Re: HIGHER HEEL??
Posted by Dayna on 2/01/99
I used to wear heels everyday, no problem except that I have a naturally tight calf muscle so it only was made worse by the shortening effect of heels. I also have very flat feet and no arch and a short PF tendon, so I was just asking for trouble, and it finally caught up with me. Barefoot flat-foot growing heel spurs to take the strain off until it hit critical tension. Boom, now I have PF and wear flat shoes with custom orthotics 23 1/2 hours a day. Barefoot is bad, barefoot on hard floors is very bad. If you have high arches, a slight heel seems to help, if you have no arch you're asking for trouble, you've got to stretch the calf muscle out slowly so it doesn't pull on the PF tendon so much. 1) don't go barefoot anymore, ever, put your shoes on before you stand up out of bed. 2) use an ace bandage to wrap your arches before you get into the shower, be careful to be tight but not too tight. 3) warm your tendon up by scrunching your toes under then extending them like you're going to walk on tippy-toe, do this a few times before you get up, and then get up slowly. 4) ice. 5) get checked out by a podiatrist or orthopedic foot person, if they say "there's nothing we can do, you'll just have to learn to live with it", go see another one who will help you. 6) keep reading the board and let us know how you do, we care.
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