It is day 11 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I’m still here. It’s remarkable since I’m finding 5 minutes of doing nothing a hell of a long time. I’m trying to rehab my left plantar fasciitis. I’ve discovered that the root cause is my body alignment is out of whack – for many years. I’ve been clenching my whole left side forever and a day. I have left sided discomfort from my face down to my foot. I’ve been like that so long I kind of gotten used to that until my left heel pain was so excruciating that it was hard to walk even a few steps. It stopped me in my tracks. I had to give it some consideration.

I bought a few pair of shoes and different gizmos to put inside them. They didn’t really worked. I looked online for a fix and a body shop and found the pain academy. Or rather it found me. In this case social media was very helpful. When I googled heel pain, all kinds of things pop up in my Instagram feed, including Vinny from the Pain Academy. He shared many exercises that I thought would help me. After doing them, I realized that they were similar to the ones from my mobility class at the YWCA.

The first exercise was to rest the body for 5 minutes to get it in a neutral state. It is really restful but 5 minutes is a long time to stay put on the floor with your legs up on a chair at 90° angle. I started fiddling and squirming within seconds. And my mind went crazy, darting all over kingdom come. I’m doing a little better now with some practice. It’s a good exercise to do to let go of the tension in your body. I never realized how much till now.

Well, this is more than 5 minutes now. I have to stop. I’ll be back tomorrow with more. But hey, I think my heel pain is going!