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How contagious are plantar warts?

serathen — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:24:41 -0800

I've had a plantar wart on the ball of my foot for years. I have not taken steps to keep from spreading it. Is this something I should do? I've had a wart on the bottom of my left foot for a number of years, and in the last year one on my right. My question is less about treatment (apparently duct tape works? who knew?) and more about ethics and courtesy. I have a invitation to use a sauna with some friends next week, and I'm worried whether I'm putting them at risk. Should I buy a pair of flip-flops?

Are there other situations where contagiousness of warts is a problem? Should I not use public swimming pools? Not use others' showers barefoot? Not walk around barefoot with wet feet, or at all? Obviously I've done these things in the last few years. How bad should I feel about it? For much of that time, the possibility of spreading HPV hadn't even occurred to me.

Yamuna Body Rolling?

sdis — Sat, 05 May 2007 16:59:45 -0800

Experiences with Yamuna Body Rolling, anyone? Specifically the foot-savers part of it? Other foot-strength-training exercise programs for people with foot pain/flat feet/plantar faciitis? I have flat feet and bad plantar faciitis, and I'm looking for some way to strength train my feet. I've read somewhere on the internets about this YBR stuff, and that nurses tend to find large amounts of success with it despite standing all day. Anyone know anything more about it personally?

Experiences with flat feet and/or plantar fasciitis?

sdis — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:12:59 -0800

FeetFilter: Anyone out there with plantar fasciitis caused by very flat feet? What worked for you to get rid of it? How long did it take? A running injury led me to see a podiatrist who pointed out about 6 months ago that I have very flat feet. Got custom orthotics, which unfortunately didn't help very much with the foot pain.

Started using a night brace, which seems to help, but if I skip a day or two, I lose any progress I've made.

Static calf stretches don't seem to help much; my calf just gets tighter the next day (and I'm trying to be careful not to overstretch)

I'm already seeing 2 podiatrists (one does the orthotics) and a physical therapist for an associated knee injury that's not quite healing..

So, questions would be:
-What are your experiences with plantar fasciitis and/or flat feet? What worked? What didn't? What was the treatment timeline?
-Is there any way to really check out your foot/leg alignment before and after the orthotics to see whether it's really supplying the proper correction? In Los Angeles? (My podiatrist that made the orthotics seems like he knows what he's doing, and the orthotic was made from a plaster cast instead of the apparently more inaccurate foam casting, but I worry about the lack of progress with my foot and the knee injury that wont go away)

What is wrong with my left foot?

hammerthyme — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:29:58 -0800

Foot pain filter: TERRIBLE pain felt on top of left foot between the 4th and 5th toe, more inside. I've ran 50 to 90 miles a week for the past 2 years with one 2 month break when I had hip issues. I ran a half marathon on March 17th and vowed to take off one month to recover because my heel has been hurting. Well, a week ago, the top of my foot has been hurting like no other!

Here are the details of the symptoms:
- If I put pressure on the left foot, such as from pushing off to ride my bike, it hurts for a few minutes.

- The 5th-3rd toes go numb later in the day. What the?

- It's swollen - my "lady friend" just told me and I just noticed it.

- My heel doesn't hurt anymore, if that helps.

Please help me identify this! NSAIDs don't help the pain and I don't have insurance for another month. I want to start running by the end of this month but I don't see this happening. My shoes don't feel narrow and I'm freaking out. Thank you!