I have been stretching my foot every time I think about it since I started Physical Therapy. My foot was in a boot for 6 weeks due to a stress fracture. The sports doctor also found a heel spur that is associated with tightness and soreness of my Plantar Fascia. I have been prescribed a twice a day (and whenever I think about it) routine of a series of 6 stretches to do at home. This coupled with my PT sessions of ultrasound and deep massage are all part of the plan to accelerate my healing so I can finally start running again. I have been religiously complying to this effort and today I woke up with HAPPY FEET (very mild tightness…no pain). I have heard many conflicting theories on whether or not runners really do need to stretch and although I have always done a little, I am now a convert on the pro-stretching side. After reading the Dara Torres book in which she is fanatical about her middle aged daily stretching (and don’t we wish we all had someone to do it for us as she does!). I thought it could help this 46 year old runner. It looks like it’s working. I will mark this day as progress in my recovery journal categorized as: Stretching-the truth.
For a peek at some of the stretches I have been doing go to: CYBER PT
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