Hey
I am panicking a little bit and I hope I can get some help and reassurance from you guys.
Iāve walked the Camino in 2019 and got diagnosed with plantar fasciitis when I got home.
Iāve trained the past two months with going on hikes from 8-21km, mostly on the weekends.
Around Easter I noticed pain under my heel when I did a trigger point massage. It wasnāt a full blown plantar fasciitis with stiff feet and pain in walking and standing (yet). I stopped hiking for a while and did all the things I did when I had plantar fasciitis: warming up the feet in the morning before getting out of bed, ice treatment, stretching, trigger point massages, voltaren in the evening and no jumping. And it healed within a few days.
Now I have the same thing again. And Iām supposed to go on the Camino in less than two weeks. Iām supposed to walk in my new hiking boots, but Iām not sure how much I can walk now. I also read on the internet that you should have a shoe with a lot of cushioning if you hike with plantar fasciitis, like Hoka bondi or clifton. So now Iām not sure if I should buy them instead. And if I bring Hoka shoes and my hiking boots, I put more weight on my backpack which is more pressure on my feet.
Iām also very frustrated that there are a lot of contradicting advice out there about plantar fasciitis. Some say you should have soles/shoes with arch support and donāt go barefoot and some say you shouldnāt because it makes your feet weaker and you should go barefoot as much as you can to strengthen your feet.
I feel very anxious about my upcoming pilgrimage. I have already planned on walking shorter distances or stopping for a few days, but Iām afraid that I will injure myself so severely that I canāt continue.
Any advice?
I am panicking a little bit and I hope I can get some help and reassurance from you guys.
Iāve walked the Camino in 2019 and got diagnosed with plantar fasciitis when I got home.
Iāve trained the past two months with going on hikes from 8-21km, mostly on the weekends.
Around Easter I noticed pain under my heel when I did a trigger point massage. It wasnāt a full blown plantar fasciitis with stiff feet and pain in walking and standing (yet). I stopped hiking for a while and did all the things I did when I had plantar fasciitis: warming up the feet in the morning before getting out of bed, ice treatment, stretching, trigger point massages, voltaren in the evening and no jumping. And it healed within a few days.
Now I have the same thing again. And Iām supposed to go on the Camino in less than two weeks. Iām supposed to walk in my new hiking boots, but Iām not sure how much I can walk now. I also read on the internet that you should have a shoe with a lot of cushioning if you hike with plantar fasciitis, like Hoka bondi or clifton. So now Iām not sure if I should buy them instead. And if I bring Hoka shoes and my hiking boots, I put more weight on my backpack which is more pressure on my feet.
Iām also very frustrated that there are a lot of contradicting advice out there about plantar fasciitis. Some say you should have soles/shoes with arch support and donāt go barefoot and some say you shouldnāt because it makes your feet weaker and you should go barefoot as much as you can to strengthen your feet.
I feel very anxious about my upcoming pilgrimage. I have already planned on walking shorter distances or stopping for a few days, but Iām afraid that I will injure myself so severely that I canāt continue.
Any advice?