Re: OT - Plantar Fasciitis

Kitty,
One thing that helped me a lot was to rest my feet on the floor, with my arches in the middle of a roll-type neck pillow. A rolled up towel would probably be as good. The other was orthotics with strong arch support that the doctor prescribed for my metatarsalgia. A couple of months with those and there was no problem getting up and walking in the morning. I hate wearing shoes all the time, but the relief is worth it.
Do you have to keep both feet up when you're sitting? Perhaps you could alternate feet? I think that what's probably happening is that when you sit with your feet up, your toes tend to rotate forward a bit, shortening the tendon. Then when you get up it has to stretch that much farther. 

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net> 
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Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - Plantar Fasciitis



Good descriptions.
My problem began showing up when they switched my job to a sit-down thing. When sitting I need my feet up. The footrest they gave me was ergonomic but impossible to use because it kept rolling; wouldn't lock. So I brought in a hard rubbermaid stepstool. Resting my heels on that all the time seemed to trigger it, though I'm sure it originated with some of the flat shoes I usually wear. 

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