Plantar fasciitis can cause heel pain right here that's especially bad with the first
few steps every morning.
These are plantar fasciitis socks that are supposed to alleviate heel pain.
In this video, I'll be giving you my honest physical therapists opinion about these plantar
fasciitis socks by PA plus.
And I'll be answering the questions can plantar fasciitis socks help heel pain versus talk
about how these plantar fasciitis socks work.
So these socks just slip onto your foot, I'll put it on my foot in a second.
And your toes are going to come out on this end over here.
And this section of the sock right here where the stripes are where the gray stripes are,
are very compressive.
So they're not as stretchy, they're real tight right here.
And then on this end, it's a lot more stretchy.
And this is where the heel goes.
So the way this is designed is when you have it on, it compresses this part of your foot
right here, so that it can create better arches inside your foot, you actually have three
arches in each foot.
And when your arches start to flatten out, because of certain muscles becoming weak in
your foot, it starts to add extra stress extra pressure to different parts of your foot.
When your muscles get weak and your arches start to flatten out, it starts to add compression
to different areas of your foot.
And if it's your plantar fascia that's been affected, usually right here where it attaches
onto the hook of this bone here, the heel bone, then that's where people tend to get
pain.
And in order to fix the plantar fasciitis problem, we've got to take pressure off of
it by creating better arches.
So these socks help to create the arch.
If I slip the sock onto the skeleton, you can see how the toe stick out right there.
And this part is going to compress these long bones of the foot.
And it doesn't really add any compression to the heel, which is good because that's
a sensitive area, you don't want to irritate it more, that extra compression right around
these long bones of the foot supports the arches of the foot, which takes pressure off
the plantar fascia and allows it to heal.
So you have two options for putting on this sock.
One is over you're barefoot, just like this.
That's how it would fit.
And then you would put your sock over that.
And then two is just put it over your sock like this.
So you have a couple of wearing options for you to choose from.
Now, let me tell you some features of the SOC.
So it came in this box right here, the brand is called pA plus never heard of this brand.
But they did a good job.
And there's six pairs in here.
So I'm wearing one pair, here's two more pairs and each one is labeled with a L for left
or in our for right just so that you can keep track in case you want to I don't think it'd
be a bad thing if you put the left one on the right one.
But that's pretty cool.
And there's three more pairs in here.
These fit both men and women, they do come in different sizes, though they have a small,
medium, large, and extra large.
And if you look on their website, or on their Amazon page, which I've linked in the description
below, you can get a link to get these off Amazon, there's a sizing chart.
So if you think of your shoe size, you can find what range a small is a medium, large
and extra large.
Just to give you some context, I'm a men's size 13.
And this is a size L large, black large, and they fit me just fine.
These are machine washable, they're made out of 80%, nylon and 20% spandex, so they're
very breathable, and they feel very comfortable on my skin.
And I haven't gone and played sports with these luckily don't have a plantar fasciitis
problem.
Currently, I've had one in the past, and I wish I had these back then.
But I feel like I can go running in these I feel like I can go do sports, go to the
gym, do whatever I want to do even just work in these and they feel very comfortable to
wear.
And they do come in other colors.
Besides these black ones with the gray stripes.
There's also gray, white, and blue.
Let me tell you some pros of the socks.
Number one is they're very easy to put on.
They are very stretchy, and they get around your heel just fine.
And then the compression from these is gradual.
In other words, they're not super aggressive.
So it like I have them on right now.
I've been wearing them for a couple of hours now.
And it's it's still tolerable.
It's not to the point where it's uncomfortable and it's making me cringe.
I like that you can put them over your sock or under your sock if you choose.
And they're also stylish, I thought they were kind of a cool design.
And let me tell you some cons.
There's two things that I don't like about these but I don't think they're big deal breakers.
One is I wish that it had the toe that it covered the rest because I feel like now I
have to wear socks.
You know, I can't not wear socks and just have my toes free inside my shoes.
I guess you could wear these barefoot around the house but I would rather not have to put
on socks in addition to this rather than this just be the sock so that had the rest of the
foot on here.
I'd like that.
And then the other con is you can kind of cut into you after a while.
So let me see if I can give My foot appear right here on the edge.
That edge you can see it's even making a line on my foot.
After a while, especially if the if you have the tighter size, if you're like on the top
end of the range, it might begin to cut into your skin mate may be cut off circulation.
For me, it's it's a tad bit uncomfortable, but not to the point where I feel like I need
to take them off.
But you know, an easy fix for that is take them off and let your feet breathe for a bit
and then put them back on.
Let me give you my honest opinion about these plantar fasciitis, compression socks overall,
I think they're very useful.
If you're suffering from plantar fasciitis, you can use these to give yourself a little
bit of pain relief to take the edge of the pain off so that you can avoid taking pain
medication, or maybe avoid going to the doctor for an injection because that's often done
for plantar fasciitis problems.
But don't expect this to heal your plantar fasciitis problem, this isn't going to fix
it, a better expectation is to use these to get through the day to you know, you have
to be on your feet for a while if you have to go exercise because I'm like that I have
to go move somehow some way.
And I'll try to do extra.
If I have heel pain, I'll try to get off my feet and do something like a bicycle or do
exercises from a seated position that would be the first best choice.
But just by default, you're gonna have to walk into the gym and move around to the gym,
you're going to be on your feet more than if you didn't work out.
So I think this is a good thing to wear during that time.
These come in at under 20 bucks.
I mean, they're pretty much like high end socks or mid range socks.
So it's not like they're really expensive and they're definitely a natural solution.
So you're not taking medications and potentially injuring your liver and your other important
organs, you still need to address the root problem of plantar fasciitis though and that
root problem is usually weak toe muscles that lead to dropped arches in the foot and those
dropped arches end up putting way too much pressure on the plantar fascia and it's usually
at the heel where it becomes irritated and painful.
If you're looking for more help with plantar fasciitis problems, go find the playlist in
the description below for plantar fasciitis help and also you can find a link to these
from Amazon.
These are really cool, go get some if you're suffering from plantar fasciitis problems
so you can take that edge off naturally.
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