Help needed with 'festival feet'

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I once went to Glastonbury in a brand new pair of oxblood coloured Dr marten boots. Boots which I hadn't wore in. By the Sunday I was almost in tears whilst trying to walk around. I was on my own and got to the point where I couldn't go on any further. However, I couldn't go back to camp either ie. I was very much stuck, and a medical case. Just at that moment in time, a bloke I vaguely knew (but we are dear friends now) came around the corner, and asked me what was up. I explained the situation to him, and he reached into his pocket, and said take these two tablets. I did as I was told. Within the hour I was almost running around the place like a mad man (Oh, hold on a minute.....) with no pain in my feet, at all. In hindsight I was probably shredding my feet completely to pieces. 

By the way, that bloke happened to have accidentally burnt down his uninsured pub only a few days before Glastonbury. Now this was a quite lucrative pub that only opened from Thursday night to Monday morning. Anyway, you simply would never have guessed that his life had just been f**ked over at that Glastonbury. He was laughing and smiling like he never had a care in the world. And he didn't. Not a flying f**k. Simply no regard for consensus reality. 

[philipsteak]

6 hours ago, MrZigster said:

 

"The Voltarol Years". Brilliant. You've coined it. 

 

As with so many things, Half Man Half Biscuit got there first

[Soulofatruck]

On 6/8/2023 at 10:46 PM, c8lin said:

Wearing compression socks really helps my legs feel fresh. It might help your feet as well.

I started wearing them for helping with running injuries, but now I'm hooked and wear them round the house. My friend is a dog walker and she's converted as well! 

I second this. I put on a pair as an extra layer when it gets cooler on a night and they keep me going for so much longer. My friends think I'm nuts, but it works to reduce the throbbing.

Also, if you can lie with your feet elevated whenever you can. I usually spend a bit of time while breakfast is cooking laid on the floor with my legs up on a chair. helps get the blood moving.

[pie_and_a_pint]

I just take my chair everywhere now (apart from my litterpicking shifts, obvs). People can sneer about ‘chairw*nkers’ all they like, but if I’m getting up at 5am to pick other people’s discarded beer cans out of the mud with a metal ankle and a buggered knee, I can sit in a chair to watch a band later on, and f**k ‘em 😂