Poll of the Day > anyone here have tarsal coalition in their feet? only 1% of people have it.

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i was diagnosed in my early twenties after multiple trips to foot doctors an MRI and CAT scan finally found that i had this, although only my left foot was the one to get the scans, back then for a few years i was experiencing the pain in both feet around the arch area.

over time the pain settled but it took a very long time, however back at the end of May the pain has resurfaced in my right foot again, and it sucks to feel it again. walking, standing, any kind of movement puts pain on it, seemingly hurts through everything.

i was wondering what others with this rare foot condition have been doing to relieve their pain? i know surgery is recommended but unfortunately that is out of the question for me. i don't even remember where the place was that i got diagnosed and its been about 6-7 years.(i just turned 27 recently.)

i have been taking glucosamine chondroitin msm which seems like it helps, also read about doing calf raises daily that seems to relieve pain. but after some time the pain returns strong so i try not to move as much as i'm able.

was wondering if there's some good exercises i can do that don't require much use of the feet that don't agitate them. i might need to drop some weight i'm a little over 200 pounds. or any other kind of recommendations others have who have this.
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Mmm, no - I actually never heard of it. I do have a weird with my knees, but that's about it.

I might actually recommend the surgery if you have enough vacation time/unemployment to recover. Surgery is good.
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yeah its something apparently genetic that you are born with, i don't know my father or his side of the family well enough to know who it came from. but my mothers side of the family definitely has flat feet and a lot of arthritis type issues. especially my grand mother who started experiencing knees, feet, everything around my age. i had knee issues as a kid, oschgoodschalter's(definite sp? on that one.)

i still get knee pain on and off, around when i turned 20 is when my feet acted up during exercising and was persistent for a long time, took awhile to figure it out. then my wrists started acting up which i found out i had dequervain's from using the PS3 controller back then. that started getting better after a long time but i still get flare ups so i take glucosamine for awhile and it gets better.

tarsal coalition eventually turns into arthritis from my understanding. however the surgery is a major one, and you cant walk for 6 months so i've read, i even read there might be a chance of not being able to walk again. besides not sure if my insurance would cover it since its currently not debilitating, but very painful when it hits. certainly adds to depression in the summer heat.
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Looks like technology has come a long way and the recovery period is down to 4~8 weeks... there's always the chance of complications of course.

Have you tried orthopedic shoes for flatfoot support? Most on-the-shelf orthopedics are for arch support and aren't for flat feet... but the correct ones can also be found without a need for a prescription order.
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I get occasional bouts of plantar fasciitis. Hurts like hell, but I try not to let it slow me down, though when it gets bad I can't help but start limping. Stretching the Achilles tendon is supposed to help.
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Maybe. I have had pain in my one foot for months now. I think it only very recently stopped hurting...
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