{"id":2108,"date":"2011-06-11T19:28:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T18:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2016-10-13T17:34:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T16:34:13","slug":"another-plantar-fasciitis-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/another-plantar-fasciitis-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Another plantar fasciitis success story?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"barefoot<\/p>\n

Here’s another one of those interesting stories to encourage frustrated plantar fasciitis sufferers; there are treatments that are not aligned with conventional ideas.<\/p>\n

Stumbled across your barefoot experiment via the Runner’s World forum. Great stuff!<\/em>
\n Anyway, I have a good neutral running style and I’m a forefoot striker\u2026<\/em>
\n I picked up Plantar Fasciitis in both feet back in Jan whilst training for the Brighton Marathon (I totally overtrained. Completely my own fault!).\u00a0 It was really really nasty ( I could barely walk without a searing needle pain in my heels\/arches) and consequently, I’ve had about 5 months off from running, doctors orders.<\/em>
\n Saw a couple of physios, all of whom said the same stuff (rest, stretch the calves and get yourself some nice supportive shoes with orthotics).<\/em>
\n Tried a few different orthotics\/in soles, and they didn’t help at all! They just felt too un-natural.<\/em>
\n Then a month ago I started doing foot strengthening exercises (picking up a sock with my toes whilt sat at my desk, writing the alphabet a few times with each foot too).\u00a0 I lobbed the orthotics and started wearing wearing my little plimsolls again.<\/em>
\n Then the Merrell Trail glove came out and I thought ‘Why not? It can only make my feet stronger’.<\/em>
\n That was 3 weeks ago and I’ve walked in them ever since (couple of miles a day). Last week I took them out for a small run. I feel stronger than ever, I have my confidence back and more importantly, I can get back into running, slowly but surely! I’ve signed up to Athens Marathon in Mid Nov as a target (I’m not looking for a PB, but after 5 months of no running, just crossing the finish line will move me to tears!).<\/em>
\n I’m not looking to run marathons barefoot, but I’m definitely going to incorporate some barefoot runs into my training schedule. Buying the Merrell trail gloves was the best move I ever made in terms of recovering from Plantar Fasciitis.<\/em>
\n Just thought I’d share my experience with you.<\/em>
\n Keep up the blog and happy running!<\/em><\/p>\n

Nick offers some good down to earth advice based on his experience of pf on his blog here<\/a>
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Here’s another one of those interesting stories to encourage frustrated plantar fasciitis sufferers; there are treatments that are not aligned with conventional ideas. Stumbled across your barefoot experiment via the Runner’s World forum. Great stuff! Anyway, I have a good neutral running style and I’m a forefoot striker\u2026 I picked up Plantar Fasciitis in both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60,67,4],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-2108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-advice","category-barefoot-running-diaries","category-news","tag-plantar-fasciitis","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2108"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3959,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions\/3959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}