Subject: RE: Coming back from plantar faciitis?? My PF has mostly gone away by doing the following: - stretching legs more, especially the calf/achilles tendon areas
- exercising feet (alphabet type motions) and hip/glute muscles
- massaging bottom of feet with a golf ball regularly...
- warming feet (PF) up before stepping on floor after waking up...
- running at recommended (optimal) training paces.
The last bullet may be the reason why I hardly feel PF anymore. Before, I was possibly running way too slow, possibly below my optimal training pace. That may have caused many of the aches and pains I was suffering (tight ITB, tight achilles, PF). In the past 3 weeks, I have been running within recommended zones (mcmillan, jackdaniels, etc.) and I've noticed that I'm not feeling those aches and pains anymore...It could be mental, but those aches and pains are minimal now. One thing that you can do to help mitigate PF is sleeping in socks, especially those that support arches. I read somewhere (google is your friend) that one of the biggest causes of irritation to the PF can be stepping on the floor when you wake up...you should warm up the PF first, before standing up...this prevents further irritation. Having said alllllll that, I'll still be proactive about preventing PF by continuing to perform the above actions... Good luck! Edited by d00d 2011-03-12 1:34 PM
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