My husband did find tempory relief with meditation. It seemed to quiet down is feet when he would meditate.

I took a 200 hour course on reflexology and used him to practice on. Brave soul. I was very gentle with him though and really modifed my approach. Areas that improved are the swelling, flexibility, pain and just an overall feeling of "decongestion" of the feet. It is not a cure and needs to be done at regular intervals. At first I did it weekly and now, when ever he requests. It can be two to four weeks between treatments. His feet do continue to heal at very slow pace. If he's on his feet for long period of time, reflexology really helps him.

The response is pretty quick for him. The downside, his feet are bit stimulated for about an hour after treatment...they kind of feel like there's a lot of energy buzzing around them. I do use therapeutic grade essential oils during the treatment and ususally finish the treatment with cooling peppermint.

Acupuncture has not seemed to help him though. He went x2/week for six months for other reasons and now down to 2x/month. The feet don't seem to be helped by the treatments. It could be that the doc's focus is on his other problem.

Marlene