Problems with plantar fasciitus?

Chances are that you may have read the title and still be none the wiser…

Well, plantar fasciitus is that deep pain you get into the sole of your foot, which is made worse for walking and often can be worse in the morning.

It is caused by an inflammation of a sheet of connective tissue which helps support the arch of your foot. Make no mistake it is really painful, and can cause severe problems for sufferers.

Strain and stress to this band of fibrous tissue can be caused by sudden changes in weight bearing motions during sports activities, a weak flat foot, abnormal pronated conformation, wearing shoes with little or no arch support, extended hours of standing on a hard floors and, sadly for most of us, carrying alittle too much weight.

If you think you are suffering from it you need to get your doc to check it out first. pain in the foot can be a precursor to many things (which I won’t list for fear of scaring you).

Once you are sure that it is an inflammatory problem, then try using a tennis ball rolled under the foot to help gently massage the affected area. Stretch out the bottom of the foot over a step, or telephone directory (actually the only good use for the Yellow Pages in my opinion) and take it a bit easier… see sometimes my advice ticks all the boxes.

Stay healthy, but do it your way

At least I post regularly…. well every 3 months or so.

Folks

I’m really sorry for the haphazard approach to posting on this blog. it was my intention in setting it up to try to get a story out every week.

Believe it or not, I failed because I have been writing for a whole bunch of other people on a weekly basis and have not had chance to get on with my own stuff.

Anyway, enough of this.

What about the furore over the cuts in NHS budgets and decline in care offered… oh, yeah that’s right there hasn’t been one has there.

The basic service offering for most hospitals has been protected, so they say. But today I learnet that a friend of mine with a serious back condition cannot get an MRI scan because ‘ there’s no budget left this year’ and even if there was he wouldn’t be able to get an operation if needed until April when the new funding year starts.

How does that work?

If there is a clear clinical need, a requirement to get someone who can’t walk let alone work back on his feet and the kit there to do it – why isn’t it happening?

Mark my words, the managers of teh PCT’s will be squirrelling their cash away, looking after their salaries and those of their flunkies – and to hell with the nurses and patients.

Don’t let them get away with it… make lots of noise NOW!

NA