I am enjoying a therapeutic foot massage as I write this blog post.
Plantar Fasciitis Relief
Hiking your favorite trail can be so relaxing and enjoyable… unless you have plantar fasciitis or some other foot ailment. Then hiking becomes a pain in the foot. In fact, plantar fasciitis can completely end your hiking and trail running career or hobby. As a result, an entire industry of foot pain relief products are available in stores and online. Most of these products provide some relief for some people. Of course it greatly depends on how long you’ve had foot pain, what is causing the foot pain and other factors such as age, intensity of exercise and physical shape of the individual.
Options for Relieving Foot Pain
Foot pain remedies abound on the internet and in various specialty stores. These remedies include:
- orthotics – provide foot support but are often expensive
FootLog on carpet & linoleum
- physical therapy – great for ongoing treatment but also expensive
- cold therapy – bags of ice or frozen bottles of ice can be helpful, but not always available or convenient
- stretching devices – often worn at night, these boots or socks are helpful for some people, but can be uncomfortable and cause foot cramping
- foot rolling devices – basically these devices provide a foot massage that is convenient, inexpensive and quite therapeutic. Most of the foot roller devices are made of hard plastic. Some can be placed in the freezer so the benefits of cold are combined with the benefits of a therapeutic pressure massage. In most cases, the devices are only good for massaging one foot at a time and do not work well on hard surfaces such as linoleum, tile or hardwood floors. Which brings us to…
Footlog Foot Massager Product Review
The FootLog foot massager provides the benefits of the foot rolling devices listed above with some added bonuses. I found the FootLog to be incredibly convenient, comfortable, and effective. The list of
FootLog benefits include:
It is relatively inexpensive.- It allows the user to massage both feet at once.
- It can easily and conveniently be used on all types of floor surfaces, both hard
- and soft.
- The texture and shape of the FootLog provides just the right amount of stimulation to the foot without being painful. Some of the products have sharp, rigid prongs while the FootLog has soft, flexible nobs that provide just the right amount of stimulation.
- The FootLog does not require batteries.
- The FootLog is easy to clean, store and care for.
Foot pain can be anywhere from a mild inconvenience to a debilitating injury that ends or severely limits your ability to enjoy hiking and running. Whether or not you have a specific foot ailment the FootLog is nice to keep around the house. After a long trail run or path hike, FootLog offers simple relief for your aching feet. You can even use the FootLog while writing a Trailsnet blog post. As a matter of fact, that’s what I’m doing right now.
What works best for you when you get sore feet? Feel free to leave a comment below.
