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    • plantar longus
      • plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/23/2010 9:22PM
      • plantar longus
      • I've had it for about 3months. It isn't terribly painful, but annoying and altering my stride. I've been rolling my foot with frozen water bottle, stretching my Achilles. I have no health insurance, so doctor is out of the question.

        Do you know any other tricks to rehab this?
    • Kevin52
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/23/2010 9:34PM - in reply to plantar longus
      • Kevin52
      • Took me a year to get rid of it in my right foot a few years ago. Currently fighting it in my right foot.

        For me I roll hard with a golf ball to break up the scar tissue. When I get up, before I run, after I run, before bed and any other time it starts to get tight.

        I also sleep with the Straussburg Sock sometimes, but I really hate that thing.

        Others have posted some exercises like pulling a towel on the floor by scrunching your toes or stretching it against a wall.

        https://www.letsrun.com/forum/p...rch_time=0
    • SaImon
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/23/2010 10:01PM - in reply to wilfredo
      • SaImon
      • What kind of stim should you do for PF? Calf muscles? Arch?
    • wilfredo
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/23/2010 10:09PM - in reply to SaImon
      • wilfredo
      • i do arch, heel and achilles. just focus on where it hurts
    • git it
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/23/2010 11:04PM - in reply to plantar longus
      • git it
      • I wore a boot when I slept. By far the most helpful thing I did to get rid of it.

        There are PT exercises that you can do to strengthen the tendons around the PF. I didn't know about them when I had it, but others I've talked to said that the exercises were the thing that really did the trick. Might need to go to a physical therapist to find out what the most helpful exercises are.
    • Big Stick
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/23/2010 11:47PM - in reply to plantar longus
      • Big Stick
      • Take the homeopathic remedy Rus Tox strength 200c.
        Please thank me when this clears up the problem.
        Big Stick.
    • Arete
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 12:23AM - in reply to Big Stick
      • Arete
      • I had it twice.

        Two things: 1) strengthen the bottom of the foot with toe crawls and 2) stretch at least 4 times/day (morning, noon, dinner, before bed) by sitting on my heels (squatting) while on my tip toes (if that makes sense); rock side to side and forward and backward (the full range of motion).

        Whenever I feel a twinge, I do my toe crawls and stretches--so far, so good for about 2 years now

        I tried all the things that have been posted; this is what worked for me. Good luck!
    • jacabo
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 6:21AM - in reply to plantar longus
      • jacabo
      • Resting didn't help my PF much at all, so I just ran on it. I started doing a mile of barefoot running in grass every day after my runs. Also did the toe-scrunch with a towel exercise and massaged with a golf ball.
    • AAL
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 7:33AM - in reply to plantar longus
      • AAL
      • I work at a sporting goods store and we specialize in running shoes. When customers come in with the same problem we usually suggest buying SuperFeet insoles. They cost about $35 to $40 dollars but last for a couple of years. They are designed to help people with plantar faciitis. www.superfeet.com
    • nj possible
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 7:45AM - in reply to plantar longus
      • nj possible
      • Stretching out my calves 3x a day worked for me. A fried swears by The Sock.
    • RoffR
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 8:10AM - in reply to plantar longus
      • RoffR
      • Had it in both feet for 4 months. The cure is anti-inflammatory. Take it for about 2 weeks, stretch your heel when you get out of bed, and mostly ignore it and it will cure.
    • running store owner
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 12:50PM - in reply to plantar longus
      • running store owner
      • Everything on here is great...At my store i strongly recommend the night splint or strausberg sock... The reason for this is that your foot heals at night in the wrong place for the 6-8 hrs when you sleep..So you tear the muscle in the morning when you wake up...Only makes it worse..Feel better
    • PFer...
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 1:01PM - in reply to running store owner
      • PFer...
      • Didn't we just have a discussion about this the other day? Anyhow, I agree with all other posters. Especially about the orthotics and night splint, that did the trick for me.
    • DCtrackXC
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 1:03PM - in reply to plantar longus
      • DCtrackXC
      • its pretty simple. get a rigid arch insole. the brand 10seconds makes a really good one. and a new pair of shoes that are right for your arch type. do those two things plus stretching your calves, icing it, and massaging it with a golf ball should do the trick.
    • steves10
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 1:17PM - in reply to plantar longus
      • steves10
      • I tried everything that is posted and nothing worked until I went to a podiatrist who fitted me with custom orthotics. That was 6 pain free years ago. You might try that.
    • toe raises
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 1:19PM - in reply to plantar longus
      • toe raises
      • Strengthening the calf muscles with toe raises seemed to really help me over a period of a few weeks. Also, when you do the toe raises from an elevated surface you also will feel a stretch in the tendons of the foot.
    • runn
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 1:55PM - in reply to steves10
      • runn
      • steves10 wrote:
        I tried everything that is posted and nothing worked until I went to a podiatrist who fitted me with custom orthotics. That was 6 pain free years ago. You might try that.
        This will cure your problem forever. I'm talking 26 pain free years.
    • niarun
      • RE: plantar faciitis will not go away! Any tricks you used to get rid of it? 12/24/2010 2:09PM - in reply to plantar longus
      • niarun
      • I changed shoes. Then I changed all of my casual/work shoes and my hiking shoes. I could feel the difference withing about two days. (the recovery to painfree running took longer)