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Saw Bared Footwear recommended on TikTok. has anyone here tried them? they seem to have more arch support than normal cute shoes, but not as much as a sneaker, so i’m wondering if they actually help. feels like they could be a good compromise if you still want to wear nicer shoes

for the longest time i thought “mewing” was just another random influencer trend. recently my dentist pointed out that when i swallow, my tongue pushes against the side of my teeth and is slowly affecting the positioning/opening of them. she told me to consciously practice putting my tongue in the correct position against the roof of my mouth and hold it there until it becomes natural.

and then i realized… wait isn’t this basically what people online call mewing?

i feel like people dismiss it because influencers turned it into this exaggerated “you’ll become a supermodel in 3 months” thing, when in reality this is medically super legitimate.

obviously proper tongue posture isn’t going to magically restructure your entire skull like influencers claim, but it’s weird to act like the concept itself is fake when medical professionals recommend correcting tongue posture. i think social media just turned a real thing into pseudoscience exaggeration, so people started dismissing the entire topic altogether.

Summer is my favorite character! I read most of the Off Campus and Briar U books back in 2021, and it had been so long that I’d honestly forgotten a lot of it until Dean mentioned Summer while talking to Riley and it activated the sleeper agent within me 😭 the obsession I used to have with her during COVID was insane. I went through my camera roll and found so many random edits and screenshots from 2021. I genuinely need an entire season dedicated to Summer Di Laurentis

Hi everyone. I’m 21F and got diagnosed with plantar fasciitis a week ago, and it’s really affecting me mentally.

I’m 4’11 and around 109 lbs, so I’m at a healthy weight. I don’t work on my feet at all, and I’ve always been a very active person. I’ve had a consistent strength training split for years that prioritizes recovery, I’ve always cared a lot about nutrition, tracked my food for years, and average 10k+ steps a day, which is why I feel so confused and frustrated since everyone’s reasoning for why it’s happening doesn’t apply to me. Or when people say it went away when they lost weight or started working out, neither of those apply in my situation either.

The podiatrist couldn’t really explain where it came from. My X-rays looked perfect apparently. Most of my pain is more in the arch of my foot, but I still get stabbing heel pain sometimes too.

What’s making this even worse is that I have a week long hiking trip in 2 months that’s already fully booked with flights and hotels. I did this same hike two years ago and absolutely loved it, and I’ve been waiting forever to find the time to do it again. I’m a huge hiker, and walking is genuinely one of my favorite things to do. Now I feel like I may have to back out, and some friends and family are already making comments that I’m being dramatic or that I’m “ditching” everyone after being one of the main person pushing to organize the trip.

I also love yoga, Pilates, and Lagree/Solidcore-style workouts, all of which are barefoot, and now I don’t even know if I’ll ever be able to do those normally again.

Right now I’m wearing OOFOS constantly at home, even when I shower, and only wearing Hokas outside. I booked physical therapy starting tomorrow.

I’m moving to Europe for my master’s soon, and one of the things I was most excited about was finally living in a walkable city after growing up somewhere super car dependent. Now I’m scared I won’t be able to walk the same anymore. Won’t ever be able to just walk across my room barefoot in the morning without thinking about it, never be barefoot on a boat jumping into the water or at the beach. No Hyrox, no marathon.

Fashion is also a huge interest of mine, and I feel devastated looking at all the shoes I’ve collected over the years knowing I suddenly can’t wear any of them. I hate the look of athletic shoes outside the gym, and right now they’re basically the only thing I can tolerate. I also live somewhere where a lot of restaurants and going out places expect heels, and you can get denied if you aren’t wearing them, and now that feels completely off the table too.

I know this probably sounds dramatic to some people, but this has genuinely been affecting my mental health. I’ve been crying every other night and feel so isolated because I don’t know anyone my age dealing with this. None of my friends understand and make negative comments when I decline their invites to go to the gym or walk because my foot hurts. My parents in their 50s can walk pain free and obviously way more than me right now, and I have to drive by myself to whatever restaurant they go to instead of walking with my family.

If anyone has advice or honestly just reassurance that life isn’t over, I’d really appreciate it.

hi guys. i (21F) got diagnosed with plantar fasciitis on monday, and basically anything barefoot is a big no right now. so naturally i’m assuming solidcore is probably a no too, which honestly breaks my heart a little. i’ve been doing solidcore consistently for almost three years and it’s become such a huge part of my routine. it’s also one of the main ways my mom and i bond since we always make time to take morning classes together.

has anyone here dealt with plantar fasciitis while still taking class? were there any modifications that helped, especially to avoid standing? right now it’s very painful to stand without shoes, and even with shoes it still hurts. were there certain movements you avoided, or things outside of class that helped it improve faster?

just trying to figure out if this means completely stopping for now or if there’s a safe way to ease back in, because i really don’t want to lose something that’s been such a constant in my life. this has honestly rocked my world because i’m a very active person. i do hyrox training, have taken 250+ solidcore classes, usually walk 10k+ steps a day, and now i can’t even stand without pain. it’s been a really emotional couple of days, so any advice or experiences would be very helpful