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[serinde]

I returned this evening from the podiatrist, who judges that I have plantar fasciitis. Short form if you are suffering TL;DR: the connective stuff on the bottom of my (left) foot? It's inflamed and sad. This happens if you run, if you're overweight, if you're female, if you lug heavy stuff around, and if you wear high-heels or flip-flops (any shoes without arch support, basically). OH GOSH WELL I DON'T DO ANY OF THAT

So. I am to take ibuprofen for a week, and I am to ice the sad bit 2 or 3 times per day. I am to do stretching exercises[1]. I am not to run. I am to try and keep off it, and not do things that bother it. And I am to wear sensible shoes with arch support. IN SUMMER. kill stab hate kill

I am feeling whiny and oppressed; and also, if packing extra poundage contributes, how am I gonna lose it if I have to keep off my feet?! (The college pool is open, but I find laps so unspeakably tedious I can't stick to them... On sweh's advice I am looking into waterproof MP3 players, which would tidily solve my problem, but they seem to be much expense for low functionality.)

[1] One of the primary causes is tightness in the Achilles tendon and hamstrings. Yoga for almost a year? And I still have tightness there? what does it take

Comments

[damned_colonial]

I had that. It got better.

Had it bad enough that it hurt to walk even a little (like, down the street to the shops) in 2005. Podiatrist, stretches, ibuprofen, decent shoes, and it went away. Occasionally now I get the faintest twinge of it, eg. after a night out in silly shoes, but nothing that some on-the-spot stretching doesn't deal with.

I had no idea there are waterproof mp3 players. What a fabulous idea!

[serinde]

There are, and there are also waterproof cases for your un-water-proof player; pir says that he's been using one of the latter and it was working pretty well. But they're not so cheap, either, and I may have trouble since I don't have An iPod[tm], and they all seem to be fit to the various iPod specs.

About how long a period of diligent care did it take for yours to heal up? I'm trying to frame realistic expectations.

[damned_colonial]

Hrm, I'd say it was noticeably better in a month, barely discernable in 3 months.