An update on my foot pain saga....

February is finally over and so much has happened. I finally am feeling like I'm going to survive this job that I started last October. My pain is managed and I'm no longer crawling into the house. I'm still having some discomfort in my hips and the chiropractor and I both feel that maybe arthritis is setting in. I've had issues with periformis in my right hip especially but this pain is different. The whole hip feels tight and aches when I sit for more than 10-15 minutes (just long enough to drive home from work). But if thats all that I'm feeling I know that I will survive.

I believe a few things helped me get control of the pain:

1) I purchased a great pair of tennis shoes from Orthofeet. Their shoes come with a set of orthotic inserts, 2 sets of removable spacers to allow you to customize the fit to your foot & so much more! They're ergonomic and very comfortable. This summer I plan on getting a pair of their sandals. I had to quit wearing sandals because there wasn't enough support and my plantar fasciitis would act up all the time. Click here to order and get a 20% off discount.

2) My chiropractor has been helping me with the tight muscles in my calves using trigger point and myofascile release. These tight muscles were causing the severe foot pain that I was dealing with for so long and making it so hard to walk and sleep. After I got the foot pain in control then my calves started causing issues. Most of the pain in my legs and feet are gone (thank heavens). What a answer prayer that is!

3) For Christmas mom and dad gave me a Homedics foot massager that you can use heated or not. The nights my feet hurt so much I would use the massager and it seemed to work many of the knots and pain out of my feet and I haven't been having the severe pain at night that was keeping me awake. The one that the link goes to is similar to the one mom/dad gave me.

4) For the possible arthritis issue I started taking a Herbal Joint Care supplement from Swanson to see if that would help with the deep joint discomfort I've been dealing with. I think it's helping but I've only been taking it a couple months now so I'll update you in a month or two. It seems to have taken the edge off the discomfort so far.

There are just a few of the things I think that have helped me so much. I hope it helps some of you if you are dealing with foot & leg pain or are on your feet as much as I am.

Leg pain, yoga & chiropractics

Hi everyone! 

About 3 weeks ago I began training for a new job as a merchandiser in one of the big box stores and am really enjoying my job. One of the things I didn't think about when I joined was the fact that I would be walking on hard concrete type floors and that is something that my fibromyalgia or my back doesn't like. Last Friday I worked 6 hours and it took me till Wednesday of this week to fully recover. I also worked this Monday and I think that's why it took so long. BUT yesterday (Wednesday again) I worked 6.5 hours and I'm in NO WHERE near the pain I was in. So, hopefully my endurance is growing and soon I won't feel the pain I was in.

Today I visited my chiropractor. My chiropractor specializes in trigger point and myofascile release and I have used her for relief of my chronic pain with fibromyalgia as well as my migraines for about 3 or 4 years. I have spoken on GivingNSharing before about the severe pain I've had with my new job and today I decided to ask Dr Kayla if she had any stretches or tips I could use to ease the severe pain.


Dr Kayla told me today that the issue isn't my feet or ankles - it's my calves. Which really surprises me. At first my calves were really sore because of the bending required for one of my tasks but yesterday and today they aren't bothering me at all. She showed me a couple of stretches. One focuses on the achilles tendon & is also helpful for Plantar Fascitis and the other focuses on stretching the toes. (My pain has been in the arches of my foot, the sides of my big toe and the side of my baby toe.)

One of my favorite yoga therapists on YouTube is Yoga with Kassandra. She has a video called Yoga Poses to Relieve Foot and Ankle Tension.  I also really like Michelle Kenway who does more work with Kegels and Core Strength. I didn't see anything on yoga though for feet/ankles and calves on her YouTube page unfortunately.

I hope this information helps someone else avoid the severe pain I've had for the last week. Stay tuned and I'll try to post some of the things that the guy at the health food store suggested. He made a couple of suggestions that I'd like to try such as magnesium, enzymes, water drinking, etc but I need to learn more and then actually buy some of it so I can give my opinion on it. 

As always, Thanks for Listening!

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