{"id":3503,"date":"2010-04-21T01:36:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T09:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2010-04-21T04:55:39","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T12:55:39","slug":"sinister-manipulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=3503","title":{"rendered":"Sinister Manipulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"?p=3415#comment_selection\">In response to my entry reporting that I'd developed <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">plantar fasciitis<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surlybird.com\/\">Ronnie Ashlock<\/a> suggested that I look at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rationalfitnesspractice.com\/2010\/02\/27\/plantar-fasciitis.aspx\">an entry in Rational Fitness Blog by Scott Helsley<\/a>.  I was persuaded thereby to increase the amount of stretching that I did, and to order a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heel-that-pain.com\/heel_seats.php\">pair of Heel That Pain heel seats<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesock.com\/\">Strassburg Sock&trade;<\/a>.<\/p> <p>I first tried <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heel-that-pain.com\/heel_seats.php\">the heel seats<\/a> in my boots (which I normally wear every other day), replacing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drscholls.com\/drscholls\/productSearch.do?method=doProductDetailsLookup&searchArg=46\">the more ordinary heel seats<\/a> there&iuml;n.  Rather than seeming to help, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heel-that-pain.com\/heel_seats.php\">the new seats<\/a> made the left foot hurt as if its <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">fasciitis<\/span> were worsening, and the right foot hurt as if it too had <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">fasciitis<\/span>.  I then tried <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heel-that-pain.com\/heel_seats.php\">the seats<\/a> in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skechers.com\/shoes-and-clothing\/men\/styles\/best_of_winter\/product\/energy_-_downforce\/pbl\">walking shoes<\/a> (which I wear on the days that I don't wear the boots), on top of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drscholls.com\/drscholls\/productSearch.do?method=doProductDetailsLookup&searchArg=57\">the replacement insoles<\/a> that I'd put in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skechers.com\/shoes-and-clothing\/men\/styles\/best_of_winter\/product\/energy_-_downforce\/pbl\">those shoes<\/a> after the <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">fasciitis<\/span> developed.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heel-that-pain.com\/heel_seats.php\">The seats<\/a> <em>seem<\/em> to work well in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skechers.com\/shoes-and-clothing\/men\/styles\/best_of_winter\/product\/energy_-_downforce\/pbl\">the walking shoes<\/a>.<\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesock.com\/\">The Strassburg Sock&trade;<\/a> is to be worn when sleeping or sedentary.  It stretches the <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">fascia<\/span> by flexing the toes upwards.  My sister-in-law offered me the use of splint that instead flexes the heel, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesock.com\/\">the Sock<\/a> seemed like a better idea. (When my sister-in-law had suffered from <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">plantar fasciitis<\/span>, she'd been unable to use a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesock.com\/\">Sock<\/a> because of recent injury to her toes.) Anyway, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesock.com\/\">the Sock<\/a> certainly keeps my <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">fascia<\/span> stretched while I'm wearing it.  I cannot sleep wearing it for more than a few hours, but my sister-in-law reported the same problem with her splint.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesock.com\/\">The Strassburg Sock&trade;<\/a> has to be hand-washed and air-dried, so I'd need to have two (or live somewhere that afforded faster drying) to wear one every night.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In response to my entry reporting that I'd developed plantar fasciitis, Ronnie Ashlock suggested that I look at an entry in Rational Fitness Blog by Scott Helsley. I was persuaded thereby to increase the amount of stretching that I did, and to order a pair of Heel That Pain heel seats and a Strassburg Sock&trade;. 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