Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group

I don't know if this will be helpful at all, but when I first came down with RA one of the things that began hurting was my feet. I thought it was just part of the RA but my rheumy said it wasn't related, that I had plantar faciitis. But I hadn't ever had pain in my feet before RA so I believe there was some correlation. I finally went to a chiropractor, of all things, and he used an electrical stimulation machine on my feet, 5 minute treatments three days a week, and within a few weeks the pain was gone and stayed away for a year! Now my RA has begun flaring back up and along with the stiffness my feet are hurting again. There's some kind of relationship, at least for me, in the inflammation in my joints to the pain in my feet. I plan to go back to the chiropractor as soon as my insurance kicks in again.

Thanks 9 for the info. I don't think it is planter facitis because I have pain on the tops of my feet. Is it possible this condition can effect the tops of your feet? My Mom has one of those machines your chiropractor used, they are called Tens machines. Maybe I will borrow it and see if trying electro theraphy works. It certainly is worth a try. Thanks so much for your imput!Hope you are able to get your insurance to kick in again soon!

I get really sore feet sometimes it sortof feels like the bottoms of them are bruised used to happen a lot but now i dont walk anywhere and try too keep off my feet as much as possible and its not so bad but if i spend to many days in a row on my feet i will be crawling round for a few days after they also seem to really hurt under hot water in the shower i find i cant even put my feet in hot bath water sometimes the pain is just unbeleivable