suffering from PF need help

I had it for 20 months from the end of 2005 through half way into 2007. I'm not sure what cured it or even if it finally just ran its course.

Two possibilities are:

1) I mostly walked and bear crawled a 16 mile trail run on a ski slope in Vermont that had one hill with a 60 degree slope. I thought that I ripped the area during one effort to crawl up one of those damn hills. Two days later on an easy run I noticed the PF was no longer present.

2) I had been doing a routine that Ron Clarke claims to have used for his tendons. 50 reps of squats, front kicks, side kicks, and 100 meters of walking on my toes and 100 meters of walking on my heels every day. I think that routine helped.

I had tried everything you mentioned except for the Grasston technique and an MRI. I also tried about five things you didn't mention.

Good luck with finding a cure. It is a real bitch.

Thanks for the feedback Ill try anything at this point it sounds like you kept running through yours did you have any complete down time or did you run through it

I ran through it. Might have had a day off or two in that 20 months.

Your PF might be worse than mine.

I recall being extremely frustrated with the constant pain.

One other thing I recall was that it often felt less painful on Monday morning after a Sunday Long Run. Maybe I had pumped a lot of blood to the area and that was the cause of the less painful feeling.

I tried the night splint, tennis balls, golf balls, ice, Straussberg (sp) sock, self massage and a few other treatments that don't immediately come to mind.

It hurt when I ran, but it also hurt the other parts of the day, so I don't think I prolonged it by running.

Bob Wildes wrote:

2) I had been doing a routine that Ron Clarke claims to have used for his tendons. 50 reps of squats, front kicks, side kicks, and 100 meters of walking on my toes and 100 meters of walking on my heels every day. I think that routine helped.

Was Clarke's routine preventative or did it actually get rid of PF/"tendinitis"?

Love stories from yesteryear.

I don't think he had PF. I think he had achilles tendonitis and may a few other things.

In Ron's book, "Run Easy" he mentions getting the routine from a PT, I think, and that he performed it every night before hitting the rack.

The general idea was that the running motion does not put the muscles through a full range of motion, so the exercises took care of that. He also lifted weights three times a week, but I don't know what routine he used or if it was as constant, no changing the exercises, as his mobility routinr was.

[quote]Bob Wildes wrote:

2) I had been doing a routine that Ron Clarke claims to have used for his tendons. 50 reps of squats, front kicks, side kicks, and 100 meters of walking on my toes and 100 meters of walking on my heels every day. I think that routine helped.

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This is true. It will help. PF takes time, and has different degrees. I have had it in 2005, and got orthodics. It went away within 10 days, and I really didn't miss much running.

However, after doing alot of track work in flats without orthodics ( too tight), I got PF real bad. Soo bad that I did all the stuff you did. However, the heel and toe walking " hurts so good" that I knew it was working. The night sock is good. I pulled it much tighter than you are supposed to, and it huuuuurt! But, it made a difference.

I hate to say it, but it may take you a couple of months, and it might just take a few weeks. No one really knows.

The orthodics are to be used for the rest of your running life to prevent this from happening again.

I've been there. I know what you are going through. Good luck.

Try Pete Magills first 15 minutes. This has done me a world of good and has all but eliminated my PF. Key is the beach towel stuff.

search this board for DMSO, in some cases it cured PF in the matter of days. MSM works similar and have no side effects, for me it worked like miracle for shin splints - 2 years of pain and it's gone after 3 days of supplementation.