Good idea, but watch you don't get frost bite. If you still have good feeling in your feet, you can tell when you have had enough cold.
I wear sandals in the house without socks most of the time. The cold keeps my pain and swelling levels down. In the summer, I soak my feet in cold vinegar -- usually full strength if I have enough on hand. Vinegar softens and heals the cracks in my heels. Don't know if it has any medicinal properties. I just know I can sleep better when my feet are swollen if I give them a good cold soak. I know diabetics are told not to soak their feet, but I weighed the lesser of two evils and came up with soaking. LOL
A lot of time if my feet are swollen and painful, I use ice packs wrapped in towels. I wrap it around my feet and use masking tape to hold the towel in place. I don't stick it to me, just the end to the towel. When I take them off, I pop them back into the freezer. They are ready to go in a moment's notice. These are the soft ice packs. you can get them at Wal-mart's pharmacy or any pharmacy that carries first aid supplies. The towel draws dampness and supplies enough moisture for the cold to work .
When it gets warm enough for me to stand the cold air, I'll be out walking. Right now, I am trying to get enough exercise in the house.
Hi all! I am a former runner, now walker (sigh!). I like to use a treadmill unless I have my feet "up to speed", which I am currently working on again. Two...
Hi..nice to hear from you. While my feet and legs feel mumb, I guess I am one of those "lucky" ones who
don't have the pain normally associated with this...
The human nervous system is a strange thing. It can send signals to different parts of the brain. Neuropathy, confuses those signals to the brain. It can do...
We don't have much snow here in Atlanta, Ga. but I also use cold to relieve the pain. I tried heat and it was awful. Even in the summer my feet swell up...
My doctor told me not to over exercise. He did not elaborate on what overdoing is. What, and how long, do you all do? I could walk on the treadmill, however...
Gosh brian you do plenty of exercise already.Overdoing is when you get too tired or you are in pain. Walking is one of the best exercises you can do. I am...
Thanks for the compliment. It is solid ice in Buffalo today. But it is supposed to turn into rain this afternoon. I hope to be able to walk to my girlfriends...
Sounds like you do a lot of exercise. I am to the point of barely walking anymore. I can and do swim, but I also lead a water exercise class. It was...
I have lots of fun. I go to the movies with my girlfriend, which is a mile each way to walk. She has cerebal palsy. Her ballance is not great. She uses a...
BTW...it is solid ice and snow in Sonora, California too!!!!! I live at about 4,000 ft in the High Sierras. edminium@... ... From: Brian Date: 02/01/08...
We took a cross country train trip from Buffalo NY to San Francisco. We went through several of the mountains. It was in June of 2004. You can see the pictures...
Those were "our" mountains you went through...it is very beautiful here,
especially when all of the pine and cedar trees are loaded with snow. I
will try to...
Good idea, but watch you don't get frost bite. If you still have good feeling in your feet, you can tell when you have had enough cold. I wear sandals in the...
Hi Phil I don't have the pain...just a numb feeling...But I do have the snow. I live in the High Sierras in northern California in Tuolumne County. My PN has...
Phil, In my opinion, it's because the nerves are damaged or diseased. I'm not sure
if this would help, but if I keep my feet warm--like with socks or light...
hmmm, interesting that we have similarities sometimes. I started out newly diagnosed with lots of pain using a lot of cold water, cold packs, sleeping with...
hi rose, funny thing about feet. mine used to cold too. but now i have to look to see if i am wearing socks or not! lol!! since i am not a small person...
I wear socks to bed too. I soak my feet in cold water in the bathtub, but not for pain, but to stop the itching. I have athletes foot on both feet. ... cold...
You know, I remember my Naturepath said to use Vinegar I believe to kill the athletes feet, I tried it a couple times and it worked well... stinky but soaking...
I don't know how you feel about putting creams on your feet but I get Athlete's Foot occasionally and used a cream called CanestenAF to treat it when it shows...
Thanks again for the kind words. I use differnt creams. Have you heard of Bag Balm? They use it on cows utters, but you can buy it in some stores. It works...
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