Q: Taping your foot to treat plantar fasciitis can reduce the pain associated with plantar fasciitis. It helps support your foot when you engage in physical activity to reduce strain. It can also help minimize stress and inflammation. Keeping your foot stretched helps your foot loosen and heal in an elongated position so it doesn't shorten during the night. The main goal in taping your foot is to keep the foot flexed, with the toes pointing or pulled toward your head, until you feel a stretch in the bottom of your foot. Make sure you only feel a gentle stretch in your foot. You may start seeing symptoms when you feel pain under your heel or in the arch of your foot. This often occurs when you stand up in the morning or after resting your feet for an extended period of time. After some time walking, the pain decreases. Pain may be felt after long periods of standing, physical activity, running, or sitting. Many times, the pain is felt while exercising. The pain is usually described as stabbing, but it can also be described as aching or burning. The plantar fascia bears all our weight and has been described as a sort of bowstring supporting the arch of the foot. Anything that causes increased strain on this area of the foot can cause plantar fasciitis. Plantar fasciitis may occur when the plantar fascia tightens, shortens, or becomes inflamed. Causes include: Obesity Footwear that does not support the arch adequately or fits improperly Overload because of physical activity, such as running, jumping, or jogging Arthritis Diabetes Existing foot problems, such as flat feet or high arches Abnormal gait and way of walking Walking barefoot on hard surfaces too much Deconditioning Overtraining
A: Understand the importance of taping or stretching your foot. Recognize the symptoms of plantar fasciitis. Learn the causes of plantar fasciitis.

Q: Before you take blood pressure, the patient should be sitting for a few minutes (about 5 minutes) beforehand. Blood pressure readings should be taken while the patient is at rest with their legs and arms uncrossed. Place the cuff on the upper arm (above the elbow), tightening it well. A mark on the cuff will indicate where it needs to be placed in relation to the artery. The wired part of the machine should be on the inside of the arm. If it's a wrist cuff, place it so the monitor is on the inside of the wrist. Once secured, turn the machine on, and start the reading. Try to remain still or have the patient remain still while it's reading. You can take more than one reading for better accuracy. A reading of less than 120/80 is considered normal. Any higher starts getting into prehypertension (pre-high blood pressure). Apply the cuff to just above the elbow, tightening enough that you can just fit two fingertips underneath. Slip the stethoscope between the skin and the cuff in the middle of the antecubital fossa, or elbow pit, and put the earpieces in your ears. The gauge for the machine should sit in your cuffed hand, if you're taking your own measurements, or you can just hold it if you're taking someone else's measurements. Squeeze the pump quickly (with the opposite hand if you're reading yourself). When you get to 30 points above what your systolic pressure (high end) normally is, you can stop. If you are working on someone else, inflate it to the 160 to 180 range, though if you immediately hear heartbeats, you'll need to go higher. Begin letting the air out by turning the knob counterclockwise. It should only drop the gauge 2 to 3 points a second. Make sure deflation shows steady on the gauge. When you hear the first heartbeat, note where the gauge is, as that's the systolic pressure. When the heartbeat stops, note where the gauge is again, which is the diastolic pressure. You can deflate and remove the cuff.
A: Have the person sit quietly. Try an automatic machine. Set up a manual blood pressure cuff. Inflate the cuff on a manual blood pressure cuff. Release the air to read blood pressure.

Q: Most homes built before 1970 often have lead-based paint on the walls, doorways, stairwells, and baseboards. If your home is old and you know it was built in the early or mid 1900s, it may have lead-based paint. Often, historic buildings or homes that are old and have not been renovated contain lead-based paint. If you do not own the home and are a renter, talk to your landlord about the age of the home. Ask them if they know if there is lead-based paint in the home. If you own the home, contact the previous owners to find out if they know if there is lead-based paint in the house. Examine the paint in the home to determine if it is peeling, flaking off, or deteriorating in any way. If it is lead-based, this may be cause for alarm. Lead-based paint that is deteriorating can pose a health hazard, as it will release lead dust as it breaks down. Pay extra attention to paint that is on doorways or stairwells. These areas usually get more wear and tear, causing the paint to crack, flake, and peel. If you notice the paint is deteriorating and suspect it may be lead-based, test the paint so you can address the issue immediately.
A: Determine if the paint is from 1970 or earlier. Talk to the owner of the home, or the previous owners. Check if the paint is deteriorating.

Q: If you do not have one, create a Twitter account. Go to Twitter.com, and type in your credentials. It is fast and easy to create an account if you do not already have one. Click on your profile picture on the left. This is on the right hand side of your profile. It is under your profile header. Under the icon, it says Add a header. Next click on Upload photo. Your image may be saved in your downloads folder. This will be the header you created in part two. Make your image larger or smaller depending on how it fits in the frame. You can also move your image left and right or up and down. If your header doesn't fit the frame correctly, go back into the website or application you used to create your header, and fix your image. You may need to choose a smaller font or reposition the shapes, so it looks good on your Twitter profile. Once you like the way your header fits on your Twitter page, go ahead and save your changes. If you do not like how it looks on your page, click Edit profile, and re-upload your picture. Then click Change your header profile. You can upload a new photo or remove it. Simply go through the same steps to upload your image again. Feel free to make another Twitter header. You can do so every couple of months, or whenever you feel the desire to change up your Twitter style.
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Login to your Twitter account. Go to your profile. Click on the box that says Edit profile. Click the white camera icon. Select your saved image. Reposition and scale your header. Click Apply, and then click Save changes.