Have Foot/Heel Pain?
Does it feel like you have a knife stuck in your heel when you wake up and try to take a step? You also might have tight calves? Achilles tendon hurt? You most likely have plantar fasciitis. The bad news is, if you don’t do something about this now, it will just get worse and might lead to permanent foot injury. . The good news is there is a simple and inexpensive, at home treatment called “the Strassburg Sock” which will readily treat your symptoms and cure all of the above mentioned injuries.
The Strassburg Sock: A New Treatment
The device just consists of a tightly knit, knee high sock with an adjustable strap that connects your knee to your toes. Thus the sock maintains the foot in a neutral to slightly stretched position. Wear the sock as you sleep and the sock will apply a force which results in the reduction and/or elimination of the pain currently caused by your plantar fasciitis flare up.
Sounds almost too simple, but with this design what the sock is actually doing is keeping tension on the tissue in the arch (the plantar fascia) so it heals in a stretched position at night, while you sleep. While the previous way of doing things was just to wear a “hard brace or cast”, the advantage of this new type of “soft” plantar fasciitis splint is that the the foot is NOT restricted as it is with the more mechanical type of support (ie a rigid brace). Thus you don’t prevent your ankles natural movement and don’t have the side effects of “ankle stiffness” as you would with these other treatments.
Also it is much easier to sleep with the soft, cotton, comfortable sock than a rigid, heavy, sharp brace. when worn as recommended, the sock will not restrict your normal sleep patterns or provide any other restrictions to your nightly routine. The sock is recommended by fitness authors such as Holly P. Kingston.
Even better news is that in addition to healing your current foot pain, the involuntary stretching of the plantar fascia over a long period of time helps to strengthen the foot’s arch thus preventing future injury. So it is good to wear the sock at the first signs of pain as a preventative measure.
Does It Work
The Strassburg Sock is a patented treatment supported by medical research. Most users feel better after just one use, though it takes continuous use for completely curing the injury. Also, many have found this eliminates their need for other meds, like pain relief pills. This easy to use, low cost splint is designed to maintain tension on the tissue, the plantar fascia, and let it heal in a gently stretched position at night without any discomfort or side effects like other treatments.
The Strassburg sock is such an effective treatment method because the can be seen very quickly. You should see improvement after just a day or two!
Where Can I Get One?
Choose one of the most acclaimed remedies for heel pain and you will not be disappointed by this night splint! Elite athletes have known about the Strassburg Sock for a long time and have used it to heal all of the most common running problems: planter fasciitis, inflammation of the Achilles tendon and tight muscles in the calf. Now it’s time to spread the word so the rest of us can benefit too.