martens. He also recommended using a shoe insert with a heel lift in it, and a semi-rigid arch support because I have very high arches. He says that the heel lifts and arch support keep the tendons from having to work so hard when you walk. Since I started both of those I've had very few problems with my feet. Good luck! Foot pain and stiffness is miserable.

wait a couple of weeks it'll move to some place else.

I have  heel pain for almost a year, I am the same way when I get up in the a m or sit for awhile. My Dr. told me it was facititis  but I guess it could be part of FM. Mine started after wanting to get some exercise and started walking, I had good sneakers on but not walkers and seems to have started the problem. My Dr. told me to get running sneakers and they really help, I bought nikes but just bought reeboks a month ago and they are much better. seems to have more heel cushioning. 

 

When I walked too long as shopping in the mall my heels would start hurting than but with the reeboks I am fine until I sit for awhile.Embarrasing if you are out to dinner and go to get up, you  don't know how to take tht first step because you know it will hurt. I do exercises every night and ice my heels beforehand, see no help with this. I have fm for 30 years and just started with heel pain in the last year., but this disease is so strange you never know what it will do.I was told the fat pad in your heels moves to the sides and you have no cushioning to step on, feels to me like i am walking on the bone.

 

Hugs, Linda