Plantar fasciitis

[Skooby]

Plantar fasciitis (say "PLAN-ter fash-ee-EYE-tus") is the most common cause of heel pain. The plantar fascia is the flat band of tissue (ligament) that connects your heel bone to your toes. It supports the arch of your foot. If you strain your plantar fascia, it gets weak, swollen, and irritated (inflamed). Then your heel or the bottom of your foot hurts when you stand or walk.
Plantar fasciitis is common in middle-aged people. It also occurs in younger people who are on their feet a lot, like athletes or soldiers. It can happen in one foot or both feet. http://www.m.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides...topic-overview

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This is Herpes for athletes, showing up at the worst times when you're trying to date.

[GreedoII]

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I have actually had it for you years. Not much you can do exceot rest and stretching, but an Athlete has more means to counter it. He can play with it...

[The King]

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Is it painful? Of course.
If anyone of us were offered 500,000 to run on it with intense pressure for an hour would we do it? Of course.

[Night Train]

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Save the 500K. Just offer me Kate Upton so I can release my intense pressure

[Forward_Lateral]

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You can tape it/wear a brace/etc. They days of plantar faciitis keeping a player off the field should be over, IMO.

[The King]

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I have played with worse for no money, just for the love of the game.

[jdaltroy5]

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I had a friend play in our flag football co-ed beer league with it.

If he wanted to be playing, he would be.

[kishoph]

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The funny thing about Plantar fasciitis is that in a contract year it causes no pain, but in a year where you don't get what you want, it becomes debilitating to the point where you can't play. To pull this trade **** a few days before the opening game is a cancer to the team, get rid of his ass ASAP.

[Skooby]

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The funny thing about Plantar fasciitis is that in a contract year it causes no pain, but in a year where you don't get what you want, it becomes debilitating to the point where you can't play. To pull this trade **** a few days before the opening game is a cancer to the team, get rid of his ass ASAP.

It's malicious & spiteful, exactly what we don't need in the locker room.

[TigerJ]

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I had it at two different times, once in each foot. As far as Byrd is concerned, I think the fact that it coincided with the whole contract impasse and Byrd signing his tender had drawn our negative attention. What I don't understand is the timing. Wasn't Byrd treating it aggressively while he was sitting at home? If not, why not? Reports are that he was dealing with this at the end of last season. Plantar fasciitis does respond to treatment. In my case, the difference in duration between not treating it and treating it was 3 years versus 3 months.

[Skooby]

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I had it at two different times, once in each foot. As far as Byrd is concerned, I think the fact that it coincided with the whole contract impasse and Byrd signing his tender had drawn our negative attention. What I don't understand is the timing. Wasn't Byrd treating it aggressively while he was sitting at home? If not, why not? Reports are that he was dealing with this at the end of last season. Plantar fasciitis does respond to treatment. In my case, the difference in duration between not treating it and treating it was 3 years versus 3 months.

Can you play FS ?

[TigerJ]

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At 61 I've lost a step or two.

[Typ0]

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I used to have it and got treatment. I think it's still there to come back but for the most part I'm in good shape now. It's the most annoying and painful thing you can think of really. The thing that sucks the most is you can't just get off your feet to alleviate the pain like you would think. When I had this it really gave me consciousness of how our feet are always playing a role in our posture. I would have given anything to sit down and get some relief.

As far as performing through the pain ... well you have to stretch it out. Things get better if you focus on it and stretch it out. Unfortunately you pay a price the next day. I spent well over a year getting up 20 minutes early because it took me that amount of time just to get out of bed and up on my feet. I had to wake and was in so much pain when I did...then I had to start stretching it before I dared hit the floor...I learned that lesson by crippling over in pain.

In order to beat it I had to break the cycle of inflammation with a series of cortizone shots and stretching exercises. I also had to alter my shoes with better support. Walking on bare feet is actually the worse thing you can do for your feet ... which is something many do at least around the house and a lot of damage is done there. I am careful now because I don't want this pain back. I have no idea how someone running on concrete could cope with the impact I really don't ...

[Skooby]

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At 61 I've lost a step or two.

So you & Leonhard could both buy bulk senior discount coffee for the team, delightful.

[JoeMama]

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I have played with worse for no money, just for the love of the game.

This isn't a flag football league that you play with your friends.

The NFL is a multi-billion dollar business where money is divided between ownership and their employees based on a certain percentage.

Just because you'll line up against some guy named Darryl who part times at an Ace Hardware in a punt, pass, and kick competition for free doesn't mean NFL players should play for free. They'd be crazy not to demand more money as profits go up.