Foot dystonia was my first symptom, and I put 3 stress fractures in my left foot thinking I could somehow get it to loosen up by exercise- in this case, walking a lot. So much for that piece of stupidity.

Your other ideas are much better.

However, I do still do some stretching - particularly standing on the edge of a stair step with my toes and letting my body weight push down my heals (did anyone get that?) - it helps, but not until I have some Sinemet going.