PS:
In the beginning you might want to ice a few times a day or after you dance/ walk or on the feet a while...,. Icing is about the same thing as taking anti-inflammation drug (like strong motrin). It brings down the inflammation, which is important, because only then can the tears can start repairing itself. I'm not a doctor, but you can ask the doctor or search on line about it. The most important thing is to keep the inflammation down. When I ice every day my foot feels almost normal. I might have to get surgery because of the scar tissue and bone spur that was the result of letting the condition goe so long. When I first discovered I had this, it was so bad I couldn't even put my weight on it. I though I had a bone fracture or something, I had no clue what the problem was. If only I could go back in time and prevented this (sigh
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I also bought a recumbent bike (swimming is good also), so I can exercise now, without being on my feet. I'm in the process of losing weight so I can hopefully get better, so I don't have to get surgery.