Been struggling with this for longer than I should have. Finally went to the podiatrist, Dr Finnell, who is a great guy. Told me all the steps we will be taking to heal my left foot and prevent this from happening in the future. Mostly, I'm writing all this so if I find myself in the same predicament I can reference all the info here. Cause we all know how info gets retained in this Swiss cheese brain of mine.
Anyway, first things first, what is plantar fasciitis.
That would be this:
Sucky right?! For me this has been caused by a lot of standing/walking/running etc. on bad arches. By the time I got arch supports the damage was already done and every time I would stand/exercise I would re-injure it. The fibrous bands could get inflamed and the vicious cycle would start all over again. So what did I do about it? For the longest time, NOTHING. That is right I stopped walking my dog, I didn't exercise, I didn't go for walks with my kids. Result: I gained weight and it got worse.
Hopefully, I'm on the road to recovery. Here is the plan and if all goes right, my pain will subside and I will loss the weight to boot.
First, doc taped up my foot and I have to keep it that way for a few days. Then I can take it off and start some specific feet exercises which I'm going to list here so I can reference them for future use.
There we go folks. I gotta do these several times a day now.
PS: Bare-foot treading is bad, very bad!
