is it the shoes?

[arguchik]

i think i may have isolated the real cause of my foot pain: my earth shoes. my feet had basically stopped hurting over the last few days. yesterday i wore my earth shoes and walked downtown a little bit, and this morning my feet are sore again.

well that's a bummer. i really liked these shoes.

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[c-bee.livejournal.com]

if you ever find out that it's plantar fasciitis, come see me. i got rid of a case in 3 15min sessions.

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

i'm pretty sure that's what it is. it's in both feet, which kinda rules out a heel bruise, and the pain is very localized to the point where the PF meets my heel bone under my arches. also, it hurts for the first few minutes after i get out of bed in the morning, and again late in the day if i've been on my feet a lot that day.

i've had PFitis before--only that time it hurt behind the balls of my feet under the arches. a doc diagnosed that, told me to ice and stop running for a couple of weeks. this feels the same, just in a different place.

[c-bee.livejournal.com]

the massage i'd do for plantar fasciitis is pretty painful because I would dig in there to break up those adhesions and the hypertonicities around the bone spurs that are probably present. Let me know if you want to try it out.
Ice and not running will make it feel better, but PF isn't the kind of thing that will heal just with rest. If you take a tennis ball and roll it around under your foot, that'll help, along with any arch stretches that you know.

[c-bee.livejournal.com]

just to clarify...the tennis ball should be between the floor and the foot with your weight over it.

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

yeah, i've been doing that with a tennis ball. i don't think i have any bone spurs--the pain came on very recently, and it acts like it's just inflammation at this point. i'm not quite sure what adhesions are...

i'd be willing to give massage a go. therapeutic pain doesn't worry me. the question is...where? i don't have a car, so i'm not sure how i'd get over the water to where you are.

[c-bee.livejournal.com]

adhesions are 'knots' in the tissue.
i have a car & can come to you. i don't even need a table if all i'd be working on is your feet & lower legs. all there needs to be is a comfy place for you to easily flip sides. treatments would have to be pretty consistent to be effective, not just one here and there.
PS-my email is Cherbeartherapy @ yahoo . com :)
PPS-sorry if this posted twice...LJ is being rude to me.