I’ve got it. After ignoring the seriousness of the foot pain for over a year, its becoming nearly impossible to walk without a limp. I had done research in the past(quick fix style), helped many people rehab PF, with stretches, foam rolling, ice, and what to avoid. Well, in the meantime I was treating my problem with %25 the effort. When pain would subside, I would stop treating it like the the known issue and follow my own rules. This caused a losing yo-yo effect. Not taking it seriously, the condition is worse. I did not aggressively repeat my stretches, foam rolling and icing of my feet and calfs after they started feeling better. This caused scar tissue, calcium build ups, and I’m sure many other little ligament tears. Every time it would return, I would just fix enough to make the pain go away….You get it by straining the ligament that supports your arch, which leads to tears in the ligament, and this creates inflammation. This causes LOTS of pain. Usually the pain starts at the arch, then it moves to the heal. You can strain it in so many ways. I am the perfect storm for getting the condition! From being on my feet all the time, running, jumping, excessive plyos, pronation of my feet, overtraining myself and teaching, topping it off with moving from one gym to the next for PT sessions or classes with minimal stretching, and not focusing on the existing problem. Im sure there are more reasons, but the picture is painted. With much diligence my left foot pain free, but my right foot only feels decent frozen. The feeling of walking with a framing nail stuck through my heel is getting old! So, I will fix this: Whenever possible, I will wear this wicked cool ski boot, ice my foot/heal/ankle, stretch my calves, foam roll multiple times daily, focusing on the calves, but adding in everywhere else. When it is fixed, continue to work on all of the areas. Time to start treating myself like a client and not my own personal circus punching bag. Since I enjoy getting older, really do, time to start taking prehab and structural maintenance more seriously!Of Course, I’m still having killer Kettlebell workouts almost daily. This is how I will be keeping in shape. Designing many flat footed, no impact circuits to put me in a world of hurt(in a good way) and get what I need to stay fit!…Miss those plyos, running hills, stairs, tire flipping, anything involving jumping….Looking forward to a full recovery, and will pass on more of my experience to clients/friends so they don’t repeat my mistakes.
