On the horns of a dilemma

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Have had swollen feet and legs due to being very sedentary . Walking more would help. The problem is it really hurts to walk. That's because of hard skin on my right sole . My stepdaughter has been doing her best to sort it for me. That results in an improvement for 12-24 hours . It's a recurring problem . The previous time the foot specialist attributed it to my putting more weight on my right foot .

Saw a GP . It’s much ado about nothing,or at least that’s the impression I got . He doesn’t think it’s neurological . His reckoning is that is very likely due to muscle weakness,as a result of inactivity.

It was typical sod’s law, as can perversely happen when you visit a doctor, that one of the things being tested, my balance, was better than it’s usually been recently.

Physiotherapy has been recommended and my stepdaughter is going to make a chiropodist’s appointment for me re my back pain .



30-60 seconds?! WTF! They’re having a laugh. I managed about 12 seconds.

I hope your therapy goes well.

I hope you get to walk more soon.

You can try raising your feet when in bed (on a pillow, or sitting. Exercise could help and massage can work wonders, just a gentle massage to stimulate the lymphatic system.

Thanks both of you . I know raising my feet is important re the swollen feet and legs , but doing it is really difficult . That's because the soreness of my right foot really intensifies when I put my feet up.. Today I've been getting up at regular intervals and side shuffling around the living room . The soreness is minimised when I do that.

I need to move around more, but the soreness has to be sorted to really do that. My stepdaughter has been working on the hard skin , and says it's better than it was.

Who did the massage?

I was going to suggest that yoga thing where you put your legs up along a wall to even out the circulation. They recommend that to office workers like myself, and I've been meaning to try it out. But since you say you have trouble raising your legs; have you tried just walking around in water? As in a pool or somesuch? The buoyancy would take weight of your feet, and the resistance would help build your weakened muscle up.

I actually like swimming. That's because so long as you can swim it's not about how good/bad/fast/slow you are at it. I've not been for ages though . Last time was at my old address before they moved the swimming place from the centre of town . Without being accompanied I couldn't get there. I'd also have difficulty getting to the swimming place here.