Fifth Avenue Forum

those of you that are U40, watch out! this is all coming for you once you crest that hill.

Bunch of old people in this thread.

I no longer walk barefoot on hard floors - which is 90% of my house. Good times.

yep, the Pod mentioned this. really difficult for me because I live with an Asian from Massachusetts. shoes are strictly left at the door.

Have had those LLBean slippers. Feet get wayyyy to hot in them for me.

plantar fasciitis has been killing me recently. went to a podiatrist and he recommended some $30 insoles:

I've been soaking in epsom salt almost every day. anyone else got any tips to get rid of this crap?

Before you wake or get up from your chair, stretch the bad foot by pointing your big toe to your knee for 30 seconds. Repeat that a few times, unless it hurts.

Get a bottle of water and freeze it. Roll it over the heel/arch for 10-15 minutes a few times a day.

I no longer walk barefoot on hard floors - which is 90% of my house. Good times.

A buddy of mine was helping out at our kids’ soccer practice, and tapped a ball back to another kid, and his fascia popped audibly. Complete, clean tear. There is nothing a doctor can do about that - if it had been a partial tear, they would’ve cut the entire thing like what happened to him naturally. It will heal on its own - but the recovery time for a man in his mid-40s? 6 months to a year.

I'm a little late to the game on this, but I had plantar fasciitis about 3 years ago. Got it one year during a hockey tournament so I was wedging everything under my arch of my foot to lessen the pain. That last game I think I ended up taking 20-30 second shifts (coasting for most of the shift) before I ended up pulling myself from the game after the 2nd. Took me about two months for the fasciitis to go away in my left foot. About a week later, I got it in my right foot. Basically ruined my summer since I had two long runs that I had signed up for. Luckily I was able to transfer one to a friend and ate the money on the other one.

Where was I going with that? Oh yeah, treatment. The bottle of ice works real well but I couldn't deal with the cold after a few minutes. Rolling a golf ball in a circular motion in the arch seemed to also help. Instead of doing the toe stretches, I ended up buying a brace that you'd wear to sleep that would keep your toes in that position.


Not the exact one I have, but close.
https://www.braceability.com/products/p ... gJE2vD_BwE

My bicep is killing me from throwing snowballs for the dogs to chase. I’ve never felt so old.

I am a disabled veteran. The bulk of my disability is chronic plantar fascitis. I keep it in check with Rx insoles, laser measured and formed to my feet.

It slows the onset of daily pain but doesn't completely fix it.