| If you are like most people with Plantar Fasciitis | | | | factors and variables at play. |
| symptoms, you will eventually get the advice that you | | | | If you just bind your foot up, or wear a boot, your foot |
| should use a variety of methods to support their foot. | | | | may feel better. It may become pain free. But there is |
| The theory is that the extra support will help heal the | | | | a lot going on underneath the surface of your skin, and |
| issue with the Plantar Fascia. | | | | it is valuable to understand that even if support makes |
| Unfortunately, 'support' just prolongs your suffering. | | | | the pain diminish, the Tendonitis dynamic is still there, |
| Across the board, wraps for the ankle and foot, and | | | | and is in fact entrenching itself deeper and deeper. |
| the boot are forms of immobilizing the tissue of the | | | | Problem #2. Your body will learn to rely on the support, |
| foot. Theoretically, limiting the mobility of the tissue of | | | | instead of adapting to support itself. |
| the foot will keep damage from happening and allow | | | | The body is amazing in many ways. It is also incredibly |
| the foot to heal. That is good in theory, but the body | | | | lazy. For instance, if you drink coffee, the body says |
| doesn't really work that way. | | | | "Hey, I don't need to make adrenaline because the |
| Plus there are other downsides. Have you ever seen | | | | caffeine is giving me energy." So the adrenals start |
| anyone limp around in the big bulky boot contraption? I | | | | getting less and less responsive and the body starts to |
| just spoke with a woman who has been wearing one | | | | rely on the caffeine. |
| for a month, and you can imagine all the problems in | | | | Same thing with the foot. If you wrap it or wear a |
| her knees, hips, and back that walking around with that | | | | boot, the body says "I don't need to do the work or |
| thing can cause. | | | | build the structure to support myself." And your body |
| I'm going to keep inserts and orthotics out of this | | | | will literally start getting weaker as it starts to rely more |
| conversation, as they can be really effective or not, it | | | | and more on the support. |
| depends on the specific person, the specific foot, and | | | | So when you take the support off...more damage and |
| the specific orthotics and advising professional. | | | | heightened Pain Causing Dynamic. |
| There are 3 main problems with using methods that | | | | Problem #3. Supporting the foot is different than fixing |
| support your feet. | | | | the problem. |
| Problem #1. The problem with Plantar Fasciitis is bigger | | | | If you want to fix you Plantar Fasciitis, you need to do |
| than just rip and tear damage of the fascia. | | | | things that fix it, instead of things that just support it. |
| Like all Tendonitis problems, there is an entire dynamic | | | | If you don't use the right tool for the job, you won't get |
| involved. It's not just a matter of micro-tears in the | | | | the results you want. You wouldn't use a fork to dig a |
| tissue of the plantar fascia. There is also an | | | | ditch would you? |
| inflammation response, how the body responds to that | | | | Tendonitis issues like Plantar Fasciitis follow a specific |
| response, the mechanism with which the body tries to | | | | pattern of development and progress. And it requires |
| protect you from more damage, and many other | | | | a specific set of tools to reverse it. |