Feet issues

[Sabaarya]

Hi everyone. Issues with my feet started 2 years ago. At that time I was working in retail and did relate my symptoms to my job. Then it got so bad and I went to podiatrist and was diagnosed with mild plantar fasciitis. Every morning after I woke up and step on my feet it hurt or I had a feeling that I need a massage all day. Also was having upper back pain. After celiac diagnose I realized that it was also related to my celiac,got better after gluten-free diet and much better after taking SSRI. I’ve noticed that after I started SSRI all my symptoms got much better. I took it for 2 months and decided to reduce doses and eventually stop it. Now I’m experiencing feet pain and burning again. It’s not as bad as it used to be 2 years ago but still there. I do eat and drink everything gluten-free. My GI symptoms and BM got much better,hand tingling is gone,headaches are minimum now,ear pressure is much better. Just feet bothers me. Does anyone else had feet issues and back pain for a long time after gluten-free diet???I’m on gluten-free diet for 6 months now…

thank you,

Saba

[captaincrab55]

Sabaarya,   Are you anemic?

[knitty kitty]

@Sabaarya,

I'm so glad to hear your symptoms are improving!  

I know how you feel!  I had plantar fasciitis, too!

You may want to make sure you're including Omega Three fats in your diet.  I take flaxseed oil supplements for Omega 3's.    

The nerves are covered with protective sheaths made up of fats like Omega 3's.  These protective sheaths take the longest time to heal.  A single nerve cell goes from your toes all the way up your leg to the spinal cord!  And we've got tons of these!  

Keep taking your B Complex vitamins and Vitamin D.  Are you still supplementing iron?  I'm glad the SSRIs worked for you.  How's your B12 level?

Try adding more Omega 3's to your diet.  And hang in there!  Sometimes it's just a matter of time for the body to heal itself.  

You're doing great!  

[Wheatwacked]

This helped me even before GFD: A long hot shower, hot water down my back and back of the legs while doing shallow knee bends (safety bar for stability) and other easy stretches for back and legs and arms. It's not just the plantar fascia but also the Achilles tendon that contracts and sounds like even your back will benefit. The damp heat and mild stretching relaxes them.  Another thing would be to roll a tennis ball under your foot while watching TV.

An ounce or two of Cherry Magnesium Citrate in a glass of orange juice or lemon water might help if you are not getting enough magnesium. Cheap enough $2 for a 10-ounce bottle to try. The liquid magnesium is absorbed much better than magnesium oxide.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2407766/

If you are drinking milk, grass fed milk has a better omega 3 to omega 6 ratio than standard dairy. https://milkgenomics.org/?splash=getting-omega-3-fatty-acids-milk. Whole milk has vitamin A while reduced fat milk has to have synthetic A added back.   https://ift.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1750-3841.13648

Cod Liver Oil has omega 3. 2 teaspoons a day will increase natural vitamin A (antioxidant) without exceeding the recommended upper limit. Fish oil is good for omega 3 but Cod Liver Oil for about the same price has less processing plus fish oil doesn't have vitamin A.

 

[Sabaarya]

Thank you:). Haven’t checked B12 for a while. I stopped taking B complex. Will start it again. Even while I’m laying down I have issues with my feet. Like I walked for very long time and my feet so tired…

[Sabaarya]

1 hour ago, captaincrab55 said:

Sabaarya,   Are you anemic?

My iron,ferritin and hemoglobin were low,after 3 month of gluten-free diet and supplements they all came back to normal level. My ferritin though was on very low level of normal

[Sabaarya]

6 minutes ago, Wheatwacked said:

This helped me even before GFD: A long hot shower, hot water down my back and back of the legs while doing shallow knee bends (safety bar for stability) and other easy stretches for back and legs and arms. It's not just the plantar fascia but also the Achilles tendon that contracts and sounds like even your back will benefit. The damp heat and mild stretching relaxes them.  Another thing would be to roll a tennis ball under your foot while watching TV.

An ounce or two of Cherry Magnesium Citrate in a glass of orange juice or lemon water might help if you are not getting enough magnesium. Cheap enough $2 for a 10-ounce bottle to try. The liquid magnesium is absorbed much better than magnesium oxide.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2407766/

If you are drinking milk, grass fed milk has a better omega 3 to omega 6 ratio than standard dairy. https://milkgenomics.org/?splash=getting-omega-3-fatty-acids-milk. Whole milk has vitamin A while reduced fat milk has to have synthetic A added back.   https://ift.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1750-3841.13648

Cod Liver Oil has omega 3. 2 teaspoons a day will increase natural vitamin A (antioxidant) without exceeding the recommended upper limit. Fish oil is good for omega 3 but Cod Liver Oil for about the same price has less processing plus fish oil doesn't have vitamin A.

 

I ordered feet roller I think it will help a little bit. I think I should be more consistent with my supplements,cause I’m taking them every other day or every 2 days. Is it better to get multivitamin??

[Wheatwacked]

Look for one that has 100% DV or more. Most multivitamins don't have more than a token amount of what you need. In my opinion 10% DV of 20 vitamins is just a good way for them to make money.

The foot roller does the same as a tennis ball, gently stretches, but the hot shower helped me more. For a while I would wake at night and crawl to the bathroom to pee because I couldn't wait for my feet to work.

[knitty kitty]

1 hour ago, Sabaarya said:

I ordered feet roller I think it will help a little bit. I think I should be more consistent with my supplements,cause I’m taking them every other day or every 2 days. Is it better to get multivitamin??

@Sabaarya,

You really need to take them every day.  B vitamins are water soluble, so we can't store them for very long.  Taking them every day will help replenish what small amount we can store and our bodies will work better having plenty instead of barely enough.  

No, I would not recommend a Multivitamin.  Only about 10% of the vitamins and minerals are absorbed from them because the minerals and vitamins compete for absorption.  

I take my B Complex at the beginning of a meal.  I take an iron supplement halfway through a meal with Vitamin C.  I take other minerals after meals, but separate from each other.  After one meal, I'll take magnesium. After another meal I'll take calcium.  

Yes, a foot roller will help.  Or a tennis ball will work.  

[Wheatwacked]

I just keep it simple and take them all at the same time and write it down in my food book so I don't forget and skip a day or double dose.  I figure my gut will take what it needs and leave the rest, as it would from a normal meal, since my gut is acting pretty normal these days.

[Sabaarya]

1 hour ago, Wheatwacked said:

Look for one that has 100% DV or more. Most multivitamins don't have more than a token amount of what you need. In my opinion 10% DV of 20 vitamins is just a good way for them to make money.

The foot roller does the same as a tennis ball, gently stretches, but the hot shower helped me more. For a while I would wake at night and crawl to the bathroom to pee because I couldn't wait for my feet to work.

Oh my God,is it better now?

[Sabaarya]

1 hour ago, knitty kitty said:

@Sabaarya,

You really need to take them every day.  B vitamins are water soluble, so we can't store them for very long.  Taking them every day will help replenish what small amount we can store and our bodies will work better having plenty instead of barely enough.  

No, I would not recommend a Multivitamin.  Only about 10% of the vitamins and minerals are absorbed from them because the minerals and vitamins compete for absorption.  

I take my B Complex at the beginning of a meal.  I take an iron supplement halfway through a meal with Vitamin C.  I take other minerals after meals, but separate from each other.  After one meal, I'll take magnesium. After another meal I'll take calcium.  

Yes, a foot roller will help.  Or a tennis ball will work.  

Will get B complex today,thank you 

[Wheatwacked]

12 minutes ago, Sabaarya said:

Oh my God,is it better now?

Yes. The hot shower stretching and GFD solved the fasciitis. That was back in 2014 so I don't remember the exact sequence, but the showers helped even before GFD. Enlarged Prostate which has bothered me, sometimes more sometimes less, since I was first diagnosed at 21 years old has completely resolved. By 3 months GFD I no longer needed those Prostate Formulas (which did work but did not evidently remove the cause). I have burning cold and twitching feet when lying down for more than an hour. Magnesium did not help but the 1000 mg a day Thiamine seems to be the answer.

[knitty kitty]

2 hours ago, Wheatwacked said:

I just keep it simple and take them all at the same time and write it down in my food book so I don't forget and skip a day or double dose.  I figure my gut will take what it needs and leave the rest, as it would from a normal meal, since my gut is acting pretty normal these days.

Think about it...

Calcium and magnesium are in Rolaids and Tums.  They coat the intestines and neutralize stomach acid.  

If there's no stomach acid, food isn't going to get digested as well.  If there's a coating on the intestines, vitamins aren't going to be absorbed much.  

Taking a magnesium or calcium supplement after a meal is going to help prevent indigestion or Gerd just the same as Rolaids or Tums.  

Magnesium and calcium compete for absorption, so taken separately is better.

[Sabaarya]

5 minutes ago, knitty kitty said:

Think about it...

Calcium and magnesium are in Rolaids and Tums.  They coat the intestines and neutralize stomach acid.  

If there's no stomach acid, food isn't going to get digested as well.  If there's a coating on the intestines, vitamins aren't going to be absorbed much.  

Taking a magnesium or calcium supplement after a meal is going to help prevent indigestion or Gerd just the same as Rolaids or Tums.  

Magnesium and calcium compete for absorption, so taken separately is better.

What about zinc. Should I take it as well? What are the benefits for celiacs?

[Kate333]

Hi Saba. 

A couple of thoughts:  1) your comment that your symptoms started improving after you began taking SSRI med is revealing.  I don't know if your doc mentioned this, but chronic stress/mood problems (depression/anxiety) often show up in physical symptoms, even in people not diagnosed with celiac disease.   A great website--anxietycentre.com--explains the mind-body connection and symptoms in detail and includes tips for healing.   In my case, my depression/anxiety/panic disorder is physically exhausting, make entire my body (especially hands, feet) feel very heavy, achy, unsteady. 

2) You did not mention which SSRI you took but that you stopped it after only 2 months, despite it helping improve your symptoms dramatically.  I suggest you discuss with your doctor before (starting or) stopping any SSRI, especially one that seemed to help so much.  Perhaps your doctor could just reduce the dose if you had other problems. 

3)  If you work in retail, perhaps you are on your feet all day long?  That alone could contribute to achy, tired feet, and back pain.  At the end of the day, after work, try soaking your feet in a warm saltwater bath, followed by a massage with lavender cream or oil.  Perhaps that will give some relief.   

4) Also, you say you have been on a gluten-free diet for only 6 months.   Sometimes, it can take longer to begin to fully heal your gut and start to feel better.

Good luck to you on your healing journey.  I hope you feel better soon!

 

[Sabaarya]

37 minutes ago, Kate333 said:

Hi Saba. 

A couple of thoughts:  1) your comment that your symptoms started improving after you began taking SSRI med is revealing.  I don't know if your doc mentioned this, but chronic stress/mood problems (depression/anxiety) often show up in physical symptoms, even in people not diagnosed with celiac disease.   A great website--anxietycentre.com--explains the mind-body connection and symptoms in detail and includes tips for healing.   In my case, my depression/anxiety/panic disorder is physically exhausting, make entire my body (especially hands, feet) feel very heavy, achy, unsteady. 

2) You did not mention which SSRI you took but that you stopped it after only 2 months, despite it helping improve your symptoms dramatically.  I suggest you discuss with your doctor before (starting or) stopping any SSRI, especially one that seemed to help so much.  Perhaps your doctor could just reduce the dose if you had other problems. 

3)  If you work in retail, perhaps you are on your feet all day long?  That alone could contribute to achy, tired feet, and back pain.  At the end of the day, after work, try soaking your feet in a warm saltwater bath, followed by a massage with lavender cream or oil.  Perhaps that will give some relief.   

4) Also, you say you have been on a gluten-free diet for only 6 months.   Sometimes, it can take longer to begin to fully heal your gut and start to feel better.

Good luck to you on your healing journey.  I hope you feel better soon!

 

Thank you:). I don’t work in retail for more than a year now. I took Lexapro, I know it’s not right but I’ve been on and off. I was on the lowest dose and stoped it because I started to experience ear pressure and fatigue but it’s really helps with my symptoms and issues. Also I was so concerned that it will delay my celiac damage healing. I would stay on it longer,but I always have different thoughts like what if it will damage my body more.

[Sabaarya]

23 hours ago, Sabaarya said:

Thank you:). I don’t work in retail for more than a year now. I took Lexapro, I know it’s not right but I’ve been on and off. I was on the lowest dose and stoped it because I started to experience ear pressure and fatigue but it’s really helps with my symptoms and issues. Also I was so concerned that it will delay my celiac damage healing. I would stay on it longer,but I always have different thoughts like what if it will damage my body more.

Could it be withdrawal symptoms? Today I really have achy legs and feet,exactly like 2 years ago

[Sabaarya]

On 3/8/2022 at 6:38 AM, knitty kitty said:

@Sabaarya,

I'm so glad to hear your symptoms are improving!  

I know how you feel!  I had plantar fasciitis, too!

You may want to make sure you're including Omega Three fats in your diet.  I take flaxseed oil supplements for Omega 3's.    

The nerves are covered with protective sheaths made up of fats like Omega 3's.  These protective sheaths take the longest time to heal.  A single nerve cell goes from your toes all the way up your leg to the spinal cord!  And we've got tons of these!  

Keep taking your B Complex vitamins and Vitamin D.  Are you still supplementing iron?  I'm glad the SSRIs worked for you.  How's your B12 level?

Try adding more Omega 3's to your diet.  And hang in there!  Sometimes it's just a matter of time for the body to heal itself.  

You're doing great!  

Hi Knitty. You’ve mentioned that you are taking flaxseed oil supplements. I got them yesterday as well. Would you explain what are the benefits of flaxseed oil. I did research a lil bit and it says that it has more side effects rather than benefits, so kind of confused…