Plantar Fasciitis

Exercises for Healthy Feet!

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You have stumbled onto another episode of Get Your FILL – Financial Independence and Long Life where we explore ways to achieve those two goals. You’ll find links to the composer of the original score that you just heard and everything else we talk about on the website, GetYourFILLPodcast.com.

I have a treat for you today. Since this episode is being recorded while I’m on vacation in Florida with my partner, John Ciampa, I’ve invited him to join me today. Say hi John. He’s going to chime in whenever he wants and hopefully be your voice. If you like this format, be sure to let me know and I’ll invite him back again.

MIM: Today for Move-it Monday, I want to reintroduce you to an often ignored body part: your foot. Actually, both feet if you are fortunate enough to have two. I hadn’t given much thought to my feet until I developed Plantar Fasciitis a few weeks ago. When your feet fail you, it’s a real drag so let’s take care of them now before something happens.

I got these two exercises from MedicalNewsToday. They’re designed to increase flexibility and mobility. The website also has a video and some other exercises that we’ll do next time to build strength. There’s a link on my website, GetYourFillPodcast.com.

1. Toe raise, point and curl

• Sit up straight in a chair, with the feet flat on the floor.

• Keeping the toes on the floor, raise the heels. Stop when only the balls of the feet remain on the ground.

• Hold this position for 5 seconds before lowering the heels.

• For the second stage, raise the heel and point the toes so that only the tips of the big and second toes are touching the floor.

• Hold for 5 seconds before lowering.

• For the third stage, raise the heel and curl the toes inward, so that only the tips of the toes are touching the floor. Hold this position for 5 seconds.

• Build flexibility and mobility by repeating each stage 10 times.

2. Big toe stretch

Keeping a wide range of motion in the big toe is important. The following exercise also has three stages, and it was designed to stretch and relieve pain in toes that have been squashed in shoes.

To do this exercise:

• Sit up straight in a chair, with the feet flat on the floor.

• Bring the left foot to rest on the right thigh.

• Using the fingers, gently stretch the big toe up, down, and to the side.

• Remain in this position for 5 seconds.

• Repeat this 10 times before switching to the other foot.

Hope these help keep your feet feeling great.

TAGRT: For TAGR Tuesday, we’re continuing to work our way through Napoleon Hill’s book, Think and Grow Rich. I hope you’ll read along with us. At the rate we’re going, you’ll only read one chapter a month so you should be able to fit that into your life and maybe even re-read it a few times to really get the concepts. You’ll also find many examples of Napoleon Hill and others reading the book on YouTube and audiobooks out there so you can listen as well while you’re driving to work. I think it takes at least a few readings of the book before it really starts to penetrate and you actually start taking the actions the book recommends.

Last time we talked about Faith, I invited you to imagine yourself enjoying a hot beverage. Did you do it? What happened? What should have happened if you really and truly thought and put your mind to work imagining yourself enjoying that hot beverage is that the universe – probably in the form of a coworker, partner or friend, should have delivered a hot beverage to you without your having to ask or to pay for it. If that