Plantar Fasciitis
As the formulator for Grace Harbor Farms Goat Milk Soaps and Lotions, Grace Lukens had been making skin care creams for several years. Then, in August of 2004, she became confined to a wheelchair with plantar fasciitis, a painful foot condition. For six months, she was in the wheelchair unable to walk at all. Someone told her she should be taking MSM as a food supplement to help reduce the inflammation in her feet. When she did research on MSM, she discovered that there are companies making topical creams with MSM for pain relief. "Well," she thought, "I'm a cream maker. I'll make my own." She had a basic cream formula that had been helpful for people with all kinds of skin problems so she decided to add MSM to that formula. “Since I am a Christian, I asked the Lord what else I should put in the MSM cream to make it more effective for pain”, she says.
“I really believe He gave me the formula.”
She added more MSM than anything else to her original skin care cream formula . Then she put in five essential oils with particular healing properties.
The result is our Naturally Gentle MSM Cream.
The MSM cream worked so well for Grace’s plantar fasciitis that she was soon back on her feet. As our customers began to use the MSM cream, their stories came back to us with reports of how well the MSM cream helps all sorts of pain and skin problems.
February 12, 2009
Just want you to know I love this product. I have used it for my plantar faciasitis (don't know how to spell it) and it has really helped. I can actually wear my shoes all day and my feet no longer have that horrible pain during the day. I have already started another woman at work using it and hope she will have the same success I have. I am going to send some to my daughter because she has plantar warts all over the bottom of her feet. We are going to see if this will help. Thank you for your great service to those of us in pain.
Joy
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From: rdoug
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:44 PM
To: sportcream@graceharborfarms.com
Subject: Information please
Hello,
I just want you to know that I love the MSM cream! I purchased a jar at the Puyallup Fair last year and use it faithfully for both plantar fasciiatis (sp?) and a chronic ankle sprain. It's been great
Grace's Story
Grace Harbor Farms
Naturally Gentle Skin Care and Pain Relief Cream
"Grace Harbor Farms? I love that stuff!"
Here is how you can apply it for plantar fasciitis:
Place your ankle across your knee and pull your toes back to stretch the bottom of your foot. The plantar fascia will stand out from the bottom of your foot.
With your thumb apply the MSM cream to each side of the plantar fascia applying pressure as your thumb slides along the tendon. Start at the heel and work firmly toward your toes. You will feel little crunching and popping as you do. That is what you want to feel. Now apply the MSM cream to your whole foot and ankle, including the Achilles tendon. Do this twice a day. You will feel better right away.
