bleh

[magicicada]

i finally went to the foot doctor and while he was very nice, his only solution was orthotics. i have doubts that this would really be helpful and i am not sure that i'm willing to narrow my shoe choices from 'the best shoe' to 'one of three that the orthotics fit'. still, i have to do something :p.

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[gardenwaltz.livejournal.com]

heh, i got the reverse approach on the 'fat chick' routine. i let him know flat out that i was sure that losing 50 lbs would help out, but that i wanted this problem solved so that i could run enough to lose that weight. he also said that all runners, even those without predisposition have a tendency to get this. btw, another cause is age, and losing weight doesn't help much with that :p!

a question on the tape. are these just flat pieces of tape on the bottom? i would have imagined some kind of winding around the ankle.

[knobody.livejournal.com]

yup. just flat on the bottom. the idea is that your plantar fascia stretches to allow your foot to flex in the fashion required for shock absorption. then it overstretches and gets inflamed and causes pain. the tape doesn't stretch and therefore places a limit on the amount the fascia can stretch so it doesn't go too far. it seems like it shouldn't work, and yet it does, for me anyway.

and the fat thing. yeah. the np told me i should lose weight. oh, but don't do any exercise that would place too much force on my foot. so, no walking, jogging, aerobics, etc. ummmm, doesn't that make it really difficult to lose weight? she suggested, while i was there with a few month old infant, that i get a bicycle. she wasn't the most observant np i've run into.