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I went to the podiatrist yesterday morning.
He talked to me, felt my heel, and gave me a cortisone shot. Then he showed me a useful stretch, told me to do it twice a day, each time doing 10 30-second stretches for each heel, and icing my feet (in an ice water bath, not with an ice pack) for fifteen minutes after the evening stretches.
He also said offhandedly that some weight loss would help; I'm going to take this as encouragement to find a smaller and thus lighter day-pack, and otherwise leave the subject alone. And I'm to go back in a month (standard is three weeks, but I'm going to be in Montreal then). In the meantime, keep taking ibuprofen, and my New Balance walking/gym shoes are fine.
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adrian_turtle. I woke up this morning, walked around the apartment a little, and realized "my foot doesn't hurt." It is characteristic of plantar fasciitis that the heel hurts on waking.
We walked around earlier, along the bikeway and then the path at Spy Pond, utterly pain-free for at least a mile, and then only a dull ache. Total distance between 1.5 and 2 miles, I think, before we got to Za, where we had a fine if unusual pizza: a white pizza topped with duck and apricots. Being moderately sensible people, we took the bus back; the foot is much better, but that doesn't mean entirely well yet, and I'm slightly out of practice for long walks.
I am much encouraged, and relieved.
He talked to me, felt my heel, and gave me a cortisone shot. Then he showed me a useful stretch, told me to do it twice a day, each time doing 10 30-second stretches for each heel, and icing my feet (in an ice water bath, not with an ice pack) for fifteen minutes after the evening stretches.
He also said offhandedly that some weight loss would help; I'm going to take this as encouragement to find a smaller and thus lighter day-pack, and otherwise leave the subject alone. And I'm to go back in a month (standard is three weeks, but I'm going to be in Montreal then). In the meantime, keep taking ibuprofen, and my New Balance walking/gym shoes are fine.
I'm now in Arlington with
adrian_turtle. I woke up this morning, walked around the apartment a little, and realized "my foot doesn't hurt." It is characteristic of plantar fasciitis that the heel hurts on waking.We walked around earlier, along the bikeway and then the path at Spy Pond, utterly pain-free for at least a mile, and then only a dull ache. Total distance between 1.5 and 2 miles, I think, before we got to Za, where we had a fine if unusual pizza: a white pizza topped with duck and apricots. Being moderately sensible people, we took the bus back; the foot is much better, but that doesn't mean entirely well yet, and I'm slightly out of practice for long walks.
I am much encouraged, and relieved.