Runner moms: I'm back, sorry to be a pain. After someone suggested my injury might be plantar fasctis, I checked the condition out. I think that's what I have, developed yesterday...
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during a 1/2 marathon. I"m going to a podiatrist tomorrow morning, but if it IS plantar fascitis, how long will I have to stop running? I'm stressed, if you can't tell.
posted April 26th, 2010 at 2:15pm in
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- i had this last year. it's a sharp pain in the ball of your foot....hurts when you wake up and walk down the stairs...gets better as teh day goes on. you need to stretch it before you...(more) 4-26-2010 2:20pm
get out of bed. and you can ice it too. my podriatrist wouldn't let me run or play tennis for 2-3 wks
- op: Phew. I thought you were going to say no running for 6 months or something. I hope that's all it is. I can take a few weeks off, but trying to run NYC, so don't want to take more...(more) 4-26-2010 2:21pm
than a month off. Thanks. And those symptoms make sense, b/c I felt no pain in my foot yesterday after the 1/2 marathon. Only after I got out of bed this morning.
- google stretches for plantar fascitiis. do them BEFORE getting out of bed. ice tonight 20 mins on,20 off while you watch tv. take it easy. you have to so it doesn't get worse. do...(more) 4-26-2010 2:23pm
- also, if it's really bad you can get cortisone shots. one girl i know had to do this but she is also very heavy and that was part of the problem. mine was bad in one foot and minimal...(more) 4-26-2010 2:24pm
in the other. not bad if you catch it early.
- op: Thanks. I'm not heavy, and the shoes are 2 months old (Asics, recommended by running store. I'd always worn Nike in the past). I'm icing now at work, actually. Thanks again. 4-26-2010 2:27pm
- yw. you will be fine. congrats on the race! 4-26-2010 2:27pm
- Thanks. I couldn't run a mile last April, so I'm feeling accomplished. But bummed that I'm now injured. Oh, well. 4-26-2010 2:29pm
- that is awesome. this is a really common injury. was it so bad that you really couldn't walk this morning or just a strange ache in the bottom of your foot? 4-26-2010 2:30pm
- I'm walking with a lot of pain. Better sitting down. I had a long walk from subway to office and was wincing the whole way. 4-26-2010 2:31pm
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