jacksonbart Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 One word, swim. Find a swimming pool preferably indoors this time of year and do laps. Its better than meditating, you will get in better shape and not hurt your foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 One word, swim. Find a swimming pool preferably indoors this time of year and do laps. Its better than meditating, you will get in better shape and not hurt your foot. Yeah.......One with Pods in it...............EH..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 One word, swim. Find a swimming pool preferably indoors this time of year and do laps. Its better than meditating, you will get in better shape and not hurt your foot. Yeah.......One with Pods in it...............EH..... If you can find them, Micheal of course was just a big tease in that regard. Of course there is always gerbills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Oh Yes...........I got a new gerbill.........Tiny, he's alot smaller than the other one!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 That should help with the all the pain and what not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Well sorta.......he's blind too.......and has no tail...pesky little thing.....hard to grab with no tail........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heideana Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Judging my the number of responses from members with chronic pain, I wonder if Fini's e-mail is the start of a Klipsch forum chronic pain support group? There's nothing like getting lost in the Klipsch forum to distract me from pain...[] More seriously, assessing and managing chronic pain is a currently big issue in the national healthcare arena. Almost every medical or nursing journal I pick-up has articles on it and now physicians are required to take class on chronic pain to maintain their license in California (I'm a Clinical Nurse Specialist...). These days its' a matter of getting in to see your primary care provider to evaluate what the pain is from and developing a treatment/management plan... Now if I could just keep it lit...[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Sorry to say your plan is backfiring, Marty. That made my belly jiggle... Now see that just the sort of thing I was afraid of. This la-la-land, hippie stuff must cease if there is ever to be any hope of progress. Apply yourself young man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Judging my the number of responses from members with chronic pain, I wonder if Fini's e-mail is the start of a Klipsch forum chronic pain support group? There's nothing like getting lost in the Klipsch forum to distract me from pain...[] More seriously, assessing and managing chronic pain is a currently big issue in the national healthcare arena. Almost every medical or nursing journal I pick-up has articles on it and now physicians are required to take class on chronic pain to maintain their license in California (I'm a Clinical Nurse Specialist...). These days its' a matter of getting in to see your primary care provider to evaluate what the pain is from and developing a treatment/management plan... Now if I could just keep it lit...[] Hey, I'm just up the road from you! Are you accepting new patients? I have matches...[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Hey Fini I have not read all the responses here but Ill give you my experience with plantar fasciitis. I play a fair bit of tennis and about 6 months ago the arch of my left foot was so painful it kept me from doing so. For something to keep me from playing tennis it has to be pretty severe! Soon after I started feeling the pain in my left arch, I started also getting severe pain on the back of my right heel where the Achilles attaches to the heel. I went to my Orthopedic and he diagnosed plantar fasciitis in the left foot and Achilles tendonitis in my right heel. The treatment for both was custom orthotics. Apparently (according to him) as we get older, the arch starts to flatten causing the foot to probate inward and causing pressure and then the pain in the arch and the tendon. Adjusting the foot back with what feels like your standing on the outside of your foot actually adjusts the ankle so it is back to neutral. To make long story shorter the results have been remarkable. The pain in my left is gone completely and the pain in my right heel is now manageable with Advil and ice. I had my orthotics done here http://www.lafoot.com/ Highly recommended. Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I now see the problem fini..........quit using matches...the sulphur ruins the taste...EH!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 Actually, I stay off that stuff. Curiously, it always made me hurt more, being uber aware of every ache in my body. Weird, huh? Josh, I've been in my new orthotics now for 2 weeks. Honestly, I can't see a difference. Previously (on the Doc's rec), I'd gotten new shoes. I was fitted at a running shop, and the sold me some Brooks Adrenalines, which are designed to correct pronation. It seems what I've got, these devices only help marginally. Rough day yesterday. I hardly did anything (but I was up and down a ladder a few times). I saw the orthopedic Doc yesterday (for an on-going WC case involving knees and back), who was reluctant to comment on my foot problems. I see the podiatrist today. Maybe he's got some new ideas. I'll press the issue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Hey Fini I have had a number of orthotics in the past but not until I had these did it make a difference. These folks have all kinds of equipment to measure and make the orthotic. This was way more than standing in a tray of clay or Styrofoam to get the mold. They have a tray with thousands of needle like deals that measure and provides computer images that the fitter than manipulates according to the individual needs. These orthotics were around $250.00 if I remember correctly. The original fitting took about an hour with an additional hour or so in follow up visits. Unlike other orthotics I have had in the past that were comfortable when I put them on, these were anything but. I actually thought that they had given me the wrong pair as it was very very uncomfortable to even stand when I first got them it felt like I was walking on the outside of my foot! It took some time to get used to them but as I did the pain started leaving. The key was using them in every pair of shoes all the time. Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 UP AND DOWN A LADDER?!? that'll do it for sure! Hi Fini, I hope you start to recover. Sounds to me like you have certainly over exerted yourself while bearing foot problems. Hopefully you will be able to slow down some and "recover". Anytime I feel depressed I watch Dr. Phil....I always walk away feeling better about myself! Pain, I handle with copious amounts of ibuprofin! Fell Better! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heideana Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 In terms of a treatment plan, I'd consider sticking with the orthotics. I have a friend who's been dealing with plantar fasc. for a few years and he swears by them and sees a podiatrist to have custom ones made from time to time. He had a flare last year and finally relented to a steroid injection that helped, although I'm always cautious about them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heideana Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Hey all, fyi, I just received this and thought I'd pass along for those interested in the question of using marijuana for pain. GWPharm's Sativex may be in a pharmacy near you in the not so far future....http://www.gwpharm.com/news_press_releases.asp?id=/gwp/pressreleases/currentpress/2006-10-19/ GW Pharm stock was the very first stock I ever bought...that's another story... Best...Hopkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Fine, Now when I'm in pain I will take a pain pill, get the munchies and become fat. On top of it ALL I will become helplessly paranoid to the point of my wife coming home to find me balled up in a fetal position sucking my thumb with one candle lit in a very dark room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Fine, Now when I'm in pain I will take a pain pill, get the munchies and become fat. On top of it ALL I will become helplessly paranoid to the point of my wife coming home to find me balled up in a fetal position sucking my thumb with one candle lit in a very dark room. Ok, I'm confused. You're saying that this is a bad thing?[] Have you noticed that in the fetal position you have a natural resting place for your arm as you suck your thumb? Of course, looking into a rear view mirror and seeing a cop there can really ruin the whole getting fat and retreating to the womb thing, so folks never do this while driving a car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Usually the office slowly backs away from my car and speeds off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Usually the office slowly backs away from my car and speeds off. excellent post phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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