I had surgery after years of struggling … PF is gone but my lateral foot is a messed up. Worst decision I have made …
Now out of ideas after six months of lateral foot pain.
running with plantar fasciitis
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Marathon
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Yeah I was easy on the diclofenac, just at night. One more thing: I wasted a lot of money on shoes. Actually, the Bondi seven helped for a few weeks, because it’s like putting your foot into a cast. After that I just went back to my lighter weight trainers. But around the house those adidas adilette(sp) slides helped a lot.
The big thing, again, is to really work/roll/massage your lower leg up to your glutes.
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shouldistop wrote:
Do you where this while running too?
I wore it all day, including running. I ran pain-free. After two weeks I got it off, I was still pain-free.
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I did buy some PF feeture socks that I wear while running, but it hasn't helped.
Stretchy socks do not give as good a support as a Velcro-adjustable strap.
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Lake Trout wrote:
Keep a careful eye on it. Everyone is different. PT didn't help me whatsoever. They were basically just taking my money.
Six weeks of FULL rest, wearing a Strassburg Sock at night, wearing a compression sleeve during the day, along with finding the right shoes, putting over-the-counter orthotics in all of my causal/dress shoes, walking around the house in recovery scandals, and using a stim machine found on Amazon for good measure finally helped me beat it. Some folks only require one of those measures to beat it. I know someone who recovered by simply wearing the Strasburg Sock at night, while continuing to train at the same volume and intensity. I know someone else that beat it by simply using Super Green orthotics when running.
Before taking full rest, I kept trying to come back too early before it was fully healed. I prolonged the recovery period for over a year.
It is something that can get out of hand quickly and require surgery that can take you out of the game for quite awhile.
Also note that PF can sometimes cause you to inadvertently change your foot strike or stride which results in other injuries.
It's absolutely something I would not run a marathon with, but again, everyone responds to the injury differently.
I started doing yoga after recovering from plantar fasciitis. It seems to have helped alleviate some of the underlying issues that caused the PF.
So just been to the Dr and I've been diagnosed with Plantar Fasciitis. Which means no Man Vs Horse in a few weeks and probably no ultra next year. On the positive it probably means my I'll get through the London Marathon ballot.
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I would add addressing the mobility of the foot and ankle directly.
I'm not sure where you are located but finding someone who can assess the foot and ankle joint range of motion and mobilise and manipulate the joint can be really helpful to address any deificit you have.
The best place to look would be podiatrists or osteopaths that offer FMT, Foot mobilisation therapy.
Yes, I offer the therapy so I might be biased but it does help my cranky achillies and plantar fascia mostly from run training for ultramarathons (Comrades 3 times, best 7:29 for a silver medal) , and dozens of my running patients.
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I also treat a nurse of 35 years experience, a profession with lots of calf foot and PF issues and she had it horribly for 3 years and tried everything and had the best specialists in the country to consult. She siad that this brace was key to recovery. Allow the repairing PF to heal in a lengthened position so that you don't tear the new tissue when you get out of bed first thing. That's often the most painful time, right.
Hope that helps.
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Stop. Let it completely hear and fix the issue first. Running will only make it worst and it may just go to the point of no fix.
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I have not run in over a year, stretch daily, roll with ball, then ice bottle. Still can feel the PF in the morning and sometimes during the day. I have had it for around 8 years, seems like it might just not go away. I do miss running which would just be jogging at this point, and may just try to get going again.
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I've had PF several times in my life. For me, it was the result of weak feet. I noticed one day when walking about up and down stairs barefoot to do housework that my PF felt better the next day. I bought some barefoot shoes and began doing long walks in those. within two weeks it was completely gone. I walk/jog at least once a week barefoot to maintain.
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Treatment with intra-insular percutaneous electrolysis(EPI) and appropriate running shoes, in my case, the Hoka Rincon worked well.
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p987py89 wrote:
I've had PF several times in my life. For me, it was the result of weak feet.
Yeah, I agree that for a lot of people, myself included, a weak foot really made my plantar bad. Doing some general strengthening is definitely good. I did a lot of big toe exercises and calf raises.
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