Category: Foot Health

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info.  Plantar fasciitis is something that continues to plague more and more people from dedicated athletes to casual runners to deskbound workers. I know it kept me from doing any serious exercise for over a year and only now (a year and a…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. When I was younger, my mom and pediatricians/doctors over the years have often pointed out that I have flat feet. I could never understand what the problem with them was or why it was concerning to anyone. But they definitely thought it…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info.  As some of you will know, I had a bunion on my left foot for about a year and a half. It was very painful at first and I actually never found out exactly what caused it. I first noticed it while…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. Most of us, when we are about to work out or do something physical, like to stretch out a bit before we exert ourselves. The idea behind this is that our muscles feel tight so we should probably loosen them up a…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. For some odd reason, the practices of trigger point therapy, myofascial release, or deep massage (whichever you prefer) are all typically overlooked to resolve plantar fasciitis (PF). Maybe its because the experts we look to rarely recommend it because it’s too “woo-woo”…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. Plantar Fasciitis has several main causes that I have found in my time researching the subject. I’ve noticed an incredible amount of confusion within the online plantar fasciitis community in addressing the pain points. My biggest pet peeve are all these “exercises”…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. Wide toe box shoes are surprisingly not the norm in our typical modern day footwear. You will much more often than not find shoes that have bullet-shaped toe boxes because they come to a dull point at the end. Why this is…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. Over the last several years, myofascial release is starting to be recognized as a major contributor in how well we recover from our injuries. Considering that all injuries you have ever had and ever will have involve the fascia, this is quite…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. For at least the first six months of my plantar fasciitis recovery, I could not understand where the pain was coming from. I treated my toes, arches, and heels with all the exercises I could find but I was not getting anywhere.…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. Bunions are something very new to me as I never thought there was a chance of me getting them at the age of 23. Then I started to go online and search for the symptoms I was experiencing and sure enough…. bunions.…