• weight affects plantar fasciitis
    Plantar Fasciitis Help,  Stretching

    How Being Overweight or Obese Affects Plantar Fasciitis

    Plantar Fasciitis affects 1 in 10 people at some point during their lives. It has been proven that being overweight or obese can increase your risk of developing the condition. [Source]   There are many reasons why a person may be overweight such as diet, inactivity, pregnancy, illness, medication side effects, mobility issues, just to name a few. Whatever the reason, the added weight is going to impact on your condition and will need to be addressed in some way, if you are to recover and eliminate the pain. Why does being overweight or obese increase your chances of developing plantar fasciitis? The plantar fascia tissue runs along the base…

  • diet affects plantar fasciitis
    Plantar Fasciitis Help

    How Your Diet Can Affect Plantar Fasciitis Recovery

    You may not be aware, but what you eat can have a dramatic affect on just how quicky you recover from Plantar Fasciitis. So how does diet affect Plantar Fasciitis? Many foods contain natural anti-inflammatory properties that can lower inflammation within the body. Equally, many other foods are known to exasperate the inflammation. We will now look in greater detail at why you should try to increase the types of food that will help, and eliminate those that don’t. How can food make a difference to my Plantar Fasciitis? Hundreds of years ago, before modern medicine came along, healers relied on using herbs and spices to heal the ailments of…