How to Get Foot Pain Relief for Plantar Fasciitis
Treatment of plantar fasciitis is a long-term process but you can take a number of steps to get immediate relief. For example, if you have been jogging and walking, stop the activity for a few days and rest. Taking rest is one of the most effective ways to get relief from the pain caused by the disease, because the activity like jogging and walking leads to increase in inflammation and that is the main cause of pain. So, the more you rest, the more help you will get in improvement of your condition and at the end immediate relief from the pain.
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Rest is the most recommended solution for getting pain relief from the problem. For example, you take time off from jogging, walking or running if suffering from plantar fasciitis. This will help improve the situation for you. The reason is that the activity like walking and jogging leads to increase in inflammation, which is the main cause for the pain. No treatment can work effectively as long as you keep doing activities that put pressure on the affected area.
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Another way of getting relief is putting ice to the affected area. This is in fact the most effective method in helping stop spread of the disease and its prolonging. You not only get relief from the pain but icing also helps in the actual healing process. This is particularly an effective solution if put in the initial few days when the problem occurs. Putting icing on a regular basis nevertheless helps in getting pain relief.
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All these solution will depend on the stage of your problem and if you are feeling serious inflammation, it is better to consult your doctor and get recommended anti-inflammatory medication. The spread of inflammation to the affected area causes severe pain and without stopping the inflammation getting relief from the pain at least in the longer-run is not possible. So it is better to take anti-inflammatory medicine in addition to trying out other options.
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You can also try shoe inserts as an option to get relief from the pain. However, this solution will depend on the condition of the problem. In case of severe inflammation, even shoe inserts are unlikely to work in helping you get relief from the pain. So treating inflammation is always the first option while you apply options like shoe inserts to get relief from pain.
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Wearing night splints can help keep your heels stretched while you are sleep and thus can help you get relief from the pain. However, you might get some pain to your feet in the morning, because they remain intact in position throughout the night, with heels stretched. The pain nevertheless is relieved gradually as you start the normal life activity.
