I know I just have to be patient, but I’m so over this Plantar Fasciitis. It’s getting better, don’t get me wrong, but I want it to get better faster. Isn’t that the way we are with everything, though? Ha! Hopefully I can remember this frustration when I don’t want to do my jogging or aerobic exercises later and I’m actually able to.
I’m not sure exactly what I did to tweak it in the first place, but I’m pretty sure it was during one of my plyo workouts back in October or November where everything was a jump move. I can recall saying, “ah, man, I hurt my foot during my workout today” and I just chalked it up to being so out of shape at the time. But then it didn’t heal after a couple of weeks and it got me thinking… and then after I talked to Mom about it I realized what it was.
So, before I realized what it was I’m sure I kept right on jumping on it thinking I just needed to power thorough. Oops!
At least I know now!
Hey, are you icing your feet or doing anything to help recovery? Taking a bottle of water and freezing it and then rolling it under your foot can help — it’ll hurt and be really uncomfortable for a bit and be careful not to give yourself frostbite by using it on bare skin. But it can really help reduce the swelling as well as stretch out that tendon with the rolling action.
Also, make sure that when you’re sitting, that you’re not pointing your toes down all the time. This is a problem for me because I sit at a desk all day and my current footrest isn’t slanted correctly (I have requested a new one). What I should be doing is pointing my toes *upward* slightly instead of pointing them *down*. That also helps stretch out the bottom of the feet as well as the back of the calves and Achilles tendon.
I hope you’re feeling better quickly!
Ooooh, thanks for the reminder. No, I haven’t been good about icing it. I’ll go put a water bottle in the freezer right now!