Hello,
I have been taking swim lessons for about two months now. After twenty-one years of beating up my body running, I decided to give it a break by learning to swim. Well......
I now have pain in both achilles tendons. It is down low, on the back of my heels. I am still running, but only a fraction of the mileage I was doing before. I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out how my limited amount of running has caused this heel pain. It all started about two months ago. So, I have put 2 and 2 together ... it must be the swimming, but how?
I am using flippers. Could that be it?
Please help. I'm tired of aching all the time!
Thanks,
Cheryl
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I don't know for sure if you have plantar fasciitis or not but my PF pain was in the *back* of the heel--not under it. I tried to "cure" it and still run and tried to "cure" it without running. Guess which way healed faster?
You might check out this website for tips on running so that you land on your forefoot instead of your heel to limit or prevent damage to your foot, knees, hip. www.newtonrunning.com/run_better.php. The shoes themselves are a little beyond my budget.
I suppose it is possible to get PF by pushing off the wall. I would try not pushing off so hard. Works for me when my calves spasm after a few too many hard wall push offs. --mjm
I don't know for sure if you have plantar fasciitis or not but my PF pain was in the *back* of the heel--not under it. I tried to "cure" it and still run and tried to "cure" it without running. Guess which way healed faster?
You might check out this website for tips on running so that you land on your forefoot instead of your heel to limit or prevent damage to your foot, knees, hip. www.newtonrunning.com/run_better.php. The shoes themselves are a little beyond my budget.
I suppose it is possible to get PF by pushing off the wall. I would try not pushing off so hard. Works for me when my calves spasm after a few too many hard wall push offs. --mjm
