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Ice: magic cure for heel pain of plantar fasciitis

I can't say for sure what finally helped relieve my heel pain of almost 2 years. I did many things, and my hope is simply to share them with people experiencing the extreme foot pain of plantar fasciitis ("heel spur"), to give hope that relief from the heel pain will come.

These last 6 months, I iced my foot all the time.  I used a store-bought ice pack, a frozen bottle of water, a bag of ice...whatever was available. Sometimes I would even go to sleep at night with the ice on my foot.  It got to the point that my kids would see me sit down and they would bring me ice. 

I really think this might have helped a lot. The physical therapist also iced for about 1/2 hour before the physical therapy.  They told me that the ice reduced the inflammation caused by the plantar fasciitis.

The water bottle did double duty as ice and massage. A small plastic water bottle, frozen, then put on the floor. I would roll the bottle under my bare foot for as long as I could. 

I iced whenever I was sitting down for a minute.  Eating dinner, watching TV. I even iced while driving when it was really bad.

So if you are suffering from the extreme heel pain of plantar fasciitis, try to ice as often as you can and for as long as you can.  I think this really helped my improvement. I would love to say I'm cured, but it's still there. It's just bearable now and is no longer intefering with me living a normal (if that's what you could call it) life.

good luck!!
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