🚀 go-pugleaf

I have been following the discussion about Plantar Facitis(sp) and
have found it to be very informative.  Thanks to all of those who
have provided insight.

I have had PF for about 5 months now.  I initially tried to continue
running at a reduced level but decided to stop running completely after
a few weeks because it seemed to be making it worse.  I haven't run at
all now for about 5 months and my left foot seems to be completely healed.
My right foot feels a lot better but I can still feel it a little bit
especially in the morning (my right foot was worse than my left foot
to begin with).

I'm kinda itching to get back running but want to be conservative and
make sure I don't start back too early and hurt myself again.  I thought
very hard about starting back about a week ago but decided to 
give it another month.  If I need to, I would rather wait 3 more months
if necessary before starting back if this will SIGNIFICANTLY reduce the
probablity of injuring myself again.

When I do start back, I plan to start walking for a few days and then
gradually begin joging at a very slow pace.  I would like to have some
opinions from people whether they think it would be O.K. for me to
start back very slowly now or whether I should wait for a while.  If I
should wait, how will I know when it's O.K. to start back.  Should I
wait until I can't feel anything in either foot?  Should I wait for
another month after I can't feel anything in either foot?  Should I
wait even longer?  Or, is it not that risky to start back running now
given that I can just barely feel it in one foot?

I would appreciate anyone posting about when you should start back after
this injury.  I would especially appreciate hearing from anyone who
has fully recovered from PF.

Thank you very much.  Please post your opinions since there seems to
be a good bit of interest in the subject.

Doug Gilliam


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