Plantar Fasciitis: Home remedies

If this title already makes you swoon, you know what I am talking about. Those of you not yet middle-aged or overweight enough to suffer or otherwise deprived, count your blessings and feel free to click away to a more relevant rant.



For a nice description of plantar fasciitis, see:



http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/plantar-fasciitis-topic-overview



RantWoman is going to concentrate on correct spelling and let her readers put the subject into their own darn search engines for further commentary.




Plantar Fasciitis is an excruciatingly painful condition of the tendons in the bottom of the foot. RantWoman knows people who do major painkillers and wear scary orthopedic boots or custom orthotics in their shoes. RantWoman feels VERY lucky. First RantWoman has the problem worse in one foot than in the other. Second, RantWoman's home care methods seem to be holding up brilliantly:


RantWoman always starts her day stretching the offending tendon. RantWoman has heard providers recommend an ordinary can from the kitchen or a glass bottle cooled in the refrigerator. RantWoman has a friend who travels with a spiffy custom massager. RantWoman has simply rehabilitated a handweight she no longer uses for broken wrist rehab.Lay the exercise aid on the floor so it can be rolled. Roll the exercise aid back and forth using the bottom of the affected foot. Do one set at least.



Next, RantWoman has a whole routine of stretches that work various areas of her feet, legs, hips, back.




A few months ago RantWoman kicked the exercise nerd thing up a notch or two: RantWoman spends a lot of time waiting at bus stops or otherwise generally standing around. RantWoman one day was seized by the thought of using the time to stretch her hamstrings. RantWoman has a couple exercises that can easily be done on the fly without looking too, um peculiar.



The most recent thing RantWoman added, which has help dramatically: RantWoman remembered physical theraphy exercises from a sprained ankle. One is supposed to lift one's foot and then, by moving the joint at the ankle trace either circles or figure-8's with one's toes.

circles and figure 8's. First do one set clockwise; repeat going counterclockwise.