Will it work? Not sure how the ferry/tunnel works or how strict they are about car passengers. It will be my first time hitchhiking because I need to get to London on tuesday and prices for everything else are too much for me. Thank you!!
I started experiencing pain in September 2025, got a diagnosis in October and have been in so much daily pain and discomfort since then, but the past few weeks the clouds have been parting and I can get out of bed in the morning without my slippers and NO PAIN.
What wasn't giving me results:
just a basic physical therapy regimen and custom insoles
What did give me results:
-Yoga every single morning for the last month. I recommend Yoga With Adriene's youtube videos for daily practice and doing her Yoga for the Feet video at least a few times a week as well. She made me love my feet during a time when I really hated them.
-daily foot massages for the last month. Like, really putting in some elbow grease squishing and rubbing those heels and arches. There are some good youtube videos for this too. Don't be shy, use a spoon!
-walking across my city at a chill pace for hours/day for the last month. I took time to explore, stopped to peek at fancy grocery stores, talk to strangers. I call it "my daily pilgrimage".
-stairs! I avoided stairs for a long time, opting for elevators and escalators as a daily metro-rider. I recently moved into a flat that is up 4 flights of stairs and no elevator. The stairs are HELPING. cool.
-losing weight! I am fat, which is something that didn't bother me, but wanted to improve my health. First time I've been able to do this for health reasons and not body image reasons which rules! I love loving myself. I have been eating in a healthy deficit for a while now (tracking diet and exercise) and I've gone from 105 kilos to 93 kilos :-)
-I still have fancy insoles (superfeet) and I still mix in some physical therapy
This has been my journey! Reddit really scared me and made me feel hopeless so I wanted to share my positive results.