Plantar Fasciitis: How did you get rid of it?

I need help for my sore back. My chiropractor says one leg is longer than the other. Now I hear he tells everybody the same story.
Can they help me other than orthotics ..Some actual treatments are needed but has anyone had any back pain that a chiropractor could help ?

Almost everyone has an imbalance in leg length, most other limbs and even facial features. So it is not surprising if the doc says this to many people. The issue is not the difference, but in how our bodies adapt (or not) and often in whether something changes in later life due to injury, arthritis, or joint replacement.

My legs are quite different in length, but my body had adapted. In my 40's I had a knee injury and repair surgery and the difference increased, leading to additional stress on back and hip. Again, my body adapted.
20 years later, while replacing my hip for the 3rd time, my ortho decided to try to even things out - wow the pain while recovering - the PT put me through gait training, completely reteaching my body how to move. Now, 10 years later, it still gets achy sometimes, and if I stand in bad shoes or barefoot, my back and leg hurt for days and nights.

So my recommendation is for a thorough PT evaluation by a rehab specialist, who can tell from positioning and evaluating you both lying down and walking whether there are things you can do to help.

And proper orthotics, or even lifts or a built up shoe can be a permanent answer. This should be done by a trained orthoticist or podiatrist, using the diagnosis from both PT and ortho.

I still have spinal stenosis and arthritis, and leg length difference. But if I sit and move right and wear good shoes the pain is manageable.
Sue

My experience with PF was months of pain every morning and upon getting up from sitting. Stretching and icing were helpful.
I tried all the treatments to no real avail. Time and weight loss seemed to be key for me.
Best luck to you.

I had an experience with plantar fasciitis 7 years ago. Like @sueinmn I had a leg length discrepancy. Mine was 3/4" resulting from congenital hip dysplasia that was repaired when I was an infant. The pain from the plantar fasciitis was awful and lasted in duration for almost a year. I already had orthotics and I went to PT for a few months and did the stretching exercises. I made sure I wore supportive shoes all the time including in the house. I still do. I went to a podiatrist who did the cortisone injections in both feet. The podiatrist warned Both feet were significantly better and the PF resolved within a month.

Three years ago I had a total hip replacement of that repaired hip from infancy. My legs are now closer in length. While that change has added some challenges and I've had to work on my gait I haven't had a recurrence of that awful plantar fasciitis. Walking, moving, and regular exercise including strength training ave made improvements in my life. Oh, and stretching. I found out that yoga is especially helpful. The downward facing dog is a good stretch for the feet.

Your pelvis may need realignment. A good physical therapist can check for that issue and correct it, so that one leg no longer appears to be longer than the other. Perhaps that issue is causing the back pain.

My PF was due to over enthusiastic training (running an hour) and the cure was not massage, not acupuncture, but custom orthotics. If you go there be aware that years of wearing them can cause knee pain: mine was relieved a lot by getting new orthotics to change my stance.

I had years of problems with plantar fasciitis. I was given custom orthotics by Podiatrist which helped but since they don't fit in all shoes, I still had problems. Then I realized that what my foot needed was cushioning and stabilization. I live in sandals with cushioning and three adjustment straps which firmly hold my foot without any sliding. I also wear support slippers at home. I am pain free for ten years now. There is a reason why feet friendly shoes have taken over the shoe market!

Thirty years ago, after living for decades in the country walking on grass or blacktop, I went to New York City to cheer my husband on while he was running the NYC marathon. Walking on cement streets for miles led to my waking up the next day barely able to walk. My diagnosis was plantar fascitis and after several cortisone shots which worked, but only for 2 weeks each and left me 5 lbs. heavier, I went to PT for months. Heat, cold compresses, hours-long exercises didn't help at all, and I was told I needed orthotics. My only local option was a custom orthotic maker who had recently been discharged from the military. He made me what was almost a shoe shell encompassing not just my soles, but also up the sides of each foot. I couldn't get my feet into shoes and could only resort to men's sneakers in size 6, comparable to ladies size 8. They were wide enough to enclose the orthotics. Weird going to work in dresses with clunky sneakers, but within 2 weeks, I was permanently healed. Today, you can buy semi-custom Dr. Scholl orthotics at large pharmacies or Walmart, for little money, which might work well and worth a try.

I, too, have had plantar fasciitis, and many painful cortisone injections. What worked for me was exercise—trying to pick up a towel on the floor with my toes. Mostly though I would watch tv on a recliner and put a length of rubber (used in physical therapy) on the middle of my foot, then move it up and down. As I progressed, I would purchase a tighter one. Haven’t had -Lantau fasciitis in years.
I hope this is clear enough. I just don’t know what those rubber bands are called but they are of a sufficient length to go around your foot and then hold the ends in your hand.

Plantar fasciitis, not Lantau.