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drop the brooks, get a minimalist for starters. Mine didn't go away till I got the cortisone shot
Have any of you athletes had to deal with this? I feel like Tim Duncan with this icky pain in my foot (remember when he had it and it was a big deal?) What did y'all do to get rid of it or did you just keep training through it?
Mine started after switching from Nike shoes to Brooks right when my mileage went from about 15 to 25 per week when training for RNR. I thought it was just because I increased the mileage and held back a bit after the race but then when I started to run again this past week it was horrible. I could hardly make it back to the car after my run on Thursday and am foregoing my long run today because it hurts to stand on it.
I've done some foam rolling, ice and some advil. Has anyone done anything else to get this thing to go away? I'd really hate to stop training for the next half that I have coming up in January.
drop the brooks, get a minimalist for starters. Mine didn't go away till I got the cortisone shot
I've never had it, but I think what you are doing for it and rsting is about all that can be done. Sorry about that
I'm thinking the same thing. Not necessarily minimalist but something more normal and not motion controlled because I do overpronate.
Thanks for the sympathy, maalox. It sure is a pain!
also take up swimming, and cut down on your run load
Girl you need to see a specialist and follow the medical advice…In the mean time cut back on activities that make your feet hurt... Try not to walk or run on hard surfaces… Do toe stretches , calf stretches and towel stretches several times a day, especially when you first get up in the morning…
The question you have to ask yourself is, is your jogging really worth it? Do you want to walk with a limp at age 50? My advice is to stop jogging unless it is on wet grass at your local parks or golf courses…Get into bicycling…You can ride a bike your entire life, jogging, 10 k’s marathoons don’t last forever…
Wow. What a dream killer.
Agree with others. Go see a specialist.
Getting massaged by a hunky therapist might work for you. Along with stretching.
But you really need to have a specialist i.d. exactly what it is you have.
I had pf bad but the therapist/chiro worked it out in about 6 sessions. (Mine was a chick, sorry trolls).
Goto a shoe specialist and get fitted for proper running shoes.
Brooks from my experience sucks.
Dont really run until the pain is basically gone.
Bike riding puts pressure on your joints just like running can. So whatevers.
I agree with the suggestions to see a specialist, if you can. I think a lot of times foot pain is indiscriminately labeled plantar fasciitis without thoroughly considering other potential causes or without paying enough attention to differences in severity.
I had plantar fasciitis several years ago when I stopped dancing regularly, and though it was painful as at the time, it wasn't terribly severe. I got a prescription for Vicodin that I didn't even need and had a whole routine of stretches suggested to me (most of them, not surprisingly, were similar to all the tendus and other dance stretches/foot warmups I had been doing most of my life), noticed improvement immediately, and was completely pain free within a month. And while I'm aware my right foot has been more susceptible to pain/stress than it used to be, I've been largely pain free ever since.
A few years later, however, my aunt was also diagnosed with plantar fasciitis and was given all the same drugs and information that I was, and it did absolutely nothing for her. Noting did. Not stretching, not resting her foot, not pain meds, not anything. She's eventually had to get a cortisone shot a few times, and will likely have to keep doing so, but even that hasn't really solved the problem. She still feels pain if she walks more than a few blocks at a time. And she's a former cyclist who has always been in excellent shape.
Point being, it's possible that we weren't both suffering from plantar fasciitis, since our experiences have been so different, but it's certain we shouldn't both have been just sent home with the same diagnosis and advice. Your feet are important enough to be worth seeking out personalized advice. Especially since running is so important to you.
Also, I agree with the swimming suggestion. It's a fantastic workout that, while not completely free of risk, is pretty kind to your bones and joints. Adding swimming to your regular routine could give you the same benefits of increasing your miles (except perhaps when you're specifically getting ready for an upcoming run, or something) without adding more and more stress to your legs and feet.
Not to mention that swimming is about a bajillion times more fun/enjoyable than running, which sucks and is horrible.
Thanks for the advice, CF. I know you hate running. I happen to enjoy the ability to out in the fresh air with my music and the road. I know we will never agree on the enjoyability of running.
I really wish I could afford to go to a specialist (I need to go to Arosti for my general misaligned body) but won't have insurance to cover it until February, the week after the next half that I signed up for.
If you are gonna swim, be forewarned about chlorine and other baddies in H2O.
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Agree with the podiatrist. Been there, done that. The exercises didn't work, cortisone didn't work. Ultra sound on the heel to make it scar over finally worked.
I had it. I had to have my leg removed just below the knee. Sorry.
Shut up.
Sorry about that…Did not mean to crush your dreams…
Public schools?
lebomb has a toe fetish, maybe u can let him suck on it, might cure ur PF
sorry to learn your suffering but what's the point for a women in participating in such a training? don't think it's easy for a woman to run while swining her ass left and right exaggeratedly tbh
Get from a foot docter a good pair of orthotics for your feet
I taped my foot and took some advil this morning. It didn't hurt nearly as bad as it did after my run last Thursday. I'm still going to keep an eye on it, but I feel like it's just another ache on my left side because my body is so out of whack because of my cerebral palsy.
Ash, were you ever a tiptoe walker as a kid?
I still am to an extent. I know my gait gives me lots of problems. It's all very subtle but still there.
You're comment about the cp and your left side triggered a thought about your Achilles tendon. My daughter was an extreme preemie, born with undeveloped (shortened) Achilles tendons which caused her to be a tiptoe walker; it was something we were told she would grow out of as her legs and feet stretched out. She started gymnastics at age 5 and then got real active in soccer and basketball about age 8 and started having the plantar fasciitis off and on. After a couple of years it almost incapacitated her. Her orthopedic doc explained it wasn't a result of an injury or overuse, but it was the shortened Achilles tendon that was causing the pf because it couldn't accomodate her activity level. He put her on a strict schedule of stretching therapy (it was a REAL hassle) and prescribed ONLY New Balance shoes for at least a year, and let her continue with gymnastics only, which she still does. The PF resolved, as did the tip toe walking. They also recommended botox injections into the Achilles to relax it and help it stretch, but we were able to avoid that.
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