I mentioned the plantar fasciitis before, in another thread. I could use some advice for day to day survival of this crap, if anyone else has it too.
(I shouldn't have to include this disclaimer on THIS board as I do on the fitness forum, but I will anyway)....ITS NOT MY WEIGHT...I weigh 135 lbs currently. Its OVERUSE in my case. The causes of plantar fasciitis are several....overuse...sitting too much....standing too much....pregnancy....yes extra weight can aggaravate it but it does not AFAIK CAUSE it.
I work out 90 mins daily, 5 days/wk and have for almost 5 years. NO problem until a few months ago when we started making plans to move. I began doing lots of packing, heavy lifting of boxes, etc...IN ADDITION TO my daily exercise routine. They tell me THAT is what caused it. So until we finish moving, I reduced my exercise to 60 mins.
But first thing in the AM the pain is horrid. My 80 yr old mother lent me one of her walkers (egads)...and I use that first thing in the AM to get to the bathroom, and a cane periodically the rest of the day. I have inserts in my shoes and roll an ice cold can of soda on my heels and arches when the pain is too much. And to make matters worse, because I was (without realizing it) shifting my weight to my left leg/foot to avoidf putting too much pressure on the right foot (the one with PF), now my left knee is swollen and feels like its going to "pop"! %$#$!!!!
Does anybody have any other ideas? My dr said he can give me drugs for it but I want to try natural remedies if any.
HELP!!
Here is an article about this %$#$%'ing condition:
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,5033,s6-78-79-0-533,00.html
(I shouldn't have to include this disclaimer on THIS board as I do on the fitness forum, but I will anyway)....ITS NOT MY WEIGHT...I weigh 135 lbs currently. Its OVERUSE in my case. The causes of plantar fasciitis are several....overuse...sitting too much....standing too much....pregnancy....yes extra weight can aggaravate it but it does not AFAIK CAUSE it.
I work out 90 mins daily, 5 days/wk and have for almost 5 years. NO problem until a few months ago when we started making plans to move. I began doing lots of packing, heavy lifting of boxes, etc...IN ADDITION TO my daily exercise routine. They tell me THAT is what caused it. So until we finish moving, I reduced my exercise to 60 mins.
But first thing in the AM the pain is horrid. My 80 yr old mother lent me one of her walkers (egads)...and I use that first thing in the AM to get to the bathroom, and a cane periodically the rest of the day. I have inserts in my shoes and roll an ice cold can of soda on my heels and arches when the pain is too much. And to make matters worse, because I was (without realizing it) shifting my weight to my left leg/foot to avoidf putting too much pressure on the right foot (the one with PF), now my left knee is swollen and feels like its going to "pop"! %$#$!!!!
Does anybody have any other ideas? My dr said he can give me drugs for it but I want to try natural remedies if any.
HELP!!
Here is an article about this %$#$%'ing condition:
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,5033,s6-78-79-0-533,00.html
