Plantar Fasciitis Secrets of Getting Immediate Relief - Footwear 1
The secrets to getting immediate relief of your plantar fasciitis pain is that making sure your foot is well supported when you are weight bearing and walking and doing your activities. Support for your feet is important as it requires you to make sure that your foot is supported in a fashion that is going to enable you to walk with freedom and ease yet at the same time help to take the pressure off the plantar fascia... a soft tissue structure that is important to holding the foot in it's correct alignment.
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Most problems that affect the feet, legs, knees and hips tend to relate to either, alignment issues or a direct traumatic injury to the area of concern. With plantar fascia injuries direct trauma's tend to be either during sports, running, jumping or high impact activities such as boxing, aerobics. Though occupational injuries can cause problems as well. Jumping off the side of a truck and landing on uneven ground, drum players in bands, retail workers who work on their feet all day. Construction workers, landscapers and concrete cutters all can sustain this type of injury from direct trauma. Even the home gardener can sustain injuries such as using the humble old shovel/ spade when using soft shoes that don't support the bottom of your feet. Support for your feet and plantar fascia can come in many different forms. The first and easiest form is footwear.
Footwear runners... joggers, athletic shoes are ideal as they provide total enclosed support for the feet. Supportive runners should include...a stiff heel counter (heel of the shoe) with soft padding. Flexible through the ball of the shoe (that is the toe section of the shoe should bend where the toes bend) and firm through the midsole of the shoe. They should have laces ideally. Why laces you ask...the important thing is that laces can be adjusted to the size of one's foot. Foot size and fluid volume of the foot vary from day to day and having laces will enable you to accommodate those changes in volume. Then insole, shoe liner or foot bed should be able to be removed. So that if any other style of foot bed needs to be placed inside this can be done very easily.
Footwear Sandals...Many people wear sandals particularly in the warmer climates. There are sandals that are ideal for supporting the foot with plantar fasciitis and there are sandals that are not. I would highly recommend investing in sandals that have a contoured sole and that the sole of the sandal is made from a cork or EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) base. If you go to many of your specialty shoe stores, outdoor, camping or hiking shoe shops there will be numerous style of sandals you can try on that will help support your plantar fascia. Some of the brand include..Naot, Teva, Keen, Homy Ped, are just some brands that will help support your feet.
One of the important plantar fasciitis secrets is using the correct footwear to help support your feet when you have pain and discomfort. If you find you don't get the success from shoes alone you may need to visit a Podiatrist (foot specialist) or MD to help you.
Written by Ben Sibley
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Ben Sibley is a qualified Podiatrist in Australia. He has treated in excess of 3567 cases of plantar fasciitis and has developed a unique system of care that gives clients a greater than 87% chance of pain relief and resolution of this problem. http://www.plantarfasciitissecrets.com