Orthotics to Treat Plantar Fasciitis Pain - Ouch! Stretching Is Better
As a veteran tennis player and teaching pro, I understand how heel and foot pain can interrupt your life.
I have spent a great deal of time helping people in and out of tennis overcome their plantar fasciitis, tennis / golf elbow tendinitis and rotator cuff injuries.
I cringe every time someone asks me about orthotics as a way to treat a plantar fasciitis injury.
When I had my second plantar fascia injury over 15 years ago, I decided that a visit to the podiatrist was the answer.
He quickly and highly recommended a pair of custom orthotics.
To make a long story short, the orthotics caused so much more pain than I was experiencing before.
I was upset because the podiatrist made a very expensive pair of custom fit "athletic" orthotics and only 3 days later I was in more pain and agony than I'd been in before.
I figured I simply had to get used to them.
About a week later, I spent a weekend playing in a tennis tournament in Carmel Valley and I literally had to crawl to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
My heel pain was greater than it had ever been before; I was in absolute agony.
Once I started asking around, I discovered I wasn't the lone ranger.
It turns out, lots of other folks out there had paid a boat load for orthotics that wound up just making their plantar fasciitis injury worse.
A close friend suggested I try an ankle wrap instead, and surprisingly, the pain started to ease up.
Why? As a veteran professional athlete, I've found that stretching out your arch really helps relieve the pain from a plantar fasciitis injury.
The more you can keep your arch stretched out, the better chance you will have of healing it.
Certain ankle wraps have been more successful than others for planter fasciitis injuries.
Orthotics, in theory, push your arch upward and supposedly support it.
However, the problem is that your body weight is completely counter balancing the orthotic push as gravity forces your body weight down on top of the orthotic.
The ankle wrap recommended in my plantar fasciitis treatment guide pulls and stretches your arch up gently.
The pulling throughout the day gives your arch a nice gentle stretch and eventually you'll feel an easing of the pain giving your plantar fascia strength and ability to heal.
There are a few other recommended plantar fasciitis treatment aids that I explain how to use, and they can seriously alleviate your pain.
I have spent a great deal of time helping people in and out of tennis overcome their plantar fasciitis, tennis / golf elbow tendinitis and rotator cuff injuries.
I cringe every time someone asks me about orthotics as a way to treat a plantar fasciitis injury.
When I had my second plantar fascia injury over 15 years ago, I decided that a visit to the podiatrist was the answer.
He quickly and highly recommended a pair of custom orthotics.
To make a long story short, the orthotics caused so much more pain than I was experiencing before.
I was upset because the podiatrist made a very expensive pair of custom fit "athletic" orthotics and only 3 days later I was in more pain and agony than I'd been in before.
I figured I simply had to get used to them.
About a week later, I spent a weekend playing in a tennis tournament in Carmel Valley and I literally had to crawl to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
My heel pain was greater than it had ever been before; I was in absolute agony.
Once I started asking around, I discovered I wasn't the lone ranger.
It turns out, lots of other folks out there had paid a boat load for orthotics that wound up just making their plantar fasciitis injury worse.
A close friend suggested I try an ankle wrap instead, and surprisingly, the pain started to ease up.
Why? As a veteran professional athlete, I've found that stretching out your arch really helps relieve the pain from a plantar fasciitis injury.
The more you can keep your arch stretched out, the better chance you will have of healing it.
Certain ankle wraps have been more successful than others for planter fasciitis injuries.
Orthotics, in theory, push your arch upward and supposedly support it.
However, the problem is that your body weight is completely counter balancing the orthotic push as gravity forces your body weight down on top of the orthotic.
The ankle wrap recommended in my plantar fasciitis treatment guide pulls and stretches your arch up gently.
The pulling throughout the day gives your arch a nice gentle stretch and eventually you'll feel an easing of the pain giving your plantar fascia strength and ability to heal.
There are a few other recommended plantar fasciitis treatment aids that I explain how to use, and they can seriously alleviate your pain.