Hey Flexible Peeps,
Today’s MWod is a about some simple methods to deal with the dread foot pain, plantar fasciitis.
Thanks to all the athletes and coaches that joined us at the Mobility Cert at Crossfit Fire today.
Kstar
24 Responses to “Episode 77: Plantar Fasciitis”
Trackbacks/Pingbacks
- Tuesday, 8/22/11 « CrossFit Center City
- Dear Mark: Coconut, Plantar Fasciitis, Drinking Seawater, and Feeding a Teenage Appetite | Mark's Daily Apple
- Dealing with Plantar Fasciitis | Primal Fringe
- Solely Speaking: Preventing & Healing Plantar Fasciitis « CrossFit Hillsboro
- Crossfit Westside | Crossfit Group Fitness and Personal Training | Crossfit Westside
Leave a Reply?
Mobility Courses
In the Media
MWOD Named a Top Blog of 2011 by...
Friends of MWOD
MWOD Banner
Add our banner to your page. get the code here
Great stuff again as always Kelly! I always do some plantar fascia stuff when watching TV as I have a ridiculously tight heel cord on my left side so I do it to prevent anything as you say "downstream."
Great timing with this one, my feet have just started giving me trouble for the first time ever and I wasn't sure what to do about it besides ice. Thanks!
ive been suffering with this and 2 – 6mm spurs each – 1 planter and 1 dorsal and it just does not go away! Ive been doing all of this. What kind of timeframe does this stuff take?
Kelly – thank you so much, I really appreciate this post! Great stuff!
Glad I found your site, it has definitely helped where I am lacking on the pre workout mobility. I have a question though regarding a particular area. When I do workouts with lots of deadlifts, highpulls, and even pull-ups; my levator/traps (neck area business) always gets tight causing headaches. I feel it a lot in the orbital area (if that's correct) again neck area. Tips/tricks/stretches?
Ah, it's the Radroller. That was my question from yesterday. Thanks. As always, awesome info and help for this 50 year old body.
Mitch
Kelly,
Zach Even-Esh and I hope you saw this!!!
http://websmithblog.com/post/1434488549/more-on-the-influence-project-a-video-blog-with#disqus_thread
You made a little cameo.
Web Smith | SICFIT
Hi Kelly,
Love your blog, so much awesome info! My wife and I both benefit tremendously from your posts. Also, your sense of humor helps keep the pain face away
. Thanks for putting this thing together for all of us who know there are no days off. Until next time…
Peace.Tobias.
Great post -
Kelly,
I'd highlight one thing you touched on, upstream leg/hip mobility putting pressure on the plantar fascia.
I had this issue a year ago and I tried most of the foot/lower leg stuff with no relief…..until my CF coach figured out it was my quads/hips tightness rolling my foot inward.
Opening the hips up and stretching my quads finally stopped the plantar fascia pain.
One more suggestion: do as many workouts as you can barefoot to strengthen the muscles of the foot. With shoes, our feet don't work as hard and therefore become weak. Shoes off = harder working & stronger feet.
Peace.
Hey, have any of you found that you get plantar when trying to run more barefoot style? It is intuitive that running with your weight on the forefoot buts more pressure on the calf. It certainly has resulted in plantar for me. I am committed to keep running in the forefoot style but I want to fix the burning fire in my heel!
Tim– If you are having problems with the plantar part of your foot it is a run technique issue. It is from too much load on the plantar fascia which leads to tissue breakdown. You may be landing on your toe vs the ball of your foot, you may be pushing off, you may have tight calves or achillies. When landing on your toes your calf is contracted the whole time because your heel is not lightly touching the ground. Take a look at the video post on the CrossFit Endurance site from 6-17 which addresses landing on your toes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23l42px5R_E&feature=player_embedded
Thanks Kaitlin. I will work on those areas. Interestingly the heel pain is only on the right side. This is relevant because i broke my right femur a few years back and it has resulted in a twisted orientation of my femur. i.e. my right foot now points out at about 40 degrees. This probably has an impact as well. I will work hard on the flxibility of my calf/achilles ets and hopefully it will clear up. Thanks again
Wow! Instant relief! This will become part of my routine! You seriously just improved my life! It was really getting unbearable! Thanks a ton Kelly!
I shut my eyes in order to see.
Nice video, and very helpful. One comment, though. I think you meant plantarflexion, not dorsiflexion, at about 2:17 in the video. Please tell me if I misunderstood.
Supple and buttery hahahaha, i used that with one of my clients today. You have a great sense of humor kstar
wow, awesome article post. Want more.
That was great, looking forward to reading and watching more. I am still laughing about the myofascial TOOL!!