Just Another Runner

The most effective things that give me relief from the pain from Plantar Fasciitis are my Crocs. When I wear my Crocs Beach or Crocs Athena, the pain becomes bearable and sometimes I don't feel pain at all even in the morning. I highly recommend them. I also use this kind of insole that has these magnets and stubby protrusions that sort of massages the soles of your feet when you wear them. It is kind of painful at first but after my feet got used to it, the massaging effect relieves the pain from Plantar Fasciitis. I normally put these in my Crocs Beach and wear them at home. I still do the stretching exercises and use ice on the sole of my injured foot.

Plantar Fasciitis . After researching the Internet, that's what I think I have. I have the most common symptom - pain on the sole of the feet specially on the first steps in the morning after waking up. I'm doing some of the treatments that I've gathered from the Internet: Stretching and strengthening the Plantar Fascia and the calves Ice on the sole of the feet Massaging the sole of the feet I really hope it goes away really soon although from the stuff that I read on the Internet, Plantar Fasciitis takes months and even years to heal. Yikes! What probably caused it? Of all the probable causes that I've read, the most likely causes for me are - I'm overweight and I overtrained . I'm now thinking that I shouldn't have changed my training plan from the more conservative Couch-to-5K to the more aggressive 0-30 Minutes in a Month. I just hope it goes away soon.

Week 5 has been mixed. This week, I achieved my goal of running continuously for 30 minutes. I ran 30 minutes straight again Tuesday Dec. 29, still at Boracay and Thursday Dec. 31 at UP. But starting the afternoon of Dec. 31 I felt pain on the sole of my left foot. It was even more terrible the next morning - New Year's day. I skipped running Saturday and Sunday. It's frustrating because I was already targeting to join my first 5K race on Jan. 17 - the PSE Bull Run. I hope it goes away soon so that I can resume my workouts.