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[quote=Anonymous]I had plantar fasciitis for years. By the end, I could hardly walk.  I literally agonized over getting up to walk 4 steps to the bathroom. (And I had been a triathlete.)

I finally found a competent physical therapist who helped me immensely.

The gist of what he explained to me was that we had to "irritate" it. Just a little. Rinse and repeat until you can bear more and more.

1.calf raises. Graduate up to doing them on one leg and using weights like holding kettlebells. He had me doing three sets of 10 three or four times a week on each leg.  I had to build up to this.

2.  Picking up dead weights like kettlebells. I am small and was doing 50 lb of dead weight

3.  Pushing the sled. I was pushing as much weight as I possibly could.

Took 8 months of doing this before I could walk somewhat normally again.

This is what made all the difference for me and while I would not say I'm completely cured I am a thousand times better than I was.

(Fwiw, I had tried things like water bottles and spiky balls and that helped a little bit early on but really never put a dent in it later.).

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