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Old Tue Apr 12, 2005, 04:06pm
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Originally posted by RefAHallic
I've never been diagnosed with P.F., but I believe I suffer from it too, however maybe not at the level of pain discussed here. I did research on my symptoms, and P.F. is what I came up with. Sore heal (especially in the morning after games), periodic sharp pain along the heal and arch area. I started using a towel to flex my heal and foot in the morning. I didn't think something that simple could work, but it did miracles during the season. Another remedy for me was to make sure I stretched my calves prior to games. After about 3-4 weeks off from games, my self-diagnosed P.F. is flaring up again as I've been doing AAU stuff. My efforts to treat it have been good so far. Hopefully it won't get worse. The problem has been with my left foot, but I stretch my right as well.

By the way, anyone know why P.F. has become so prevalent? Seems like a lot of athletes have been dealing with it in recent years.
My podiatrist says it's because of the shape of the more popular shoes, with a sort of bullet shaped toe, whith the side of the shoe that's closer to the other foot isn't straight forward away from the leg, but rather curves at the ball of the foot so the that the big toe is pressed slightly toward the other toes. This causes the plantar fasciae(sp?) to flex against something and become inflamed. Then when you exercise it, it gets more and more inflamed, and thus more and more sore. I don't know anything about it, but that's what I was told.
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