Reddit reviews Plantar Fasciitis Posterior Night Splint - Medium

Just poking my head in to advise this as a plantar fasciitis fix:

Plantar fasciitis Boot

My DH used it and felt results almost immediately

That looks like it might work. Another viable option includes the one linked here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00PX5HGPE/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1499050190&sr=8-1&keywords=nightsplint

First and foremost, know the difference between hurt and sore. Run when you are sore, not when you are hurt.

Second, slow down. Running outside is harder main because you don't have a machine keeping pace for you. Often you run too fast.

Third try Pre-C25K program is you are struggling with W1D1.

I also have plantar fasciitis and the thing that helped me the most was a Plantar Fasciitis Posterior Night Splint. It took a while to be able to sleep in it but once I did I started to feel better and better. I still ice my foot down after a run but this has made it so that first step in the morning after a run isn't painful.

I actually got this idea from instagram because that's where my healthcare is at right now but if you buy a (solid plastic back) night splint on Amazon (19-22$) and wear it for like 4 h per leg every night a couple of people said they get great relief. I got it myself and wearing it rn and my calves are fighting it hard but I'm hoping it will put an end to my summer of random foot problems. Plantar fasciitis comes from tight calves too so I think you'll see some relief. Along with stretching, foam rolling and rolling your feet on a golf ball.

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Yeah I’ve had this and couldn’t run for almost 3 months mainly because I was stubborn... If you feel slight radiation upward it might mean you’re involving the nerve too.
Slight pain at rest, slight pain while driving also hint at nerve involvement.



My PT told me that was post tibial tendinitis and it was a real bitch to heal. It makes sense it hurts most at pushoff because that’s when the tendon feels most force.



I ran with it because it was only a little bothersome for 2 months and during a half it literally felt like my foot and arch blew up (my heels were legit burning) and it felt like it sent lightning up through my calf. See, what I did it stupid and even though I am no specialist I would say to take a break from running until you can compile some strengthening exercises.


You can’t exactly diagnose if you’re irritating the tendon or the nerve or both but once you’re building on nerve irritation it takes weeks on top of what a tendon irritation alone would take to heel.

You want to see a PT.


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At the beginning it might help to get a hard night splint to passively stretch the calf. Plantar Fasciitis Posterior Night Splint - Medium https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PX5HGPE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Q4p0CbFY8C9MC



Lift your big toe without lifting your other 4 toes, lift your other 4 toes without lifting your big toe, until fatigue. I couldn’t do these 2 at all when I started! It is ok to hold the toe that does not need to activate down with your hands but try to not push up with significant force in your hands . In time you develop a little bit of muscle awareness for your toes. Roll your foot on a golf ball. Ice your heel and ankle joint after activity and heat it before activity. You want the tendon warmed up to move and you want the nerve cooled down as soon as you’re done moving.


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This profile, Gait Happens has posted incredibly useful exercises (for me better than what my PT gave me) for activating the first ray (ie your big toe).


You want to NOT do the heel drops if you can feel it in your heel currently. This also makes me think you’re starting to have nerve irritation because during a heel drop both the tendon and the nerve glide behind the ankle.

You do want to do the nerve flossing for post tibial tendon. I felt a lot of pressure in my calf and heel doing these at the beginning. You’re supposed to stretch just a little bit to feel it, about 2/10. You’re not supposed to lean all the way into it like you would in a glute stretch for example.


When you feel better, don’t try to run fast. I am closer but still not where I was now more than a year after being back. I suspect my form breaking at fatigue has more to do with it than necessarily a lingering injury, but I always back off the pace if I feel a little bit of sting starting.

I am pretty sure this was it. There are a ton of products on Amazon for around the same price that promise to do the same thing.

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Not a Doc, but it sounded like plantar fasciitis to me as well (i have it). After going to a podiatrist, he sent me to PT and then got a splint like this .

I run quite a bit and it took me out for a few months (it i could hardly walk some days). All the PT said was to wear that for about 15 mins before you put any weight on it in the morning. After a few months it went away. now when i feel that bothering me for more then a day, I start wearing my splint in the morning again and after a few days it goes away. I still run and have done a few 50k races since then (never did them before). So you should be good keeping up with basketball once it clears up..:)

I also have severe plantar fasciitis. I spent 8 months last year with casts on both feet. I can't stand for more than 5 minutes. My feet are still in severe pain. But, I have run out of options. What you are explaining sounds very similar to what I am experiencing. I have been using night splints and they have helped some. However, they can be uncomfortable to sleep in and I find I do better to switch feet each night instead of wearing it on both feet. They do seem to help loosen the achilles tendon a bit. I made the mistake of not wearing them for 3 nights in a row and that proved to be a very bad decision. I am also starting to wear them when watching tv-it will take a few days or weeks of doing this at first for the tendon to loosen up. I would suggest trying some type of night splint. I use one similar to this (with the wedge in). https://www.amazon.com/Plantar-Fasciitis-Posterior-Night-Splint/dp/B00PX5HGPE/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1484977029&sr=1-1&keywords=night%2Bsplints%2Bfor%2Bplantar%2Bfasciitis&th=1 I also wear compression socks when I'm at work and they tend to reduce the pain to a somewhat tolerable level (as long as I sit as much as possible). I'm a teacher. So, sitting is hard to do. My doctor keeps suggesting surgery for me. But, I'm really high risk, so I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet. These are the compression socks I use. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019WOPQC6/ref=twister_B019WOZM5C?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 The thing that seems to have worked best for me is the casting. Although, the casts were uncomfortable I was able to be virtually pain free. It provided great relief. I am the first patient my doctor ever did this for, but if you can talk yours into it it may help. They also tried me in orthopedic boots first. I found the casting to be best for me. But, I can't do that anymore. I had them on for a month at a time, then reevaluated, then recasted. Best of luck.