Re: plantar fasciitis update

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Hi ,

I dealt with horrible plantar fasciitis for several years. I had just

about every treatment short of surgery including cortisone shots,

acupuncture, chiropractic, extracorporeal shock wave therapy, night

splints, massage, exercises, orthotics, z-coil shoes and more. All of

that seemed to help some but never really did it. My feet finally

started to get better when I took care of the rest of my health issues,

like heavy metal detox, anti-virals, anti-candida, lots of nutritional

supplements, better diet and lots of magnesium oil. But one thing I

found most helpful was advice from a chiropractor that most PF is caused

by too short shoes which cramp the toes. None of my shoes felt too short

but I did notice that my feet hurt alot less in the summer when I wear

open toed sandles. As soon as I would put on my regular shoes my feet

would hurt. Then I realized the orthotics which were custom made for me

actually pushed my feet down into the front of my shoe thus cramping my

toes. I took out the $450 orthotics and the shoes were looser and my

feet didn't hurt. So now I just don't use the orthotics and my feet have

been pretty good. I still don't go barefoot though, ever.

Hope this helps.

in Albuquerque

>

> I mentioned that I'd provide an update, so here it is, 3 weeks or so

> from my first email. As a note, I see from the map on Wikipedia that

my

> discomfort falls into the low percentage zones of their survey, and

> everybody who's offered suggestions (both from here and elsewhere) has

> pointed to the high percentage areas - so again, until I see an expert

> (which might not be a bad idea!), I'm not entirely certain of

> cause...altho I think it's less obvious factors age, high arches,

> misalignment of hip/knee/ankle, and even the way I place my feet at

> night when I sleep (toes pointing away or down, shortening the

fascia).

>

> I did use the 100% dmso wraps at nite for a short while (lasted 3-4

days

> I guess), but they didn't seem to help (and the first day when I

didn't

> use one was almost pain free), but I started painting my foot again

> after the first week - but that seemed to stiffen them, if anything,

so

> I reverted to the taking it easy approach until I finally got arch

> supports (which always fixed a similar problem when I was younger) -

and

> I still take it easy. Oh, and I do take internally a 1/4 tsp of the

> 99.9% pure stuff (in a glass of juice) - I don't knwo if that's

helping

> or not, but nobody's complaining about my odor, and I figure it may be

> helping something (not exactly the best researcher, eh?!!) - and I

don't

> experience difficulty very much, though it does increase later in the

> day (and sometimes first thing in the AM) - hope this helps

> someone...and thanks for your time....

>