Subject: RE: Heel Pain...just below my achilles!!!! I have been suffering with PF on and off for quite some time. I managed to be pain free when training for my half mary last year and throughout the season. However, after my recovery break, I added too much running to fast and now its back ever so slightly.
Things that I have found that help alot include:
1 ) Icing after excerise and throughout the day. Free a water bottle and then roll it under your foot
2 ) Stretching of the calfs and achilles. Also include ankles. Several times a day draw the ABCs with you feet
3 ) Tennis ball/golf ball. Roll under foot throughout the day
4 ) My night splint. What happens is as you sleep you relax the muscle and allow it to shorten. THis is why PF is so much more painful in the am cause when you first walk on it, you lenghten what is already sore.
5 ) Never ever walk barefoot. Put on some type of supported shoe (birks, etc ) all the time. Esp when you first wake up.
6 ) stretch before you get out of bed to lenght the muscle/tendon/whatever its called.
I can't really offer advise on what to do with your training but I woudl try to reduce for a while why you heal. When mine first came about, I didn't really reduce my training because I had an A race coming up. My dr advised me not to continue to run but I did and instead of just the inflammation injury, I ended up with a Tear which takes alot longer to heal (6 mths of no running and lots of pt ). Not fun!!
Hope some of this helps!!!
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