chronic sore feet

Your description of the type of pain you are having in your feet is how mine felt when I began having neuropathy. I don't want to scare you but get to your doctor and ask to be evaluated for neuropathy. Burning pain is an indicator of nerve problems. Besides the burning and hurt, are you feeling any tingling in your feet? Does the pressure of the bed linens bother them and cause the pain at night? The test for peripheral neuropathy are an EMG and NCS. The most often medication prescribed for neuropathy is Neurontin. Cymbalta and Lyrica are two new drugs also being prescribed. I take Neurontin and tramadol to control my neuropathy pain. I sure hope you don't have neuropathy as it is 24/7 pain as it progresses. I have been told I will need these meds for the duration of my life to control the pain since they cannot find a cause for mine. Good luck!

Ditto to the above posts, I just hope you got god docs, I feel so not taken seriously by many of mine. I have what you decribe in my right foot mainly, along with the arthritus. I will have gotten up the morning before and fell flat on my butt, from it. Now I am very very carefil getting out of bed or up from any time of day to avpod falling, I have grab walls often to keep from falling, I know its nerves, I am finally getting soemwhere with new Physical therapist, who said evrything I thought without me saying a word, she was rigth on nose with the neuapathy. but I needmore than her to take me seriusly. they look at me a 36 yr old women, mildy overweight and say well she look pretty heatlhy to me. Xrays show mild disc degeneration, but the MRI's wont show the pinched nerves while i am lying down int he machne, if I were standing or sitting it would show, this i thoguht, along with PT, and my reg doc, but all other pertinent docs (pain doc), go by the stupid reports, from the technician and not listen to my symptoms, falling down cuz your legs go completly numb for no apparent reason is not normal nether id burning foot pads, so I stress get a good dcotor who will listen to you, if he/she wont find anther, its taken me over a year to get even a 1/4 way there figuring out what in the heck is goign on with my body. I ahve terrible bladder issues, but have found an awesome gyno-uro, he is both!! and I do not need a referral to him yeah. He is great, he is goignt o start this thing that starte in europe, to replace the insserted inerstim, its a once a week ankle stim thing hey are goign to insert in my ankle for 30 minutes once week, nothing i wear permanently, but if nothing else maybe it will actually help my sacral nerves, which I think at least for me is the casue of at least half my issues, I truly belives its very nerve realted, i read you bio, you said bladder issue too. Mya be worth asking about, its supposedly painless, its wroth a try to me. i am strange I dotn mind those electrical current things, it actually takes my mind of the pain, and sorta feels good??
I will post to how it goes...... meanwhile I hope you get some help and relief and answers......

Sorry I keep rereading post, saw Ides and the neurotin, yes it helps tremendously. been one it 300mgs at night for about a month now, sleeping better, legs not as jumpy, can soemtimes sleep thru urinry urges, so more to make me believe very nerve realted if this stuff is helping, now when I go back to him (pain doc), gonna see if I can take during day and see if get any reelief then too. I found that the neurotin does not knock me out unless I take my atarax with it. So if I do not take atarax during the day at all, I need to be awake, so i am thinking with the neurotin during day may bring some releif too as it seems to at night..Also will post on that when an if I try it during the day, ok i think I said evrythng now, soryy!!.........

Interestly enough, I have Ulcerative Colitis, but was drawn to this board because I saw the heading of Chronic Sore Feet.  I am really having this problem right now, and am wondering if it is the Remicade.  I also noted that you are taking Remicade too.  I'm going to ask my doc about it.

Carol (from the UC board)

The pain I had was caused by a number of things that attacked all at once and it including muscle pain. I was get the most awful you-wouldn't-even-wish-upon-your-worst-enemy cramping pain from toe to ankle for 20 minutes at a time. Afterwards, I felt like I was hit by a semi and my foot would pulsate in pain for days afterwards. The sensitivity in my feet was muscle, not joint. I couldn't even sleep with a sheet over my feet. It was too heavy. Aside from the psoriatic arthritis, they said they found mechanical problems, neuroma, raynauds syndrome, metarsil problems, etc. (I probably spelled all that wrong, forgive me. )

It was a combination of FIXING the mechanical issues as well as stretching and exercising the foot and calf muscles (deep deep stretches and massages), muscle relaxants, and about 2 years of time before I felt like I was semi-mobile (though once I finally started the muscle relaxors, the level of pain dropped tremendously.)

When I was on Remicade and it helped the joints, that also helped alleviate the problems that still exist.

Good luck. Happy New Year.

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Hi Cybolupie!!! Welcome to the forum sis!! SO glad you have a good doctor!!

Bucfan, I have sore feet too, but I'm thinking it is multiple problems. The doctor says I have plantar fascitis, but it lasts WAY too long and does not result from over-use. I think it may be that plus neuropathy as my feet go numb or get prickly or stinging as well and it seems more like neuritis. But that only happens when I am in flare mode.

I found a pair of backpacking shoes (made for hiking and carrying extra weight) which have been a real God-send to me. I put them on immediately in the morning and I don't take them off until I go to bed at night. They are SO supportive.

Blessings!

Hi Redrose,

Hugs for you sis. You feet ARE likely hurting as a direct result of the damage inflicted by your ex. If that is the case, I can only hope that it is not a systemic thing that will spread to other areas.

The shoes that I get so much relief from are now 1 year old!! They are made by Montrail and the style is called Escapegoat (Escapegoat by Montrail). I fear they are discontinueing this shoe because I saw great sale at Siera Trading Post, but they don't have my size any more. The shoes are made for trail running or carrying a back pack. I ordered them last January and almost sent them back as I was too ill to hike. The manufacture suggested wearing them for a month to test for comfort and I started wearing them around the house and found great relief while wearing them. The toe box is roomy and the shoe hugs the instep and prevents the toes from sliding forward. My rheumy actually took one off me and checked it out and said they were great shoes.

Blessings!

My question has nothing to do with lupus....but need any info as to what kind of side effects anyone has experienced taking neurontin. I've just started taking the meds.....currently taking them at night and will go to day and night if I tolerate it well. The first thing I've noticed is dizziness and feeling kinds clumsy. Is this the norm and will this diminsh somewhat the longer I take the med?? Would appreciate anyone else's experience with neurontin.

I was prescribed neurontin to help me get to sleep at night -- I've only taken it twice because both times I've had headaches afterward - once I woke up every hr w/headache, other time had a 'hangover' headache. Has anyone else experienced this side effect?

My mom had these symptoms for years and it was not until she died that we realized she had undiagnosed diabetes.  SHe was tested but they did not do a glucose fasting test!  This is the one that is more accurate.  i also have burning sore feet and will be tested again.

Crystalm,

Thanks for the information. In my case, the major cause for foot pain was wearing shoes that were either too high or didn't fit properly. My feet hurt all the time until I started wearing birkenstocks, and that was when I was real thin. Now that I'm overweight, I still wear birks and my feel don't hurt at all. I have great sympathy for people who have chronic foot pain because I know that when my feet used to hurt, nothing about me felt right.