How many bones have you broken?

[kinch]

k.. not a doc by any means.. but what helps me is a tip a PT dude gave me... put a tennis ball in a long sock.. tie it at the end... when you wake up... roll your foot over the ball on the floor... will help stretch the tendon...

when BB players play with plantars fascitis ... never know how they can handle the pain and play at that level... maybe the adrenalin handles it during the game.. but the next morning has to agonizing

I had to do stretches for this when I played basketball way back when. This method is SO much better than the first stretch I was told to do, which was really just putting my heel on the ground and my toes on a curb and pushing straight down my leg. . .

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

What purpose does the sock serve?

good catch Muck... it permits the ball to be used for muscles you can't normally reach...

If you have a muscle in your back or neck that hurts... you want to pin the ball between a wall and your sore spot... so you use the sock to help position the ball so you can rotate against it

For the foot only... you're absolutely correct...

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

BTW.. I was given all those other stretches too... and they worked to a degree... but the ball works the best.. especially when you do it just as you get out of bed... it stretches the tendon... and you can rest your foot on the ball right at the point where the tendon meets the heel... till it relaxes..

I told NF... my ortho guy had me switch to NB Trail shoes... because they don't bend in the middle... and the shoe bending of a normal running shoe is what amplifies the inflamed tendon and helps pull it away from the heel...

After you have the tendon pulling for a bit.. a heel spur forms in which a boney piece is formed on the heel... and the tendon is attached to the spur... sometimes the spur then causes the tendon to inflame as well...

sucks getting old

up to this thread.. I always thought Bucky Katt was a dude.. who knew?

 

[Muck]

If you have a muscle in your back or neck that hurts... you want to pin the ball between a wall and your sore spot... so you use the sock to help position the ball so you can rotate against

Ahh that makes sense..thanks for the clarification.

 

[muffler dragon]

To be fair, I believe he does "extreme crocheting." That some serious business.

With hooks like this, I can understand. I stand corrected.

http://racheljohn.co.uk/extremecrochethooks.aspx

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

up to this thread.. I always thought Bucky Katt was a dude.. who knew?

Stay out of this, old man. :tic:

 

[Mike80]

If you have a muscle in your back or neck that hurts... you want to pin the ball between a wall and your sore spot... so you use the sock to help position the ball so you can rotate against it

I'm going to try that tomorrow morning. I pulled something in my back a couple days ago. I'll let you know how it goes.....

 

[Jake]

Added a broken wrist to my list today. The only bright side is it's my left one. Breaking my right arm 20+ years ago was a much bigger issue.

Doesn't appear surgery is needed, amen to that, but icing and bracing it. I may be too old to bike anymore, especially in a neighborhood full of dumb kids that force me take evasive maneuvers. Should've ran over the little bastard but that probably wouldn't have ended well, either.

 

[Thump]

Added a broken wrist to my list today. The only bright side is it's my left one. Breaking my right arm 20+ years ago was a much bigger issue.

Doesn't appear surgery is needed, amen to that, but icing and bracing it. I may be too old to bike anymore, especially in a neighborhood full of dumb kids that force me take evasive maneuvers. Should've ran over the little bastard but that probably wouldn't have ended well, either.

Eff’em if they can’t take a joke!

 

[OHSportsFan]

Added a broken wrist to my list today. The only bright side is it's my left one. Breaking my right arm 20+ years ago was a much bigger issue.

Doesn't appear surgery is needed, amen to that, but icing and bracing it. I may be too old to bike anymore, especially in a neighborhood full of dumb kids that force me take evasive maneuvers. Should've ran over the little bastard but that probably wouldn't have ended well, either.

Hope for a quick and painless recovery man!

 

[ShowMeBuck]

Are we counting bones broken from punching things during THE Game the last 2 years?

 

[Bestbuck36]

Added a broken wrist to my list today. The only bright side is it's my left one. Breaking my right arm 20+ years ago was a much bigger issue.

Doesn't appear surgery is needed, amen to that, but icing and bracing it. I may be too old to bike anymore, especially in a neighborhood full of dumb kids that force me take evasive maneuvers. Should've ran over the little bastard but that probably wouldn't have ended well, either.

Haha, come on. We know you did that because the Pirates in first place for a whole month is too much for you to handle!

 

[Jaxbuck]

 

[5 STAR U-G-A]

Eff’em if they can’t take a joke!

People are so sensitive these days.