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Plantar Fasciitus Sucks and Happens to over 50% of Perimenopause Women

Your Plantar Fasciitus is due to Hormones, Not Old Age. I turned 50 and the periods became more random. Along with it came some weight gain, hot flashes a new sheriff came into town. MY HEEL JUST RANDOMLY STARTED HURTING. It took a while to figure out what was triggering it. MY HIP HOP CLASS! And then it was the Cross Fit style class. Then it was the RUNNING. It seemed that jumping up and down created major pain the next day. Here is what has worked a little bit so far. 1) Vionic Shoes- I don't know why but I googled it and got a pair. It's the ONLY shoe that works. The CLARK Kitten Heels made it worse. The Naturalizers didn't work either. I could no longer do heels at all. Even arch support tennis shoes bothered me. But Vionic Flats? I could wear them all day and was pretty okay. Caveat 1-They are expensive. Caveat 2-The Arielle Ballet shoe is adorable but realize that leather flakes pretty easy, so be gentle! I now have 3 pairs and when I don't wear the...