Enjoy Life Free From Plantar Fasciitis Pain
I've taught and coached tennis for almost 40 years.
I'm passionate about teaching and helping others, but what I really love to do is play and compete in tennis tournaments.
Just like you, I've struggled through a plantar fasciitis injury, actually three of them.
the last time I had to treat my plantar fasciitis injury was about 15 years ago.
I had to shut down all of my tournaments and even my practice matches.
Being able to play tournaments and train as much as I want to without worrying about a plantar injury feels like a bonus! I know the pain, the frustration, and the depression that a plantar fascia injury can cause.
However, there is a way to heal your plantar pain and prevent plantar fasciitis from ruining your life.
Exercise Tip One of the things that has kept me injury free for so long now is my stretching routine.
I do two important things every time I play tennis, do off court training, walk the dogs, or exercise.
First, I wear my ankle wraps on both feet.
Second, I take a minute or two to stretch my calf muscles every 30 minutes or so.
The other important factor is to make sure I don't do the same training routine two days in a row.
Then my body or specific muscle areas don't get too tight; I don't get out of balance.
Exercise is great, we all know that fact, but variety is the real key to maintaining a balanced body.
Too much of the same exercise can tend to tighten you up.
No matter how much stretching you do to counter that tightening, you can set yourself up for a plantar injury.
What To Do Now With your plantar injury healing and the pain subsiding, you are probably anxious to get back to your normal daily activities, which I hope include a good deal of exercise.
When you are self-treating your plantar injury, it is vital that you maintain or start an exercise program that is non-impact.
Gravity is your enemy at this stage, and the old thinking that you have to "play through the pain" is only going to re-aggravate any inflammation you have.
Until that inflammation has been knocked out, any impact exercise such as running, tennis, long distance walking and even standing for long periods of time should be avoided.
However, swimming, stationary and road biking (as long as you don't stand up on the bike), and the elliptical trainer should be acceptable exercises and shouldn't aggravate your inflammation.
If you're on the bike or the elliptical trainer be sure to stop every 10-15 minutes and take a minute or two to stretch our your calf and arch muscles.
If you're swimming laps, avoid pushing off the wall with your feet.
There are ways to live free from plantar fasciitis pain.
I'm passionate about teaching and helping others, but what I really love to do is play and compete in tennis tournaments.
Just like you, I've struggled through a plantar fasciitis injury, actually three of them.
the last time I had to treat my plantar fasciitis injury was about 15 years ago.
I had to shut down all of my tournaments and even my practice matches.
Being able to play tournaments and train as much as I want to without worrying about a plantar injury feels like a bonus! I know the pain, the frustration, and the depression that a plantar fascia injury can cause.
However, there is a way to heal your plantar pain and prevent plantar fasciitis from ruining your life.
Exercise Tip One of the things that has kept me injury free for so long now is my stretching routine.
I do two important things every time I play tennis, do off court training, walk the dogs, or exercise.
First, I wear my ankle wraps on both feet.
Second, I take a minute or two to stretch my calf muscles every 30 minutes or so.
The other important factor is to make sure I don't do the same training routine two days in a row.
Then my body or specific muscle areas don't get too tight; I don't get out of balance.
Exercise is great, we all know that fact, but variety is the real key to maintaining a balanced body.
Too much of the same exercise can tend to tighten you up.
No matter how much stretching you do to counter that tightening, you can set yourself up for a plantar injury.
What To Do Now With your plantar injury healing and the pain subsiding, you are probably anxious to get back to your normal daily activities, which I hope include a good deal of exercise.
When you are self-treating your plantar injury, it is vital that you maintain or start an exercise program that is non-impact.
Gravity is your enemy at this stage, and the old thinking that you have to "play through the pain" is only going to re-aggravate any inflammation you have.
Until that inflammation has been knocked out, any impact exercise such as running, tennis, long distance walking and even standing for long periods of time should be avoided.
However, swimming, stationary and road biking (as long as you don't stand up on the bike), and the elliptical trainer should be acceptable exercises and shouldn't aggravate your inflammation.
If you're on the bike or the elliptical trainer be sure to stop every 10-15 minutes and take a minute or two to stretch our your calf and arch muscles.
If you're swimming laps, avoid pushing off the wall with your feet.
There are ways to live free from plantar fasciitis pain.
