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Aug 2010
7:08pm, 3 Aug 2010
869 posts
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ThinkRunning
Mad4, it can be the shoes you wear and the way you walk that either stops it from healing or makes it worse...
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Aug 2010
7:10pm, 3 Aug 2010
870 posts
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ThinkRunning
If you twist the PF as you run/walk and/or overload it then it will get injured and you don't have to be running/walking far for it to flare up either.
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Aug 2010
7:22pm, 3 Aug 2010
5,697 posts
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Rach E
M4P, What TR says is completely true. I had a spate of wearing completely stripped down shoes and the lack of arch support was almost certainly what gave me plantar fasciitis. I've found that wearing shoes with a better support have allowed me to run again.
Conversely, a woman I met at the weekend who had it had the opposite problem. She had very low arches and I thought the arch support may be overly stretching her PF tendon and I suggested she changed to a pair of shoes with less arch support.
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Aug 2010
12:43pm, 4 Aug 2010
4,029 posts
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BelleVueRacer♣of Beartown
Rach E - we don;t need arch support though do we? I mean our feet were not designed to have such stuff. I thought of resorting to orthotics but why muck about with the biomechanics of your feet?
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Aug 2010
1:19pm, 13 Aug 2010
232 posts
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Sarcy
Neutral or high arched feet don't need supports - they don't work for that sort of foot anyway. Flat feet may need supports for the overpronation motion.
I have had this but was lucky mine cleared up after a couple of weeks rest and cross training on a rowing machine, not sure why that helped it just did. The Mrs has had it recently -definately not overuse but she only got any relief whilst wearing shoes with higher heels rather than anything flat. Glad I didn't have to resort to that.
Rest but keep some stretching exercises and don't be fooled into thinking because the pain dissapears afterthe start of a run that the problem has gone away.
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Aug 2010
2:47pm, 13 Aug 2010
3,722 posts
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jonp
Do flat feet "cause" overpronation 
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Aug 2010
2:48pm, 13 Aug 2010
3,259 posts
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Pestomum
rach E - my PF was caused by too much arch support in allegedly neutral shoes. and then by wearing crocs for too long.
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Aug 2010
3:20pm, 13 Aug 2010
4,049 posts
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BelleVueRacer♣of Beartown
lets get one thing straight - REST DOES NOT WORK.
I rested for 2 months, it got worse.
DO NOT REST.
I was also told to wear cushioned shoes with higher heels.
Dont do this.
I feel better walking around bare foot.
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Aug 2010
3:22pm, 13 Aug 2010
19,580 posts
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cabletow
try the 5 minute cure
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Aug 2010
3:25pm, 13 Aug 2010
3,309 posts
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lammo
OK, i'll bite, what's the 5 minute cure CT?
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