I have been to a professional Rolfer before which he was stumped and wasn't really sure how to handle it. I've had an herbalist tell me I needed deep foot bodywork consistently and I've had many conventional doctors just tell me it was fine as long as it wasn't hurting me that I would be fine and that if I wanted surgery that that would be optimal if pain proceeds. The thing is.. I am not in pain - it's just extremely tight, uncomfortable and ugly looking and I want to fix it. And I haven't met any person yet that can guide me in the right direction. I don't think the bones are set in place because I can, with some force, bend them to look normal. I can sit in a full lotus which means I have some degree of flexibility in them but still... dorsiflexion is almost impossible. I can't even extend my toes without will of force.
The ankle portion (lateral malleolus) always appears to be swollen - from the time I actually injured it, and the swelling never seems to fully go down. I was reading in this book "Back to Eden" that this man with swollen feet and ankles did contrast bathing (alternating hot, cold water) tried that immediately by following through with soaking his feet in kerosene and the swelling reducing to almost noting afterwards. I tried researching this method and couldn't find anything on it.
Honestly, I am willing to try anything. Even if somebody wanted to re-break the bone so that it may heal properly. What I have been doing which brings about momentary positive change is wearing these rubber toe correctors (which starts to hurt after 5 + hours of wearing them), using the wooden foot roller, doing deep work on my calves and behind my knee, burying my feet in the sand, certain yoga postures and foam rolling. I have never seen anybody with feet like mine - they just look like prehistoric monkey feet and I honestly just want to love them. Can anybody please help me or recommend somebody who might be able to?
Thank you sincerely,
Zen Junior
NOTE: I'm not sure if these pictures will show up in this forum (this is my first post ever) so I am going to post the URL links to them in which I just uploaded. If you cannot see them just email me.
