Week Nine

No improvements as of late. I haven't been stretching as often and I need to get back on track. I've also been on my feet more because of the upcoming holidays. I'm not sure what will happen this week considering I will be on my feet cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Hopefully I will be alright with my foot taped and wearing my shoe inserts. I will take it easier on the weekend.

Wow! My foot is much better today. So I started thinking, what did I do yesterday? And the answer is, not much. I was on a road trip yesterday to visit relatives, which means I sat most of the day. I didn't use stairs hardly at all, and did very little walking. Yes, it really did help. I continued to tape my foot and do stretches this morning. We'll see what the week brings, but for now I am hopeful.

Week Eight

I might have re-injured my foot. It was feeling better, but I've taken a downturn this week. It's been hurting in the morning after getting out of bed and in the evenings. It only feels better after I tape it and put my shoes on with the inserts. I'm still doing the stretches and icing my foot at night. I need to take it easier, but it's difficult with the holidays coming, plus getting done the day to day things. I've heard that night splints have worked for some people, but I don't know if I could handle wearing something like that while trying to sleep.

I've been watching what I eat since I'm not getting any exercise, but I'm not losing any weight. At least I'm not gaining. I need to find some type of exercise that I can do without straining my foot.

The last two mornings I did stretches before getting out of bed. I also have been massaging the bottom of my foot. This has definitely helped with the morning pain. I want this to be over so I can get back to a normal life.