“Plantar fasciitis (PLAN-tur fas-e-I-tis)”, according to the Mayo Health Clinic, “is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves pain and inflammation of a thick band of tissue, called the plantar fascia, that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes.” While the definition is clear enough, the treatment of ‘Plantar fasciitis’, is a great puzzle and discouragement to many, and they spend considerable time and money trying to deal with it.

From our perspective at the Therapeutic Massage Company, the solution for plantar fasciitis, is not drugs, surgery nor a Boot! There is nothing “broken” or “pathologically wrong” that needs anything other than what a balanced nutrient intake and facilitated return to normal movement will provide. Far from it. The foot, and tissues therein, are just responding to information and conditions of their daily environment.

We have to remember that this condition usually stems from a back, hip, knee or foot which is being favored, and is not moving properly. These ailing parts then transfer their awkwardness to an unnatural gait and a skewed distribution of weight through the 26 bones and three arches of the foot. Really, HERE IS THE PROBLEM: The plantar, or very bottom supportive tissues of the foot are trying to “hold onto, regulate and control” all of the foot all at once. These plantar tissues basically never get a chance to fully relax before the next step begins, and so a generally “tightened state” results.

Then (!), we stick the foot into a shoe for 15 hours a day and Voila, the foot begins to “think” it is not meant by its owner, that’s you, to move the way it was designed.

Most Physical Therapy is of limited value in this “acute” phase.

What needs to happen is some good old fashion T.L.C. (tender loving care) as of all of the tissues right up to and including the hip and back are removed from their position of tension and reeducated into proper movement. The 40+ tightened joints and associated tissues of the plantar surface of the foot … and those leading up to its movement, need to be taken off of the “alert phase”, and a proper course of movement and articulation needs to be reintroduced from the foot all the way up….

And THIS is just what we at the Therapeutic Massage Company are trained and qualified to do!

We can’t make more time, but we can make better use of our own time. Lists are wonderful and helpful. But what I’m thinking about is the internal dialogue that is going on in the background of all our minds. The mind is always thinking something. So make an effort to have the mind thinking thoughts that are useful and positive, bringing you in the direction of where you want to be. We reap what we sow, and no one can escape or bypass this cosmic law. With every thought we have (every thought), we create a blueprint for our lives.

I hope your blueprint is joyful and full of love!!!!!”

-Ron

Want a better immune system and to feel peace inside your body and mind at will?

The answer is in the power of the breath. It’s funny how so many people naturally use the breath as a relaxation tool. There is something to this. By simply focusing on the breath (watching mindfully the breath going in and out), keeping part of your awareness inward. You actually, with practice, bring the nervous system into the parasympathetic aspect of the autonomic nervous system. In the parasympathetic branch of the system the body can repair itself, revitalize and rest. A common response to that is; I’m too busy, how can I do my duties and relax at the same time?  Simply practice!!!

By making it a practice, the practitioner’s mind over time likes the feeling of the breath awareness because it creates peace in the body and mind. With practice that awareness and peacefullness becomes a habit. When the mind is racing, busy, stressed and fearful, the practitioner’s job is to acknowledge the breath and follow it with a positive thought. Let me give you an example. You’re busy making supper, you have work to do later, and you have to bring your child to a sporting event in 40 minutes. At this time your mental dialogue might be “What a busy day, how can I fit it all in! I hope I’m not late.”

In this instance I would take a nice breath, feel the peace within that it creates, and tell myself that I can just do the best I can. Be persistent (the best you can), as you focus on your breath until your insides, mind and body, are at peace. This usually takes no more than a minute or two. With consistent effort it becomes easier to do, and the response becomes more immediate. Training yourself to be calmly active and actively calm.

Good luck, and happy breathing!

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