[pct-l] Plantar Faciitis

[James Vesely]

I have been reading this book, The Story of the Human Body, Evolution, Health and Disease.     The author has some interesting theories.    He states that because evolution of the human body took place during our primitive hunter gather period that our bodies are now rejecting our new modern life style and have developed several what he calls evolutionary mismatch diseases.   Plantar Fasciitis is one of those mismatch diseases among several others such as high blood pressure, diabetes, dementia, myopia, flat footedness, obesity,  back pain, some cancers, etc.   All of his theories are backed up with some scientific evidence.     

It helped me understand why and how to prevent a lot of common ailments that are plaguing our society. 

This is an excerpt of the section on plantar fasciitis.   

https://books.google.com/books?id=hHWcYkRszKYC&pg=PT366&lpg=PT366&dq=plantar+fasciitis+caused+by+mismatch+diseases&source=bl&ots=COsXfiurwy&sig=CVbJOnzt5s0WlCjXDHDb4-oXNOc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6lru2xO3LAhWhg6YKHeV3DS0Q6AEINjAE#v=onepage&q=plantar%20fasciitis%20caused%20by%20mismatch%20diseases&f=false


Jim 


Subject: Re: [pct-l] Plantar Faciitis

I used to suffer from plantar fasciitis as well. Once I started eating an anti-inflammatory diet (in my case, The Whole 30) and taking a few supplements, it went away. I know this is not the case for everyone, but it did work for me. 
The supplements I take daily for inflammation are turmeric and milk thistle. Seems effective for everyday life. I work out almost daily, so I am putting some stress on the system and it is still holding up. I'm sure hiking 2600 miles will stir things up a bit more ;-) Cheers Sabrina

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> On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:42 PM, Paint YW <paintyourwagonhikes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It's been so long since I've posted something- I've lost the hang of 
> how to do it. I just wanted to chime in on something near and dear to 
> my heart- and that is the indescribable feeling of foot pain. In 
> particular: plantar faciitis.
> 
> Once upon a time I worked in a nuclear power plant, and I got away 
> with wearing 3 eyelet loafers, as opposed to work boots. Fast forward 
> one year after working solely on concrete surfaces, and my feet were 
> barking. Turns out I had a classic case of plantar faciitis.
> 
> I saw a podiatrist, had my feet measured by a molding process, and 
> received fiberglass orthotics, which over time relieved my pain by 
> providing an artificial arch to both of my feet.
> 
> Years later I worked overseas, eventually demobilizing, leaving my 
> orthotics behind in error.
> 
> Eventually the foot pain returned- on the trail, and I found a pair of
> $15.00 "orthotics" in a pharmacy, that velcroed around my feet, giving 
> me the relief that previously a set of $400.00 molded fiberglass 
> custom arch supports had given me.
> 
> My recommendation: get some $15.00 pharmacy arch supports. Try that 
> for a couple of weeks. If that doesn't help- take it up a notch and 
> see a podiatrist, and get the good stuff. Custom molded fiberglass 
> arch supports/plantar faciitis orthotics. Boom- done.
> 
> All the best,
>