Using the PC all day makes your weak

[GoldenRivet]

using your computer isnt the problem. (though i assume your joking)

Anyone who is not used to exhaustive physical labor will experience this same thing.

after a long hot day at work, my strategy was to come home, strip down to my skivvies, get a nice warm tub of water to soak my feet in, and next to my chair would be 6 beers in an ice chest.

as you soak your feet in the warm water (or cold if you desire) pop the top on the bottle of beer and rest it between your legs right up against your "junk". sip occasionally.

repeat this process until you consume all six beers or until the water temperature in the foot tub is no longer satisfying.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

using your computer isnt the problem. (though i assume your joking)

Anyone who is not used to exhaustive physical labor will experience this same thing.

after a long hot day at work, my strategy was to come home, strip down to my skivvies, get a nice warm tub of water to soak my feet in, and next to my chair would be 6 beers in an ice chest.

as you soak your feet in the warm water (or cold if you desire) pop the top on the bottle of beer and rest it between your legs right up against your "junk". sip occasionally.

repeat this process until you consume all six beers or until the water temperature in the foot tub is no longer satisfying.

Sounds ideal after almost every () job.

[Weiss Pinguin]

From what I've heard soaking your feet in ice water might help. If you can get past the initial shock, I think your body is supposed to start circulating more blood through the area which flushes it out and helps repair thing. Plus you get the numbing effect. I guess you could just jam your feet into a cooler of beer until you finish them all

[Takeda Shingen]

At the risk of sissifying myself, I'll share with you my secret weapon for foot pain:

http://www.homedics.com/home/beauty/...-footbath.html

When I first started teaching, my feet were killing me from being on them in dress shoes all day long. That little thing was the best 30 dollars I had ever spent. Half an hour in that and my feet were good as new.

[GoldenRivet]

Wow thats way better than what i use:







no, seriously.

[AVGWarhawk]

Im betting on two things you have:

Bone spur on the heel.
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/gene...a/heelspur.htm

Plantar Fasciitis
http://orthopedics.about.com/od/foot.../fasciitis.htm

I recomment a visit to the foot doctor. Two weeks is far to long to still be in pain.

My wife is suffering from bone spur as we speak. It can be debilitation and hurts like hell.

[kiwi_2005]

okay gotta go, thanks. Might see if we have here what Steamwake mention.

@jimbuna. Sitting down is not allowed. . But yeah it would ease the pain.

@Goldenrivet: The beer fix sounds good shall I have a few before work or after?

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

@Goldenrivet: The beer fix sounds good shall I have a few before work or after?

depends on the job

some jobs its better to drink before

others its better to drink after

others its best to drink during.




occasionally (with extreme rarity we hope) you come across a job that will require you to drink before, during AND after.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

after a long hot day at work, my strategy was to come home, strip down to my skivvies, get a nice warm tub of water to soak my feet in, and next to my chair would be 6 beers in an ice chest.

as you soak your feet in the warm water (or cold if you desire) pop the top on the bottle of beer and rest it between your legs right up against your "junk". sip occasionally.

repeat this process until you consume all six beers or until the water temperature in the foot tub is no longer satisfying.

This man knows how to live!

I would not recommend the 2 pair of socks strategy, your feet will feel more comfy at first, but on the long run it's no good, as your feet don't have enough foothold. The most important thing is having good shoes. My friends who work construction, work mostly in training shoes, they made some great advantages in the last decades. As I assume that you have to wear safety shoes/boots, I can only recommend the classic good old Doc Marten boots - they really have the best soles! The guys I know, who are only allowed to wear safety boots provided by their company, they all curse their employers and wish a pair of Docs!

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Penguin

Doc Marten boots

Have a pair of those myself. Pricey, but you get what you pay for, and they practically last forever.

They were originally purchased as a fashion statement back when I was in high school. Now I use them for almost any physical work I have to do; from chopping wood to helping my friend knock down a few walls to shoveling snow. It is a testament to their durability.

It is a testament to their durability.

Until a puncture ruins their benefit.

[SteamWake]

Using a computer for 7 days does not make one week...

I'll be here all week

[Tchocky]

My Docs are getting on for 6 years old, still in great nick.

I get over the lethargy of spending my day at a screen by cycling in and out. Mental exercise helps as well

[Jimbuna]

Have worn Doc Martins most of my working life....boots for foot patrol and shoe version for driving...I swear by them

The wife prefers her Pedicure contraption....I might try it it one day

[kiwi_2005]

Ah Doc Martens I use to wear them I would buy the red docs. Hard to get them here now as to many imitations come out claiming to be doc martens until you wear them for a month and the soles fall apart. Doc soles are sewn on these were glued So a couple of times getting them wet and they fall apart. Made in China rubbish.

On another note my index finger is twice the size and I cannot make a close fist atm me hands are to swollen Oh well part of the job. Im getting tougher Thank God its saturday I need to rest the body.