Pain In The Arch

If you have pain at the bottom of your foot, just in front of the heel bone, you have Plantar Fascilitis, which is an inflammation of the tough fibrous band that joins your heel to the bone. Treatment requires rest from the activity that caused the injury.

You also need to avoid the following, says Phyliss Ragley, D. P. M., President of the American Athletic Podiatric Association:

1. Going barefoot

2. Activities that repeatedly flex your toe joints, such as squatting

3. Stretching your arch beyond the point of pain

4. Walking or jogging up hills or an inclined treadmill

5. Step Aerobics

6. Wearing Flat Shoes

7. Wearing soft sandals or spongy shoes

8. Wearing shoes with very stiff, inflexible soles

9. Changes in the surface on which you workout