The foot pain of fibromyalgia - What causes it and can it be cured?

Self care and lifestyle choices, along with certain treatments, can help to reduce or to elminate this pain.

The cause of the pain in the feet can be due to a variety of factors.

High arches with no support in the shoes

Having high arches, if not supported, can cause the foot to slightly flatten or bend inward when the foot is stood upon. This cause the plantar fascia to be stressed, creating tension and can lead to pain in the heel where the fascia attaches.

Bone spurs

Little spurs of bone can grow under the heel and create pain when pressure is put on the heel, while standing or walking.

Plantar fascitis

Inflammation of the fascia, especially common in those who stand alot (without good arch support) or who have high arches.

Poor quality shoes

Shoes that are of poor quality, that do not offer good support, holding the foot in proper position for optimal function, can be part of the reason for pain in the feet often seen in fibromyalgia.

Tight muscles in the calves of the legs

Standing for long periods of time or walking alot, without proper stretching before and after, can lead to calves that become very tight and inflexible. The muscles of the calves attach, at the low end, to your heel. The inflexibility of fibromyalgia can add to already overly-tight calf muscles.

Spinal alignment problem, especially the lumbar region

Misalignment of the spine negatively impacts that part of the body that the nerves permeate. Impingement, or pressure on a nerve plexus, as a result of mislignment, can cause the symptom of pain in the exremities, such as foot pain.

Being overweight

The pressure on the foot, as a result of excess body weight, can create pain while increasing pressure on the arch to support that weight.