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HTP Heel Seats For Plantar Fasciitis & Heel Pain

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Over 15 Million Americans Suffer From Plantar Fasciitis - You're Not Alone!

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*Notice To Customers - Please Read
The Heel Seats use acupressure to physically lengthen the plantar fascia. Due to the technique the Heel Seats use for plantar fasciitis treatment your feet may feel sore the first few days you wear the Heel Seats. This is NORMAL and means the product is working. If your feet become too sore the first day simply remove the Heel Seats and the next day increase the time you wear them by one hour and the next day two hours etc. Give them at least three weeks of full time use before making your decision on whether they work or not. You have 4 months to return them for a full refund so there is no rush. If they are worn for the proper amount of time over 95% of customers see a significant decrease in pain, if not, complete pain relief.

In regards to shoes, heel "cushions" and arch supports for plantar fasciitis and/or heel spur treatment:

(1) Shoes: Expensive shoes are not the answer for treating plantar fasciitis and/or heel spurs. It's all about the insert in your shoe. Many customers we talk to have spent hundreds of dollars on expensive shoes looking for relief when they could have bought a $50 pair of shoes and purchased a quality after market insert which would make it as good, if not better, then a $300 pair of "orthopedic" shoes. The Heel Seats can be used in ANY closed back shoe and results are usually felt within (2) weeks of everyday use.

(2) Heel "Cushions": Many sufferers of plantar fasciitis and heel spurs think or have been told to use soft "cushions" under their heel. This approach does nothing to attack the actual source of pain and rarely works. The same thing is true for painful Cortizone shots. Cortizone only numbs the inflamed area and makes your body not feel the pain, but again does nothing to actually attack the source of the problem or provide a long term solution.

(3) Arch Supports/Custom Orthotics: Everyone should wear a quality arch support in their shoes starting as early in life as possible. Having proper support under your arch and keeping the proper bio-mechanical balance will prevent plantar fasciitis and heel spurs from occurring later in life. With the many different types of footwear available such as non supportive flip-flops it is not realistic that everyone will take the preventative approach and this is why 15 million people suffer from plantar fasciitis in the United States alone. Podiatrists seem to always prescribe custom orthotics for patients with plantar fasciitis and it's no wonder they rarely work to cure the problem as they are just an expensive arch support. Again... the reason they rarely help is because they do not attack the source of the problem which is the plantar fascia contracting, not a lack of arch support. Podiatrists profit hundreds of dollars selling custom orthotics that rarely work and they provide no guarantee.... buyer beware!!

The Heel Seats were designed specifically for Plantar Fasciitis and Heel Spurs. How they treat Plantar Fasciitis and Heel Spurs is described below:

Plantar Fasciitis: The Heel Seats have patented acupressure ridge that is just forward of where your heel sits. When your body weight presses down on this acupressure ridge the ridge physically stretches and lengthens the plantar fascia. This is the true source of heel pain from Plantar Fasciitis, the plantar fascia contracting and becoming inflamed. The Heel Seats are the only product we have found(and we carry a lot of products for foot pain) that actually provide a long term solution to this very common, but very frustrating foot ailment.

Heel Spurs: The Heel Seats use the same patented acupressure ridge described above to leverage the weight off of your heel. The pain from Heel Spurs is not because of the actual bone spur, it's because of the inflamed tissue around the spur that has been pounded by walking on it for too long. The Heel Seats leverage the weight off of the heel and allow the inflamed tissue around the spur to reduce and therefore eliminate the heel pain felt because of Heel Spurs.

Hopefully this section helps you make a more informed and educated decision when purchasing products for both Heel Spurs and Plantar Fasciitis.
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Recommendation: We highly recommend purchasing a Night Splint in addition to Heel Seats. The Night Splint will reduce morning foot pain from the contracted Fascia and the Heel Seats take over during the day thereby giving you 24 hour a day treatment. Please see our combo offers to save money when purchasing a Night Splint and Heel Seats CLICK HERE

12/18/2009
I ran across this site by searching for a solution to heel pain by spurs. I was very skeptical about ordering the seats.I however did order and I can say from the first day I used them I began to tell a difference. After about 6 weeks now the pain is all but gone. I do recommend getting a good pair of walking shoes with a good sole as the Rebook shoe with DMX MAX soles.You must also use the seat all the time in every pair of shoes even your house shoes.I like them so much I ordered another pair for me and one for my son also. After a few I was back to walking again on the treadmill and walking track. I absolutely love these heel seat and highly recommend them. I will answer any serious question about them at acarson@gmx.com .

Aaron C

9/23/2009

Bought these for my wife who was suffering from plantar fasciitis. She claims these heel seats are by far the best she has tried to date and they have corrected her running ailments. Strongly recommended.

Tom

9/1/2009

I love the Heel Seats. My feet were sore at first because of the acupressure bar, but just worked my way up to wearing them all day gradually wearing them more and more the first few days. My heel pain was completely gone in two weeks. This is the only product I have found that works as described. Thanks again.

Joe Schatello

7/20/2009

"I want to add my testimonial regarding your heel seats. I ordered them about four months ago for left heel plantar fasciitis, and the first day I used them I noticed the pain was less. By the end of the week, it was almost gone and within two weeks I had forgotten I had ever had the pain. I am so glad to be pain free in the morning when I get out of bed. In fact, I no longer massage my heel or do any stretching exercises. As far as I'm concerned, you can't get any better relief. And the amount of money it cost is minimal compared to any other types of therapies. They are worth every penny spent and then some! I was so glad I researched and found your web site, and based on the detailed information provided and the testimonials, it was certainly worth trying, especially with your 120-day money-back guarantee. And I am so glad that I did! I highly recommend this product. In fact, I have already told a coworker about your company and have printed out the information for her to read, and after doing so, I'm sure she will order them as well. Plus I believe she will be so pleased with the results, her mother will probably become a customer as well because she also suffers with the pain. I appreciated receiving your shipment status updates and I received the product very quickly after I ordered. Your company stands by its word, and that says it all. Thank you for saving my heel!"

Martie Smith

3.3.2009
"I have suffered with planters fasciitis for about 2 years. I'm on my feet alot, especially at work. I started wearing my HTP Heel Seats the same day i recieved them. I immediately felt a difference. it's been about 2 weeks now & i'm amazed at how much better my feet feel. I've tried not wearing them, but it's only a reminder of how bad my heels hurt, so i wear them all the time, even in my house slippers"

Brena Keaton

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To read the entire story about the Podiatrist who invented HTP Heel Seats please read below.

Hi, I'm Art Smuckler, C-Ped, and inventor of the HTP Heel Seat, a product clinically proven and very well received, by clinical patients and you! Dealing with heel and arch pain is so difficult. How simple this age old modality was to solve. To understand more of how pragmatic and unforgiving heel pain can be, and how wonderful this innovation is, we will start with the development of Heel That Pain. For years, people have sought their doctor's medical attention, gone to physical therapists, had shots of questionable steroidal drugs, gone through surgical procedures, and worn countless types of over the counter pads, cushions and gels. Patients have tried nearly everything to try and deal with a problem called Plantar Fasciitis and Heel Spurs.

As a young pedorthic practitioner in the late 60's, my findings were as follows:
Anyone with pain at the bottom of the heel received a diagnosis of suspected heel spurs. A heel spur is a small hook-like calcification, jutting off the bass of the heel bone, or calcanius. It is intriguing how many people were diagnosed with this anomaly, and how many health care professionals wrote prescriptions asking me to treat their patients using thick foam heel pads with donut shaped cutouts. I have been dealing with patients, who by the time they'd gotten to me would have done anything to get rid of their annoying, life altering heel pain. All the patients wanted to know was, "will this work?" All we could expect back in the 60's was a small reduction in pain when treated conservatively. In too many cases, relief of any significant degree was not found. You can imagine the frustration of the care giver in not being able to help their patient with this painful modality, not to say anything of the poor patient who would try anything and everything for some kind of pain relief.

Katrina -
"I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your product. I just today ordered my second pair to keep in another pair of shoes. I have felt like I have been reborn again! The more I walk/stand the better my feet feel. I have suffered for 2 years until now. I will recommend this to everyone I know!"

As time went by, and more podiatrists became more active as treatment-givers for this modality, it became clear that heel pain, plantar fasciitis and heel spurs were not all the same. Although, they were treated very similarly. As previously mentioned, the spur, being a calcification on the bottom front of the calcanius, plantar fasciitis deals with the plantar fascia tendon, which is hundreds of fibrous strands spreading from it's insertion at the calcanius to the metatarsal heads. Adding to the equation individual biomechanical factors, such as: feet that pronate (roll in), supinate (roll out), weakened ankles, extra body weight, improper footwear, loss of the body's natural shock absorbers, flattened or dropped arches, cavus or high arched feet in a weakened condition, and you have the recipe for a painful mess. Plantar Fasciitis has been given the dubious distinction of covering a multitude of these problems, as long as heel pain is present. Yes, whenever pain is present at the center of the heel or at the medial tuberosity, you can be certain plantar fasciitis was the diagnosis.

As time went on, treatment for this ailment became more sophisticated. Usage of therapeutic equipment, such as ultrasound, showed some promising signs of helping a certain percentage of patients with heel pain, but overall the percentage of patients remained small. Orthotisists (brace makers), put their spin on the cure by developing night splints used in severe cases to help stretch the plantar fascia tendon. I saw nothing that was helping almost everyone, and heard complaints from patients who had already seen more professionals for heel pain than they cared to admit.

It was now the mid 90's and I was working as the chief Pedorthist at an HMO. I was seeing a large number of patients with heel pain. I had developed my own program of dealing with most of the heel pain utilizing extra supportive ugly orthopedic shoes, and (built up) arch supports. If any residual pain persisted, I sent the patient for a painful cortisone shot. This worked in 60-65 percent of the cases, and was widely accepted by the HMO as the form of treatment at that time. A large portion of patients seen by podiatrists, physicians and physical therapists were not progressing the way they [patients and professionals] thought they should.

In the early 90's, I had a patient came into my office after seeing four or five physicians for heel pain, she had several injections of harmful steroidal painkilling drugs, and was in fear of having to live with this debilitating heel pain. This active person, worked as a lobbyist for the US Senate in Washington DC. She was neither interested, nor could she wear orthopedic looking shoes. She was expected to dress the part wearing dressy shoes with heels in her very public, prestigious job. She and I talked at some length about all the time and effort she and her caregivers put into solving her problem, and how nothing was working satisfactorily. She knew she felt slightly better in high heels than in flat heels. This was mainly because she was placing more weight on the balls of her feet and quite a bit less on her heels. There is a lesson to be learned here. If we could somehow reduce the walking pressure on the patients' heels, could we reduce the pain?

Lori Rodriguez -
"I purchased my HTP inserts after they were recommended to me by a friend. I have had a problem with plantar fasciitis since January. I have only had them a week and have already noticed a big difference. It is so nice to be able to walk without constant pain. Thanks so much!

How the acupressure works and how it was discovered:
Knowing that the pressure was reduced because of the high heels was not enough. I previously experimented with practitioner applied pressure techniques. Using the body's own internal energy system (kinesiology) to help and reduce pain naturally. I took a fresh look at the skeletal foot, and found that the heel pain was almost always located behind or in front of the proximal fascia tuberosity (rear plantar fascia insertion). For years, during exams, patient's heel pain was easily identified and palpitated. I began experimenting with acupressure during exam after locating the heel pain. I asked each patient, once I applied acupressure, weather the pain was less, the same, or greater, and to my surprise, 90 percent of the time, it was less, much less. However, once finger pressure was released, no long term positive or negative effect on the pain was noted. Naturally, it was something to do with applied acupressure, and obviously, the key was the location of that pressure. The challenge was harnessing all this information and developing something to recreate my applied finger pressure in the patient's shoe. First we needed to find out if some how simulated when walked on, this relief pressure would show any long term positive effects on the patients heel pain.

So to bring this full circle, I contacted the woman form DC, and had her come back to my office. She and I spoke about her wearing a bar like device attached directly to her foot, which while walking, would simulate the pressure relief technique that I used in the initial exam. I told her to do everything she normally would, and come back in three weeks. During this three week period, we had absolutely no contact. Frankly, when she came into my office three weeks later, I did not know what to expect. I remember the chill I felt on the back of my neck when the patient immediately started thanking me, telling me I was genius. She was so excited about how great this technique worked and how something so little could do so much. I also remember how excited I got, when I examined her foot, a foot that had continuous pain for well over a year. I also recall she had seen so many professionals, and had numerous shots, several forms of therapy, you name it. With all that attention, she still had no relief. However, here she was now sitting in front of me only three weeks after her one and only visit, telling me she was feeling systemically pain free. Through the exam, I was hard pressed to find any significant pain. This was unbelievable! After our visit and she was leaving, while walking in the hallway of the HMO, she saw her doctor and told him of her very exciting experience. He told her he was pleased that her heel pain was miraculously gone.

We began immediately devising and testing a variety of forms that would eventually become the HTP Heel Seat. The subject of the product cushioning the heel pain is always an issue. Why not just put heaps of cushioning under the heel to absorb shock at total heel strike? That's exactly what most practitioners recommended initially as part of, or, as their conservative method of treatment program for heel pain. Most heel pain products are made of either extremely spongy foam (same as was available in the 60's) firm PVC rubber like heel cups with a corrugated bottom to high point its shock absorption, and probably the most satisfying looking heel seats are made of clear gel. The latter created a look and feel of the human fat pad. This is becoming the largest recommended product for early treatment, but is gel or any other cushioning material justifiable? A study was done at a New York City medical school to find a product, or material, which would most closely simulate the human heel's own fat pad and that, would absorb shock accordingly. Hundreds of materials, foams, gels, poly-foams, and other materials from all over the world were tested against the human heel's fat pad. The fat pads were taken from several cadavers. Tests were done to note any significant differences from one cadaver's fat pad to another, in regard to the shock absorption. Amazingly, very few differences, if any, were found. More importantly, no product made by or known to man even came even close to the shock absorbance of man's own fat pad. Adjusting for slight deviations, the study showed at best that the closest a man made material came, was less than a third of the ability to absorb shock, versus the human heel fat pad. This lessened over prolonged usage on even the most promising materials. The same was not true of the human fat pad. The amount of shock absorption remained consistent. The conclusion of the study was that no product was going to solve the problem solely by adding shock absorption to the patients' heels.

This test lent credence to the development of our own concept product, "Most notably, during this time, not one patient in approximately fifteen years of testing or usage (that we know about) was lost to surgery. A small percentage, less than 1 percent, who had compartmental painful heel syndrome needed cortisone shots. All patients were given a combination of fasciitis bar usage and appropriate daily exercises to complete and cure the heel pain. In any practice, it is in my opinion that it is more flattering to receive patient referrals, than any other type. This, to me, is a great indication that what we're doing for the patients is working. In no area is this more obvious to our office, than with those patients that have been treated for heel pain.

Their approval is my reward. Just see the hundreds of testimonials from people just like you! People spend billions of dollars a year on hundreds of products with little to no success. Try HTP Heel Seats. Stop the insanity and start the healing. Remember, your results are guaranteed.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Heel Seats	May 5, 2010
Reviewer: Scott Gibson from Poughkeepsie, NY United States

To Whom It May Concern: I hesitate to write this email at the risk of being patronizing. However, I recently bought your HTP Heal Seats out of desperation and have found them to be a God-send.

I developed plantar Fasciitis in November 2009. As an avid runner of about 30 miles per week, I quickly grew to be frustrated and depressed because I could no longer run. I researched the condition, used tape, received shots, wore gel cups, and nothing worked. I googled the problem one more time and got a link to your company's web site.

I bought a pair of the Heel Seats and followed instructions. I wore the Heel Seats everywhere. After about three weeks, I started using the Eliptical at my gym and iced my heel for a half-hour after each workout. I am now back to running and soon to be back where I left off.

Your product is amazing. Thank you so much.

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Heel Seats	December 18, 2009
Reviewer: Aaron Carson from Iuka, MS United States

I ran across this site by searching for a solution to heel pain by spurs. I was very skeptical about ordering the seats.I however did order and I can say from the first day I used them I began to tell a difference. After about 6 weeks now the pain is all but gone. I do recommend getting a good pair of walking shoes with a good sole as the Rebook shoe with DMX MAX soles.You must also use the seat all the time in every pair of shoes even your house shoes.I like them so much I ordered another pair for me and one for my son also. After a few I was back to walking again on the treadmill and walking track. I absolutely love these heel seat and highly recommend them. I will answer any serious question about them at acarson@gmx.com .
Aaron C

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Walking pain free	August 22, 2009
Reviewer: Viga and Victor from , United States

My wife was considering an operation to relieve a constant heel spur pain.
Those inserts are more than a miracle.
She lost one somewhere, fell out of the car most likely. I had to order another pair right away. SHE CAN WALK WITH NO PAIN. Combine them with a pair of Crocks and you are like new. Thank you and best of Luck.
Very satisfied customer.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Oh what a relief it is	August 2, 2009
Reviewer: scott�alderman from sebastian,�FL�United States

listen people, I suffered from plantar fasciitis in my left foot for a couple of months, & once i got ahold of these htp heelseats it's just like they say it hurts to wear them for 3 days or so but by the 7th day it heals your foot to the point that you can walk with no pain what so ever, they are a LIFE SAVER. I would for sure recomend these to anyone suffering from plantar, they are worth there weight in gold. god bless

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