Dr. Jacob

For plantar fasciitis, don’t get me wrong… ⬇️ Symptom reduction through any mechanism, whether it’s temporary or longer term has value. If the frozen water bottle or tennis ball helps, by all means do it. But it should not be the PRIMARY focus of your treatment. (I rewatched my video and shouldn’t have said “waste of time” bc everyone’s treatment is going to be different). Shoe wear: lots of differing opinions on this. My thoughts👉 there are two different categories of treatment phases. Initially we want to cushion the heel, provide support, reduce the irritation. Once symptoms reduce (not necessarily gone) then we can progress to a more minimalist shoe to begin the strength training phase, depending on your daily activities and occupation. Exercises: see my previous content on this, but more to come as well. Did I make sense in my video? Sometimes idk if I’m only making sense in my head haha! #plantarfasciitis #heelpain #footpain #heelpainrelief

Sticking with the topic of plantar fascia, here are some notes. - plantar fasciitis is a hyperactive nervous response that gets triggered by overloading the plantar fascia tissue before it is ready to take on that much stress. Runners are notorious for this: increasing speed or distance without ramping up or implementing strength and conditioning first. A second subset of people would be those who lead sedentary lifestyles who all of the sudden increase their activity level. Our feet are the foundation, and they require maintenance. Foot and toe mobility exercises comes in all forms. These are just some examples, and I have plenty more already posted and more to come. I understand that many of you cannot get into a deep squat position. You can do these in as deep of a squat as you can get into. You can also opt for the easier versions of these posted earlier. #plantarfascia #footpain #footpainrelief #feet

Where do we start?⬇️⬇️ Social media has been a powerful tool to learn tips and tricks here and there, or maybe even life changing pieces of information that you never would have known before. My job as a physical therapist and content creator is to get you as independent as possible from your orthopedic medical needs, as opposed to reliant on a system that seems broken half the time. The exercises I’m demonstrating in this video are all #thoracicmobilty exercises that are meant to improve low back pain👉Something that I dealt with in the past which was a low back disc herniation (2 different levels) 👉taught me a lot about the resiliency of the human body. How amazing it is that movement does heal the body, and is much more effective than any NSAIDs, muscle relaxants and pain killers combined. In clinic, I’ve recently had an influx of patients dealing with issues where the chronicity of their conditions have brought them to a place of accepting their pain as “just what it is” chalking it all up to “old age” almost with a negative, cynical outlook on their prognosis. I want to remind everyone that there is a solution out there for you. It might take time, you might need to find the right person to help guide you, but pain is not an inevitable part of aging. You can live pain-free. You deserve to live pain-free. If this message resonates with you, drop a ❤️ and let me know how you’re doing⬇️⬇️ #backpain #chronicpainwarrior #chronicpainrelief #chronicpain

Listen up for ankle, foot, and knee pain📢 If you haven’t tried the towel sweep exercise yet, give it a shot! Move as fast as you can - feel the burn. This is a healthy knee ankle and foot exercise that I have incorporated into so many clients programs and I’m telling you, it’s a good one. Based on some of the comments in my previous ankle and foot posts, it seems like many of you need a little guidance with shoe wear for various foot and ankle conditions. Is this topic you’d like to hear more about?⬇️ #anklepain #footpain #kneepain #achilles

Ask and you shall receive🧞‍♂️ Many of you were looking for new and/or alternate ways to do the toe yoga exercise. Here are a few options. Foot, ankle, and toe mobility exercises are great for work towards your goals with conditions like ankle sprains, Achilles tendon pain, tendinitis, plantar fasciitis, Morton’s neuromas, and bunions. We have improve and even reverse some of these conditions. I’m giving out toe yoga-like exercises for foot and ankle pain, but also for knee and hip pain, sometimes even low back pain. It all depends on the patient but for the most part, MOSt of us need things like these exercises. Be sure to listen to the instructions. Drop any questions below to help guide my content in the coming weeks. #anklemobility #toemobility #plantarfasciitis #footpain #sprainedankle

SI Joint pain? Low back pain? In the case of hypomobility we want to get the area moving! Here are a few options. In many cases the SIJ might feel unstable when in fact it is just hypersensitive. The solution isnt to stretch it. The solution is to MOVE IT. #sij #sacroiliacjoint #sijdysfunction