One of the reasons I elected to embark on this project sooner rather than later was the onset of plantar fasciitis. Basically, it's damage and inflammation in the tissue on the bottom of your foot. When you walk, there are sharp pains in your heels. As my podiatrist said, "You walk like an old person." I'm only 34, so I have a ways to go before I should, by rights, be walking like an old person.
The foot pain started up at the end of last year, and I visited the foot doc to talk about it. He prescribed orthotics, which give extra support to the arch of the foot. I bought them, and have been using them, but one of the best cure-alls for this problem is to lose weight. I haven't lost that much yet, and I'm already feeling better. Still some pain, but nowhere near as bad as it was. I'll keep using the orthotics, but the less I have to use them the better. Goodbye, foot pain!
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