FF wrote:
[quote]FF wrote:
Ok - So I have been batteling PF for roughly two years. I ice, massage, roll golf ball on it every day. It is now in my daily routine. I walk around everyday with the inserts from heelthepain.com. It is to the point where I can run everyday, but there is still a slight pain every morning and evening. I can't seem to get 100% cured. I run in Mizuno Wave Rider for my long runs and racing flats for my track workouts. I run around 40 - 50 miles a week with my long run no more than 12 miles.
TxRunnergirl - you sound like you have had experience with this minimul running (I won't call it a fad so we can stay on topic) do you have any advise form my questions above?
Before I started, I also ran in the Mizuno Wave Rider and raced/track workouts in flats. The Rider is low-profile for neutral, so the transition won't be too difficult for you, hopefully. I also grew up liking to be barefoot or wearing flip-flops as a kid, so I think I've always had fairly strong feet.
It can take a while to switch. Like I said, I've done it for 3 years and I'm just now to the point that I'm wearing the aqua socks (pretty similar to Vibrams), and I'm STILL getting used to them.
Just try less shoe each time. I went from the Riders to the Mizuno Wave Idaten. Then just went from there with less heel and more flexibility each time. I wrote a blog post last year on some of the shoes I have worn:
http://txrg.blogspot.com/2009/01/minimalists-shoe-reviews.htmlSince then, I have also worn the Nike Mayfly (LOVED these), Asics Hyperspeed 3 (eventually caused some heel pain due to lack of flexibility), Adidas AdiZero Rocket (good for racing and fast workouts, but a little stiff) Nike Free 3.0 (LOVED the FIRST version of these..newer version too narrow). Then I made the mistake of running in the Nike LunaRacer 2. These were way too much shoe than I had been running in. Stiff and bulky, which is odd to say about a racing flat. They gave me PF and runner's knee, two problems I never had before. So I went back to my old pair of Free 3.0's and now the aqua socks and no longer have pain other than some muscle soreness from the aqua socks, but that is subsiding as I'm getting used to them.
You just have to experiment and be patient. If you're injured and desperate like I was, you have nothing to lose. Eventually you will get a feel for what works. Good luck.