Re:pain in heel

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

Wear thick socks and good cushioned shoes. Change into a different pair of

socks and shoes at

lunch time...this gives your arches a break. Good shoes are worth the

investment. Use gel

insoles.

 

When you get home, lay down inverted, with you feet well above your head for

about half and hour.

Take a warm bath and massage your toes, feet angles, calves and knees. Walk

around barefooted or

just in socks at home.

 

There are infrared heat/massagers for feet that would help you a lot.

 

Drink lots of water, it makes your muscles work better. Prop your feet up when

sitting down as

often as possible.

 

I used to do trade show work and have to walk on concrete all day long and my

feet hurt all the

way up to my knees! : }

 

Use a massage oil or analgesic like icy hot to rub your feet and legs with.

 

Good luck & blessings!

 

" Halo "

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I have plantar fasciitis too, and I got some elastic arch supports that help

a lot, that I wear if I'm going to be on my feet any length of time, along

with good Easy Spirit walkers. I also bought this green rocker thing from a

catalog (Footsmart, I think) that you use to stretch your whole leg, one foot

at a time, and that helps a lot too.

 

Lately, I started doing some foot exercises when I'm sitting watching the

news, and I think that is helping most of all. It takes much longer for the

pain to start, and some days, I'll be out running errands and shopping for

hours, and not have any pain at all since I started them. They came

intuitively,

really, and it's hard to describe in words. I wish I could just show you!

I'll try to describe... don't laugh!

 

I rotate my foot first to the right (with all of these, start with ten

repetitions, work up to twenty over a week or two). Then rotate to the left.

Then I flex my foot back and stretch it forward, slowly, stretching as far as

it

will go. Then I turn my foot to the right repeatedly. Then to the left

repeatedly. Then I curl my toes under really tight, like making a fist with my

foot, sort of. Then I stretch my toes upward as far as I can. Then I repeat

the rotations that I started with. I try to do this at least every other

day. It goes great with Good Morning America!

 

I do neck and shoulder and face exercises at the same time, but they don't

really relate to the question.

 

Love & Light, Barbara

BarbaraJean1732

 

 

 

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