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Boden Technique

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AnnB
AnnB

Hi, has anyone had the Boden Technique for plantar fasciitus?  I am considering it but need to get some feedback from my good friends in the forum.

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  • martin0422
    martin0422 AnnB

    Posted

    Bowen Technique.. very painful..no results. Well my wallet is thinner. Easier to carry. Buy your own set of bowen tools on e b ay cheap and try it. 
  • ray62350
    ray62350 AnnB

    Posted

    I had that done about 8 years ago (have had PF or possibly a tendon & nerve issue) for 16 years.

    I had 8 treatments at €70 per treatment - one of the greatest and costliest waste of time/money I have had for my feet. It was a chartered physio who subjected me to the treatment and she did comment that all the fascia of the body is connected and that my fascia is tight all over.

    Having listened to all that thinking there might be something in it I find (in the last 6 months) from a ortho specialist consultant that maybe I never had PF but a tendon injury (they cut the PF 5 years ago to solve the problem) now made worse as the surgery cut the bit holding the feet together.

    thinking back now the Boden Thingy and the all over body fascia bit may well have been an even bigger waste of time.

    Let me ask you this.....

    can you stand on the edge of a step and raise yourself up and down a few times (calf raises)?

    I ask this as my Consultant sent me to a "foot physio" to direct me in this type of rehab. I've been at it now for 6 months - gradually introduced and with slight deviations on a monthly basis building up reps and angles of movement etc. So far no improvement but the Consultant said it could take a year of this to show any signs of it working.

    At the moment - 3 sets of teh exercises ---- 6 times a day 24/7

    • AnnB
      AnnB ray62350

      Posted

      Hello Ray, yes I can stand on the edge of a step and raise myself up and down without any pain, I can feel my calf muscles straining a bit but nothing painful.  I definitely haven't torn a tendon as I am not one for physical exercise. My own doctor had PF and he did the exercises you describe but it seemed it only took a few weeks for his PF to disappear.  The same with my husband, he didn't do the exercises but the PF gradually went away on its own. His came about after doing running so with the both of them I reckon it was only some sort of strained muscle.
    • ray62350
      ray62350 AnnB

      Posted

      My consultant explained to me that there are 3 things holding the feet together - Ligaments, fascia and tendons.

      For me he says the tendons may have been injured (all I was doing was warming up by going up and down on my toes). He reckons this was the straw that broke the .........

      He reckons that this was building up for some time and that the tendon injury may have weakened everything else.

      I then had the operation to cut the PF and this put all the strain on teh injured tendon. There also may be associated nerve damage as well.

      So the program I'm on ist to strengthen the tendons - he says my foot collapses slightly when I walk so I need to add slightly to the exercies of just up and down on calves. Terra bands are part of the program with inverstion & eversion of the feet.....toe crunching is also important. I also seem to have a burning pain which might be related to blood flow and nerves.

      I had a ultrasound guided injection in both feet last summer ........in the process the specialist noticed that my feet look likee those "of a 70 year old".........I have arterial calcification - this may account for a blood issue.

      Bottom line is that there are sooooooo many different aspects of a foot injury and that everyone on this forum needs to get checked out by as many different specialists as possible BEFORE any one treatment regime is initiated.

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