Picture this, you wake up early in the morning, rub the sleep out of your eyes, sit up to get your day started, you already smell the coffee that you programmed last night. All is right in the world, but when you put your foot down for your first step AAACHH!
It feels like you've stepped on the sharpest Lego piece imaginable, except there's no Lego (I have a 6 yr old & 4 yr old, both boys so there's always Legos).
You've been told by your neighbor, doctor, Google and your twice removed cousin on Facebook that you have plantar fasciitis (PF). Which makes sense, because plantar fasciitis is the most common type of foot pain. Nearly 10% of people will deal with PF at some point in their life and roughly 15-20% of ALL foot pain can be attributed to PF. But how do you know if YOUR foot pain is PF or not? Knowing the distinction can make a world of difference with treating and FIXING your foot pain.
My goal with this post is to give you a brief guide on what PF is, how you can diagnose it yourself and practical tips for how to treat your foot pain. I'll even include some videos of day 1 exercises that you can do to get started on treating your plantar fasciitis. If you haven't already noticed I'll be referring to plantar fasciitis as PF because spelling it out is a lot of characters and I don't want to spell it out 100 times.....soooo LET'S GET TO IT!