Dians, I hope they send you an email or you recheck this website. I have some suggestions that might help your arch pain since I deal with it too. If you get this as an email, please recheck the “heelthatpain.com” website. I wish you the best.

I am replying to you because I am not sure if you will be sent an email with the information and if you will recheck this website. My heart feels for you because of your suffering. This is not an easy road, but have hope. I have some suggestions that helped me and I hope they help you, too. My foot doctor prescribed a clear jell-like medication
called, “Pennsaid.” I put it on the bump several times a day and covered it with a bandaid. After a while, I only put it on at night. I am not sure how many days or weeks I did this until the bump decreased
in size and was no longer painful. I was able to walk or run and forgot I had this problem. One day, for some reason, I stopped using the Pennsaid and I tried a dab of Vick’s Vaporub on the bump and covered this with a bandaid (nightly). Since it was already under control, it
prevented it from getting “active” again. Using the “Vick’s” alone was effective for over a year. Then, thinking I no longer needed to worry about my arch bump/pain, I stopped the Vick’s and after a few months, the problem returned. So, I am back on the Pennsaid several times a day and I also use the Vick’s too. When it is under control, I will only use the Vick’s. I would just use the Vick’s but I have this left-over Pennsaid. Until it is better, I found that I feel less pain walking in just socks or on those interlocking rubbery mats around the house (that come in colors or just black/grey for work areas). I, also, found foam bottom shoes, that are a little larger than I normally wear and don’t have much of an arch to irritate my hurt arch, are helpful. The foot doctor had told me to get an insert and cut out the arch area. I didn’t have much success with that and it was hard to fit the insert and my foot into my normal shoes. But, the Pennsaid and Vick’s Vaporub are effective -not as a total cure to make it go away, but as a way to get it under control to where you can do what you want and you won’t notice it. I wish you the best. Hang in there. If none of my suggestions help, or your foot doctor is of no help, find another. I believe that not all doctors have the same training or experience. They are good doctors, but perhaps just not as experienced with what ails some of us.

My food doctor prescribed a clear jell-like medication called, “Pennsaid.” I put it on the bump and covered it with a bandaid. I am not sure how many days or weeks I did this until the bump decreased in size and was no longer painful. I was able to walk or run and forgot I had this problem. One day, for some reason, I tried a dab of Vick’s Vaporub on the bump and covered this with a bandaid. Since it was already under control, it prevented it from getting “active” again. Thinking it I no longer did nothing, I stopped the Vick’s. Now the problem has returned. So, I am back on the Pennsaid several times a day and I also use the Vick’s too. Until it is better, I found that I feel less pain walking in just socks or on rubbery mats. I found foam bottom shoes that are a little larger than I normally wear and don’t have much of an arch to irritate my hurt arch. The foot doctor told me to get an insert and cut out the arch area. I didn’t have much success with that and it was hard to fit the insert and my foot into my normal shoes. But, the Pennsaid and Vick’s Vaporub are effective -not as a total cure to make it go away, but as a way to get it under control to where you can do what you want and you won’t notice it. I wish you the best.