manicpie
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I feel guilty now, i've never had any problems with anything to date. I wonder if skipping has anything to do with it. i've been skipping since I was 15
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Skipping would be pretty brutal on plantar fasciitis.
Mine used to flare up after doing nothing and then running too much without a gradual build up.
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Maybe because i started so young, it helped not get it. I know people who've had it and it's pretty bad
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Stretching and strengthening the calves helps, so maybe. I was told that I'm prone to it due to having flat feet. You're probably just born with good feet and have good walking/running mechanism. Plus maintained fitness rather than over- stressing your body with binge and bust exercising.
More than likely you do it correctly, bouncing on the balls of your feet and slightly levitating via the toes. Boxers seems to caress the ground.
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yep, that's it, you only jump an inch and always bounce off the balls of your feet. I did a bit of boxing also and it was ingrained in you
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Hey mate, I have PF. My podiatrist told me to wear these special shoes called "Hawks." He recommends Hawks to a lot of people.
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Do you play hop scotch ?
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I did, Werribee hop Scotch champion
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I told you, half italian, half central american, from the jungles, sheesh. do I come across as asian?
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You couldn't get any closer
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I battled feet injuries all my sporting life through Football and Track. Was always able to get over Plantar Fasciitis as annoying as it was. Always able to work through the pain of it and treatment worked. That was easily treated unless it was at the serious end. The major issues were when dealing with stress fractures especially of the Navicular. With the experts, treatment and support Daics has he will be perfect (providing we are being given the full picture)
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Were MC Hammer videos part of your training regime?
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YES, yes they were.
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I knew it. That blokes fast footwork made Michael Flatley look like Stephen Hawking
Hey guys, I hope you don’t mind the intrusion. I lurk to read the training reports (which are awesome) and just wanted to offer my 2c as a Physio about Plantar Fasciitis - especially for those dealing it atm.
The best way to think of it is an overload of the heel tissue. However, the perspective that’s often missed is WHY it happens - and I find this is crucial to figuring out how to solve it, rather than just manage it, which is something that those in the AFL also seem prone to (as an outsider looking in).
We need to stop thinking of PF as a heel issue. Instead, we need to think of the heel as just being the part of the leg that isn’t tolerating how the whole leg is functioning.
Stiff ankle joints, a lack of hip rotation mobility and strength, tight hip flexors, and even lower back dysfunction can set the heel up to fail directly and indirectly. The challenge for most is that things like the above aren’t instantly obvious and you have to look for them to find them - especially if the PF is just on the one side.
If we continue to think of it as just a foot issue, then we’ll continue to offer people arch supports, tech-heavy footwear, and foot-specific exercises and hope for the best, instead of trying to figure out the underlying mechanical cause and address that instead.
Hope that helps in some way!
The best way to think of it is an overload of the heel tissue. However, the perspective that’s often missed is WHY it happens - and I find this is crucial to figuring out how to solve it, rather than just manage it, which is something that those in the AFL also seem prone to (as an outsider looking in).
We need to stop thinking of PF as a heel issue. Instead, we need to think of the heel as just being the part of the leg that isn’t tolerating how the whole leg is functioning.
Stiff ankle joints, a lack of hip rotation mobility and strength, tight hip flexors, and even lower back dysfunction can set the heel up to fail directly and indirectly. The challenge for most is that things like the above aren’t instantly obvious and you have to look for them to find them - especially if the PF is just on the one side.
If we continue to think of it as just a foot issue, then we’ll continue to offer people arch supports, tech-heavy footwear, and foot-specific exercises and hope for the best, instead of trying to figure out the underlying mechanical cause and address that instead.
Hope that helps in some way!
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Peter Daicos had the PF in the mid 1980s 85 I think.
He talked about it in his book "Collingwood and me".
Tried to play with it and got worse and worse.
In the end he got the stress fractures, I think unrelated, and had to spend many weeks off his feet. The rest of the year was a write off but the PF cleared up.
Like father like son, I hope Nick takes the whole year off, no point grinding himself to bits.
He talked about it in his book "Collingwood and me".
Tried to play with it and got worse and worse.
In the end he got the stress fractures, I think unrelated, and had to spend many weeks off his feet. The rest of the year was a write off but the PF cleared up.
Like father like son, I hope Nick takes the whole year off, no point grinding himself to bits.
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Very handsome
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Really?
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yeah, it does put me at ease though knowing a player like him is dealing with that type of injury. I know Nick hasn’t torn his, but I believe with the right treatment he will be just fine in overcoming it.
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Hopefully. But again, we just don't know. Like Michell, It can flare up and get worse. But Nick, being younger, might help his cause.
We just have to wait and see. He won't be able to run, probably will take some time off legs and hope the pain subsides, then try to attempt running if he is pain free.
But these things are unpredictable.
