walkerchris77 wrote:March flys that are out in January. !!!!!!!!!
walkerchris77 wrote:Always gets me why noah decided to take to mozzies on his big boat.
corvus wrote:walkerchris77 wrote:Always gets me why noah decided to take to mozzies on his big boat.
Sort of answers the question they were not there and it did not really happen as told in the Fairy Tale .
Bubbalouie wrote:corvus wrote:walkerchris77 wrote:Always gets me why noah decided to take to mozzies on his big boat.
Sort of answers the question they were not there and it did not really happen as told in the Fairy Tale .
But baby mozzies live in water :p
DanShell wrote:I get disappointed when niggling injuries/health issues/or just general soreness starts to lessen my enjoyment for a walk.
Ive had plantar fasciitis in my left foot for over 12 months now and I am just about fed up with it. Ive tried everything and wasted too much money trying to get it fixed but no one seems to be able to fix it. Help it yes, fix it no.
So after every day I am in all sorts of pain, so thats my mate or dislike when bushwalking.
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He said, 'He was at sea for forty days, so I imagine he did.'
I said, 'What, with only two worms?'
quill wrote:DanShell wrote:I get disappointed when niggling injuries/health issues/or just general soreness starts to lessen my enjoyment for a walk.
Ive had plantar fasciitis in my left foot for over 12 months now and I am just about fed up with it. Ive tried everything and wasted too much money trying to get it fixed but no one seems to be able to fix it. Help it yes, fix it no.
So after every day I am in all sorts of pain, so thats my mate or dislike when bushwalking.
I had the vampire's bite of PF for some time, and tried loads of stuff before beating it. I'm now studying physiotherapy so I can see why my eventual treatment options worked.
It's a very individual dysfunction but a night splint, while sounding extreme, is comfortable, cheap and very effective - it pulls your foot and digits into dorsiflexion (angled toward the head) as you sleep, which means any healing done overnight in the plantar fascia occurs in the stretched position. This means you do not simply tear it anew with those delightful first few steps in the morning (I recall it being like a rusty nail in my heel). This re-tearing is why PF is so stubborn and with the night splint there is zero pain upon weightbearing in the morning. I used the Strassburg Sock, which looks like a normal knee-high sock but has an adjustable tension strap running from the toes to the upper lip of the sock beneath the knee. Tighten this until the foot is level (most people point their toes overnight).
If you're willing to learn (and waste a few metres of Elastoplast teaching yourself), low-dye taping is *extremely* effective in deloading your plantar fascia. You can't use it every day due to eventual irritation but it's a very, very useful skill if you are really laid low by it on the trail or anywhere else. Problem gone, until the tape comes off. YouTube is your friend.
But the night splint cleared up my PF within two weeks after nearly three months of misery. That and low-dye taping are all you need. OTC shoe inserts are useful, but only the silicone versions as they're resilient, washable and the support is adjustable. Rolling helps, but a golf ball in the shower is better. Get warm and really grind it in like you mean it.
DanShell wrote:quill wrote:DanShell wrote:I get disappointed when niggling injuries/health issues/or just general soreness starts to lessen my enjoyment for a walk.
Ive had plantar fasciitis in my left foot for over 12 months now and I am just about fed up with it. Ive tried everything and wasted too much money trying to get it fixed but no one seems to be able to fix it. Help it yes, fix it no.
So after every day I am in all sorts of pain, so thats my mate or dislike when bushwalking.
I had the vampire's bite of PF for some time, and tried loads of stuff before beating it. I'm now studying physiotherapy so I can see why my eventual treatment options worked.
It's a very individual dysfunction but a night splint, while sounding extreme, is comfortable, cheap and very effective - it pulls your foot and digits into dorsiflexion (angled toward the head) as you sleep, which means any healing done overnight in the plantar fascia occurs in the stretched position. This means you do not simply tear it anew with those delightful first few steps in the morning (I recall it being like a rusty nail in my heel). This re-tearing is why PF is so stubborn and with the night splint there is zero pain upon weightbearing in the morning. I used the Strassburg Sock, which looks like a normal knee-high sock but has an adjustable tension strap running from the toes to the upper lip of the sock beneath the knee. Tighten this until the foot is level (most people point their toes overnight).
If you're willing to learn (and waste a few metres of Elastoplast teaching yourself), low-dye taping is *extremely* effective in deloading your plantar fascia. You can't use it every day due to eventual irritation but it's a very, very useful skill if you are really laid low by it on the trail or anywhere else. Problem gone, until the tape comes off. YouTube is your friend.
But the night splint cleared up my PF within two weeks after nearly three months of misery. That and low-dye taping are all you need. OTC shoe inserts are useful, but only the silicone versions as they're resilient, washable and the support is adjustable. Rolling helps, but a golf ball in the shower is better. Get warm and really grind it in like you mean it.
Thanks very much for the advice. I still suffer from it and I am making a very concerted effort to try and finally rid this thing. Its been well over 12 months, so enough is enough.
The frozen bottle helps temporarily, so does the golf ball. I recently purchased some things that strap under my foot to help support the arch, whilst they may be helping, I still suffer.
I will now try a version of the Strassburg Sock. Your professional theory sounds reasonable to me. I am willing to give anything a go.
I will also buy some tape and teach myself to strap my foot when it is giving me grief on the trail. Which it does bad if I am not taking drugs
Thanks again.
quill wrote:
No worries at all, keep us updated on how you go. Everyone is different but if you have not yet tried a night splint, I'm confident you will see a marked improvement. Just being able to walk pain-free when you first get up is worth the price of admission.
You say 'a version of'... are you making your own? Apparently it's easy enough to do, the tricky part is tensioning the top of the sock so it doesn't slip down.
Some people (including me) find when they first use it, it can make the big toe ache a little as it's under compressive force all night. This clears up soon - if not, apparently cutting a short length of thick cardboard tube and sliding it over your toe before putting on the sock very efficiently takes care of the problem.
Low-dye taping is heavenly. Once you get good at it, it's like a hammock for your foot.
Best of luck, I know how much it hurts.
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