WORKING ASSUMPTION: the human disease known popularly as plantar fasciitis, in it's early stages, is a state of proprioceptive disfunction. RESEARCH QUESTION: With so many and such diverse treatments for plantar fasciitis being advertised on the Internet, with claims of success for all, what do they each have in common that will permit us to collapse them into a small number of effective and affordable ... Read more
Our research on the human disease, so-called (mistakenly) plantar fasciitis, continues, resulting in data sets that are helping us to make sense of why some treatments work sometimes in some people, and why some people never seem to be able to escape this horrible condition. People's stories, about the progression of plantar fasciitis, based on personal experience, are a critical part of our research program. ... Read more
When I swim, I swim, but when I walk, I think, and my thoughts yesterday led to the diagram, above, which is at least a start down the road to logical treatment of the human disease known (mistakenly) as plantar fasciitis. I do love to stay in shape, and swimming certainly does that for my base cardiovascular fitness, so I've included today's swim workout, designed by my friend and swim coach, Rick. The 200 ... Read more
If you haven't sustained some injuries, or made a few enemies, you've never lived. If we learn from our injuries, I must be fairly wise, based on my map, above, though not as wise as Evel Knieval (yes, EVEL, never knew that), I'm sure. As I prepare, mainly mentally, for another trip around the sun, I, like my old Chevy truck (approaching 360,000 miles, and don't tell me my old truck doesn't, in her own way), reflect ... Read more
No one can tell you the fastest way to get to work in a big city, unless they know where you live and have detailed understanding of the key traffic patterns. Even then, they can only tell you what might work, or what has worked for them or a friend. Just like finding your way out of the plantar fasciitis treatment maze. No one an tell you how to fix your foot pain, without knowing your story, and even then they can ... Read more
Why does is this guy keep on talking about plantar fasciitis all the time? Is he obsessed? Yep! So would you be if you had it, and you claim to know how to fix it. This article is about the power of shoes as tools to fight this condition. It's a long story, starting with a bike wreck in 2013 (enough said about that), leading to a series of problems, with a post-script of full-blown plantar fasciitis. I had a truly ... Read more
Whenever the winter solstice comes around, I always think of that long-forgotten Greek guy, Menaechemus (never made it into Citation Index - silly magazine!). I also think of new beginnings, which is what I'm doing on my run, now that the Osteopath fixed my hip subluxation. Hooray! Running recovery commences. If you are injured, take the opportunity when you come back to start over and improve your technique - for ... Read more
Muscle happiness comes from regular exercise, adequate recovery, and lengthening (stretching is really not a good term, it leads to the wrong attitude). Furthermore, each muscle has it's own personality, so you have to find a way to make each one happy - just like people! It isn't really about stretching, it's about developing a healthy relationship. Hamstring strains are pretty common in runners, many of ... Read more
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