Whole Sole: Try this NOW!

It is not uncommon for people to come to me with discomfort in their feet. Plantar fasciitis is inflammation in the fascia that connects from the heal to your toes. Its symptoms can include pain in your heal or arch, especially in the morning, when the connective tissue tightens up. Some people report it as burning or stabbing. When I have experienced it myself, I felt like there was constant tearing and my heal was so painful in the morning I would limp around for the first hour after I woke.
   "Why does this happen?"people will ask, willing to make whatever change to stop the searing in their foot. Athletic folks will experience Plantar fasciitis from running and jumping too much, especially in shoes that do not fit them well. I have noticed small flare ups in myself since moving to low-profile shoes and take several steps to keep my feet healthy. Non-athletes experience it for similar reasons: poor footwear, and also greatly influenced by the way one moves and works with their feet and particular biomechanics on a daily basis.

   TRY THIS NOW:
   If wearing shoes take them off. Ballerina point and flex your foot a few times. Now interlace your fingers with your toes. Spread them as wide as you can and gently pull them back toward the top of your foot. Now find something round that will roll on the ground: salt shaker, tennis ball, vitamin bottle, candle. A tennis ball is my favorite. Roll your foot on said object from base of toes to heal for one minute. Start sitting, and to add more weight stand up, hang onto a door frame and put more weight into your foot as you roll. Good, eh? Do the other foot too.
   Ok, now come onto hands and knees. Curl your toes under and bring your bootie back toward your heals. Pause when you feel a stretch in your feet and as your body invites you back, you may eventually find yourself with your bootie resting on your heals, toes curled under and torso upright. Stay here for at lease one minute (BREATHE!) then shift back to hands and knees. Bring the tops of your feet to the floor and give them a few slaps on the ground to release the fronts of your feet. Spread your knees shoulder width or wider apart. Sit back onto your heals and bring your torso again upright. Pull up on one knee, supporting yourself with the opposite hand behind you. Hold one minute, then change sides.
   Aaahhhh...doesen't your whole sole sing with gratitude?
    Till next time....