FOOT PAIN | Arthritis Information

I am suffering with intense foot pain. it feels like I have knives being pushed into the soles of my feet and cramping in my toes.Does anyone else have this? Does anything ease it?

I get that too, but usually only after I've been working hard on something and moving a whole lot. I end up having to give myself a foot massage, and I try to keep them as elevated as possible. It's terrible, I know. It even wakes me up sometimes. :( Try heat or cold and see if it helps too. I just got one of those paraffin wax baths, I'll have to try it the next time they do that, and I'll let you know if it helps. that is how my RA started in my feet now its like hide n go seek in my joints,lol take care and see if you can get a pred shot in those babies take care eric in ca

Thankfully I do not have the knife sensation, but I get cramping in my toes especially upon waking. I half joke with my husband that when my toes are cramped and difficult to move in the morning that it must be a sign of a great day... Sorry to hear about that. Take it easy.

Thanks for advice will try hot and cold. Havent been on my feet hardly at all, woke up with it this morning. I also have bad foot pain. Right at the base of my toes when I walk feels like I am walking with hot rocks under my toes, also like they are breaking. Lately I'm getting this weird reaction when I start to walk like my foot just broke in half. I also get horrible charly horses in my feeet, instep and toes. Rubbing, putting pressure on them, standing on a very cold floor help.

Foot pain was one of my very first symptoms. When it started, I was working night shifts: spending 12 hours on my feet, so I assumed that was the problem.

Now, when I sit for more than 20 minutes at a time, my feet hurt when I stand up. They hurt all through the arches, and I have to hobble around for about a dozen steps before I'm able to walk smoothly again.

Very graceful

Worth a try. Not getting enough Calcium or Potassium can have really bad effects on your heart as well. Prednisone just leaches it right out.

Other things that help are foot massages and hot water baths. Comfortable, supportive shoes are essential. And, don't be afraid to bring this to your doc's attention. Lots of people have RA problems start with their feet first and get deformity there.

Mine look ok as do my hands. But it doesn't stop them from hurting.

That is where my RA first showed it's ugly head...in my feet. My feet are still a problem. Bother me all the time. I can only wear my Nike's. That's it. No other shoes will do. And I can't walk at all in bare feet. I find massage helps but only temperarly. I had the cortisone shots in my feet. OMG! It was the most painful thing. It calmed them down a bit but only for a couple weeks. I don't think I would go through that again!I bought some croc shoes ( unsightly but comfortable) I wore them today and they were great but again tonight my feet are in agony, i am seeing my gp tomorrow

I've had pain in my left heel for about 4 months now. Just had a MRI and it came back fine. I'm doing streches and icing it every day now and that seems to be helping. I'ts very discouraging because I've always been a fitness walker.

I went out and bought a couple pairs of Crocs and they are great. I can't walk barefoot anymore either. My podiatrist told me I spent too many years walking barefoot

The ideas I have are rest your feet when you can, choose shoes carefully, see a podiatrist and get great treatment to stop the RA in its tracks.

Good luck and take care

Wendy

Lovely comfy trainers with big thick squishy soles make my feet bearable. I also have cortisone injections into the joint of my foot and toes - absolute agony when they do it but the bruising only lasts a few days then it's a bionic foot for months! I had one last Thursday and managed to dance on a night out on Saturday - first time in years! Was stiff on Sunday but managed... I think the pain in my toes is due to damage - when the infusion kicks in the rest of me feels better but these silly toes just do their own thing. Maybe one day I'll get back into my high heels, until then my shoe shopping consists of trying on shoes then testing the soles for their squishiness, also leaving room for swelling. I buy shock absorbing gel insoles that help. One thing I can't cope with is walking over cobbles or on those bobbly pavements that help people with a visual impairment at road crossings - I have to hop or shuffle! Right now I'm lounging on the sofa with my feet propped up on the arm of it - tht helps when I've been walking about a bit.

Warm paraffin wax treatments also help!