Re: Plantar Fasciitis and riding?

Nancy DeMarco wrote:

It would be unusual for it to start with heel spurs. The spurs form
in response to chronic stress, often the tensile stress of the
shortened plantar fascia and associated soft tissues. Unless the spur
is the result of a traumatic injury, usually, by the time you have
spurs, the whole syndrome is fairly advanced.

They can go away, you know. :)

I don't know nuthin bout no steenkin PF, but I can relate my story of Things That Go Away :)

When I was 19, I had surgery on the front of my right foot and the back of my left. Don't remember anything technical, but a big bump was shaved off the back of the left (casted for a few weeks) and lumps were taken off of both sides of the right. All was well for almost 30 years.

Several years back I began developing another bump on the back of my left heel, lots of soft tissue swelling (bursa), extremely sore Achilles, etc etc. Saw the Podiatrist a few times, had a cortisone shot (almost passed out - blech), surgery was recommended blah blah.

It was so bad for awhile that I was completely overcompensating with my right foot, and developed an Achilles tear on that side. At that point, I had an Oh Shit moment. I was majorly disinclined to have surgery AGAIN, as I would have been on crutches with no weight bearing on the foot for six weeks or so. Sorry, but no can do with my business.

I completely stopped running, playing softball, etc etc for about a year. Riding was done carefully and lots of no stirrups. The huge swelling on my right foot completely disappeared and the Achilles on both sides are fine. I was kind of amazed.

I'm pretty much back up to speed on all of my activities, although I'm much better about stretching prior to running or softball.

But now my hips hurt. Old age, she sucks...

:)
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Ruth B
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