Workers standing for long periods warned about heel ailment

[webfact]

Workers standing for long periods warned about heel ailment
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- People standing throughout long work shifts risk developing an ailment that creates heel soreness and can lead to other health issues, the Public Health Ministry has warned.

 

The ministry’s deputy permanent secretary and spokesman, Kiatibhoom Wongrachit, said plantar fasciitis was common among sales assistants at department stores as well as factory workers and nurses.

 

He said the aliment also affected overweight people. 

 

He said people with the ailment experienced heel pain when they got up in the morning. The pain, he said, might ease after they stretched their feet and walked around for a while. 

 

“But if the ailment is left untreated, it may cause other health problems,” he said. 

 

Kiatibhoom recommended people with heel pain consult doctors and be careful about their footwear choices.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30320352

 

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[GiantFan]

MBT footwear solves the problem for me.  Purchased mine in Singapore.  About SGD 300 for trainers.  They have office type as well, but not not very attractive.  I know, expensive but if you ever had a bout of PF it hurts like heck.

[dcnx]

A well crafted poem would get the warning out.  

[Bluespunk]

48 minutes ago, webfact said:

He said the aliment also affected overweight people. 

 

Ah huh...

[Dobredin Ghusputin]

Please, someone forward the article to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.

[soalbundy]

what about butt ailments for sitting down doing nothing all day

[mindovermatter]

Finally they've raised this matter! Flats should do the work.

[jak2002003]

You might get achy feet it you stand for long periods of time?  Wow.. I would never expect that!!!!