VickieA, I'm so sorry about what you're going through!
Nearly 3 years ago I suffered from plantar fasciitis myself in my right heel only and had to wear a brace for a couple of months 24/7. Then I gradually weaned from it to only a night brace for about a month, and also started wearing an insert made by my foot doctor. The combination of the months of rest, the insert and also doing daily calf and foot stretches made the pain disappear entirely. Then, last winter I trained for and ran a half-marathon. Sure enough, the plantar fasciitis came back and I barely made it through the run. But once I was done with the run, I took a big break from running (I still haven't started back up and probably won't), went back to wearing my night brace for about a month, and now the pain is gone again.
Long story short, my experience with plantar fasciitis appears to be from basic overuse and strain. Now I know better, from my past experience, and will continue to wear my insert and to walk and cycle and weight train for exercise rather than run. And, if I do feel pain again, I will go back to wearing the brace until the pain is completely gone. I hope you have good luck with the inserts! Let us know how they work for you. If by chance they don't help, there are lots of difference kinds out there.
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VickieA, I'm so sorry about what you're going through!
Nearly 3 years ago I suffered from plantar fasciitis myself in my right heel only and had to wear a brace for a couple of months 24/7. Then I gradually weaned from it to only a night brace for about a month, and also started wearing an insert made by my foot doctor. The combination of the months of rest, the insert and also doing daily calf and foot stretches made the pain disappear entirely. Then, last winter I trained for and ran a half-marathon. Sure enough, the plantar fasciitis came back and I barely made it through the run. But once I was done with the run, I took a big break from running (I still haven't started back up and probably won't), went back to wearing my night brace for about a month, and now the pain is gone again.
Long story short, my experience with plantar fasciitis appears to be from basic overuse and strain. Now I know better, from my past experience, and will continue to wear my insert and to walk and cycle and weight train for exercise rather than run. And, if I do feel pain again, I will go back to wearing the brace until the pain is completely gone. I hope you have good luck with the inserts! Let us know how they work for you. If by chance they don't help, there are lots of difference kinds out there.
October 22, 2009 - 4:23pmThis Comment
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