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    bluebeard
    bluebeard Member Posts: 260
    edited 18. Aug 2010, 11:33 in Living with Arthritis archive
    following on from thread I put up about supportive shoes to give tired feet a rest has anyone ever tried any of those anti fatigue mats ?

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    • dreamdaisy
      dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Never heard of them and wouldn't bother anyway. My fatigue is caused by an over-active immune system. Nothing will 'cure' that, apart from a lack of breathing. I dislike the way that some people peddle rubbish to a vulnerable and sometimes desperate group of other people. One of the latest is threading a mattress with silver - pointless. DD
      Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
    • stlucia
      stlucia Member Posts: 392
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      WHAT??? That is insane?.....surely! What are they going to think of next? Pah!
    • bluebeard
      bluebeard Member Posts: 260
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      these are simply extra thick matting , used in industry for years for peopel who work on hard floors such as on a machine in a factory

      basically walking on or working on hard floors can be bad for people with worn out ankles

      its like running on a road , eventually you get sore

      although of course extra carpetting might be as good an idea
    • stlucia
      stlucia Member Posts: 392
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Ah ok that makes more sense :-)

      I am relenting....slightly!
    • bluebeard
      bluebeard Member Posts: 260
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      I have just dug out some old camping mats ..the roll up types ...from the garage and are putting a few of them around the flat to see if it takes a bit of pressure off my feet and ankles

      xx
    • dreamdaisy
      dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      OK, there may some reasoning behind them in the work place, where people may be standing still for an hour or more, or walking fairly long distances between departments etc, but I still think it's overkill for the domestic setting. I cannot stand for longer than two-four minutes, sometimes less, all the padding in the world under my feet won't change that - a hoist from the ceiling would tho. I could cook, whilst floating in mid air and also iron! Oh, I can visualise the Heath-Robinson contraption needed to hoist me! I just do both of those chores sititng down. DD
      Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
    • dorcas
      dorcas Member Posts: 3,516
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      BB...

      I've never heard of this kind of matting :shock: but if you find something that works for you then it is worth a try. :wink:

      would have suggested those memory foam shoe inserts which mould to your feet as an alternative...might be cheaper too. :mrgreen:
      (that's the canny scot in me slipping out again. :lol:)


      DD...you are on a roll today.....suspended from ceiling hooks AND a pain monitor in one day. WoW.
      I can see you on the next series of Dragon's Den :lol: !!

      Iris xx
    • dreamdaisy
      dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Moi? Non. They like feasible ideas. Wouldn't mind some dealings with the very tall one tho! DD
      Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben

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