Hi to all,

My wife has been DX for 3 years, she is 52 years old and remains as active as she can.

She is taking at this time a small dose of Senimet and Rasagiline, has the usual problems on her left side that she is coping with well in the main.

Over the past three months she has experienced considerable pain in the bottom left side of her left foot, she has tried exercise, cold, hot compresses, rolling her foot etc, but the pain remains constant and we are now unsure of what to try next.

Have you guys any advice on what is worth trying

Kind regards

Catalyst

hello catalyst,
I'm afraid that I cannot be of help. Maybe another forum member can. I do know that we PwP get pain in odd places & at odd times. Perhaps you could ask your wife's PD nurse, if she has one.? Or contact the PUK helpline?. A nurse will 'phone you back. They are used to such queries.
with best wishes

Hi Catalyst,
i too have pain in my foot on occasion(right side) just below toes outer side. i can't understand what causes this as of yet, no obvious reason , but have noticed i tend to put all weight on my better side (left)! this was apparent pre medication, i'm only on Azilect at the mo and haven't noticed much difference. May try taking Azilect with food rather than after just to see if any benefits!!

Am going to mention foot to PD nurse next apt and see what here opinion of it is!!

Best wishes
Diane

My husband gets sharp pains in his right foot it is the foot he tends to drag . The pain is under his heel /arch ,although he gets pains in other places as well ..

His feet and legs swell and are are becoming mishapen .

I believe it is disknesia prob spelt that wrong lol . Poor posture doesn't help either it causes muscles to shorten

Hope all that makes sense to you ..

I too am having problems with my feet swelling. Have to buy size 9 shoes instead of 8. Also the toes on my right foot have curled up and become claw like, making walking rather uncomfortable. Not sure if this is caused by the pd or is a side effect of the meds. Should I mention this to my Parkinson's nurse or get my GP to refer me to a podiatrist?

I have been dx for 11 years and have just been told that I now have dyskensia, the pain in my left arm has been really bad for months and only yesterday my neuro prescribed Amantadine 100mg x i daily. It's too early to say what the outcome is but I will keep you posted.

I think it's worth mentioning any pain to your pd nurse or neuro because it could be related to pd.

Glenchass

Hi Christo and all

My o/h's toes curl upwards in a claw like fashion but intermittently. He had that problem before going on to medication. We didn't realise that it could be part of p/d.

hi everybody,

I don,t know about the rest of you but I have only been diagnosed a couple of years, but I have had all sorts of pains in my inner thigh, legs, feet arms ,hands everywhere, I asked doctor in case i had arthritis but after tests was told no. PD nurse says it's to do with medication and Parkinson,s. Have been allowed to take co drymadol as anything stronger interferes with medicines, also have got quinine for cramps. check with pd nurse for advise.

Hi

It sounds very similar to what I am suffering with now. I get excruciating pain in my heels when standing or walking. It feels like someone has hammered a nail into my heel.I have had it for a couple of months and couldn't remember actually doing anything to cause it. It is worse first thing in the morning so much so that my usual shuffle to the toilet was very painful. I decided to go to my GP first as I was unsure whether it was PD related. I offered him my foot to which he prodded his knuckle straight into my heel hitting the spot first time. He said straight away "thats not PD, thats Plantarfasiciatis", not sure about the spelling, but he said what I needed was an insole for my shoe and some antiimmflamatary gel. I have been wearing them for a couple of weeks and although still painful is considerably better than it was.
I got the insoles for about £30. The company I got them from was Physiotherapy supplies and I bought them over the internet. It maybe an Idea to see your own GP first though. Hope this is of help

I got the pain like nails going to foot, but only had it once. GP here in France prescribed insole which helps general foot discomfort as I put more pressure on strongest foot and sole of foot swells up. Sometimes get toe curling, thought it was a pd symptom but maybe not.

Used to get awful general pains in limbs. Well I must say physio and exercise has really cured that. I just do 15 mins or so simple exercises daily and I have not had those awful aches for years now. Maybe a good physio could help.