My name is Dr. Morgan Coleman and I’ve been an obstetrician gynecologist for over 20 years.
Over the years, I kept seeing one strange symptom pop up again and again:
"My feet are so stiff when I get up, I have to hobble to the kitchen. Is this a symptom too?"
It wasn’t occasional soreness anymore. It was stiffness leaving them limping to the bathroom, struggling to go up the stairs, etc...
At first, I assumed it was outside my expertise — so I referred them to podiatrists. They were all told it was just inflammation or an overuse injury, and prescribed the usual advice: rest, ice, better shoes, maybe some stretches. But none of that worked and the stiffness kept coming back every day.
One woman, Lisa, came back after trying new cushioned shoes. She was 42— a healthy weight, ate clean, exercised regularly. But now that stiffness was starting to steal her ability to stay active.
She sat on my exam table, clutching her shoes in her hands, and started bawling. Through tears, she said:
“I don’t know what to do anyone, I’ve tried everything — stretching, resting, painkillers — but nothing is helping. I just want to feel normal again. Staying active was the only thing that keeps me sane through all these changes, and now even that’s slipping away.
That moment shattered me.
That’s when I stopped outsourcing the problem and I started doing my own research.
What I found made me furious…