Cuboid syndrome

[starrchylde_117]

I currently have a client who has cuboid syndrome, plantar fascitis, and heel spurs.

She sees a Podiatrist regularly, wears orthotics, has tried cortisone -etc.

We are getting decent results with the massage and cross fiber work. I also use Biofreeze on the area. I work all surrounding areas as well.

I am looking for anything else to try and maybe get longer results, if that is even possible. She is overweight and her job requires her to stand for long periods of time. I would like to approach a discussion with her about her general health, but really don't know how to go about it.

 

[RaZzor]

Update - as a friend and because she asked (I also have some cont. ed on nutrition) I gave her a food log to do for the week and some good articles I found online about portions and all.

I also wanted to give this a little bump

 

[scatter_head]

You could broach the subject gently by asking her what kind of physical activities she does...so you can better get an idea of how/why this happened. If she says nothing, then a conversation about how gentle walking, aquafit, or what ever else you think is appropriate might help the range of motion, and strength of her legs. Broaching the subject of physical activity to help her with the pain may be a way to start the conversation.

It is a difficult and senitive topic to broach. No one wants to hear that they are overweight and needs to loose weight, even if it is true.

 

[kAt Go RaWr!!!]

Thanks for your post.

We talked off an on about it - I let her bring it up and try to be as nice about it as possible. She seems to already know the weight doesn't help, but motivating here to help herself get it off is hard. Hopefully with me backing her, she will make some good changes this time. She has done things in the past, but she always gets knocked off course.