I've self diagnosed myself long enough. I went to the doctor today to have him check out my foot and my left arm. First thing is it really Plantar Fasciitis? Well that's determined pretty easily. Off with the shoe, he digs into my heel and I jump in pain. Yep, Plantar Fasciitis. It needs time to heal. It's an overuse injury. It must not be too bad if you are still running on it. Although if your running technique is the problem, many people have had success with the Vibram Five Fingers. (my problem is only on my left foot tho', maybe that strikes out running technique problems?)
Next we check out the arm. I've been wondering what exactly is the problem. This took a bit longer to locate. After a few different moves he determines it's the bicep. Again, it's an overuse injury. This one being muscular should heal more quickly than my heel.
There wasn't much suggested to me that I wasn't already doing. Heating the area before exercise was something I hadn't thought of.
He said I didn't necessarily have to take a break from running. The extra therapy I've been giving it could get it to heal. Although taking a break would allow it to heal more quickly. Of course I know people that have taken months off and still have the heel pain. I guess what I don't know is how aggressive they were with their therapy when they took the break...
So that's it. Just as Jim said to me many months ago. For many people, training/racing includes a fair amount of injury management.
Keep in mind the pain I'm speaking of is rather mild. I'm just trying to do what I can to make it better instead of worse.
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