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I rolled them out on a golf ball or baseball, rolled them out on frozen water bottles, a pedal bike helps stretch them out, but honestly the big thing that helps is losing weight if you stand to lose it.
Also, make sure your shoes are new and of good quality. A walking or running shoe for a person that is active lasts about 9 Months tops.
He has only been wearing them three days, but thinks they might be helping a bit. We did not expect them to work quickly. It sounds like this is the kind of thing that takes awhile to resolve. He cannot take any anti-inflammatories, which would be helpful I think, so we are trying the inserts.
The inserts made squeaky noises initially, but he added foot powder between the shoe and the insert and that stopped the noises.
He also needs to lose weight....working on that next!
Stretching Achilles tendons and plantar fascias before putting any weight on them in the morning. (You can google for info on how to do that.) Non weight-bearing stretching at all times. A bag of frozen peas.....ahhhhhh.... There was a point in my miserable journey (it lasted for months, maybe even close to a year) where my feet would ache all night long and keep me from sleeping. A nice cool-down with the frozen pea bag (you can just nestle your foot down into it) before bed kept them from aching all night. Ice was my best pain relief....anti-inflammatories did next to nothing for me, if I recall correctly.
For years afterward I could wear nothing but Waldies (the precursor to Crocs, now discontinued...but they were better than Crocs). Only in the last year or so have I been able to wear a shoe that is not a Croc, but it has to have good arch support and a pretty soft sole.
I feel for you. It hurts. I reached a point where I had to use a wheelchair to go shopping for my kids' clothes at the mall because I literally couldn't walk from one end to the other....and the kids needed clothes!
Oh, and I bought these nubby little balls to roll the bottoms of my feet with...golf balls were too slippery. I just looked at the one by the couch here and it's marked "Rubz". Maybe they still make them. They helped a LOT. I don't have to use them much any more. Thank God. That was a miserable time and I tried everything I read about, but all these things are what actually helped.
I was told by an orthopedic tech friend to stretch the soles of my feet as frequently as possible to fix the PF I was experiencing. That cured my feet in a couple of weeks. I could tell a difference in the first few days.
The stretch that worked best for me was to climb stairs using only the front part of my foot or to stand on the edge of a stair step on the balls of my foot, slowly lowering my weight onto the foot and stretching it for 5 seconds or so.
The stretch that worked best for me was to climb stairs using only the front part of my foot or to stand on the edge of a stair step on the balls of my foot, slowly lowering my weight onto the foot and stretching it for 5 seconds or so.
It is important that you not put your full weight on the stretch. You can do stretches without using your weight as the catalyst. You have more control that way and do not overdo.
I do the PF stretch where you just cross your foot over the other leg and pull back on the toes. I also sometimes rub the bottom of my foot while stretching. Then I stop resisting the pull on the toes and let my whole foot be pulled back, thus stretching the Achilles tendon. Tight Achilles tendons can contribute to plantar fasciitis, I read.
All of the above were good for me too. I learned pretty quickly not to jump out of bed without doing the stretch of my feet by bringing my toes UP toward my knee as far as it would go a few times. Just out of bed in AM is the worst time for PF. I got an insert for my shoes off some website (HTP heel that pain - I just checked) and found them invaluable. I couldn't walk without them. But after my feet began to heal I couldn't walk WITH them.
No barefeet. Also, shoes with good padded support underneath, especially in the arch area. I wore clog shoes like nurses wear.
Feet are healed pretty nicely now. But I still need good arch support and my days of wearing high heels are over.
and for the encouragement that this can improve over time...I originally had so much pain, it caused faint nausea...
will start tomorrow with exercises
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