by sikhstride

Recovering from Plantar Fasciitis

Hello runners, and injured runners..

I had been in a boot cast since 3 weeks, and most likely will be in it for another week. Its been really helpful as it helped me stabilize my foot. My Plantar fasciitis had gone worse, as the pain had spread to the metatarsals in the foot, pain in the side of the foot. It had become really difficult to move with just regular shoes and orthotics.

The boot restricted my foot movement, keeping it stable. Regular stretches and icing helped a lot.

One another thing that doctors here do not advise is to dip your foot in luke warm water with epsilon salt. This advise comes from Indian doctors. Reason being warmth gets the blood flowing to your foot. It softens your tissues, and then a soft massage helps a lot.

So here is what worked for me-

1) Warm water massage in the morning, or whenever you head out to walk softens and

2) Icing after you come back or after any workout, helps relieve the inflammation and pain.

3) keeping the foot in boot cast, wearing orthotics always.

4) No running around.

Life is happy, so start running…

01.29.12

by sikhstride

Long time…. what was the runner doing ??

Hey guys,

Its been long that I posted on Wordpress. I had been fighting hard to get on to the trail, and hit the pavement.

Doc had prescribed me a boot cast. Was hopping around with that for couple of weeks, before heading for a vacation.

Could not resist myself from walks and moving around, without the cast.

The pain aggravated to the extent that it was changing my gait, followed up with the doctor, and he made me fall back to wearing the boot again.

So now I am back to limping with the boot cast, biking and weights at the gym. Swimming is another, but I am scared of the cold.

REMEMBER- Always always pay heed to your injuries. Baby the injured area, literally baby it…..

more coming up on my biking soon………..

11.20.11

by sikhstride

Casting the runner’s leg

How does it feel to be in a cage ??

How does it feel if your legs are cast in a boot ?? 😦 ..

Well, that is what I am going through, after further messing up my foot. The Plantar Fasciitis became worse, as I worked out in the gym.

To get some cardio during the upper body workouts, I did steps and jumps, but unfortunately a good workout turned into a bad foot. It became difficult to even walk normally. A visit to the podiatrist, resulted into a boot cast for immobilizing the foot.

Well, all this has happened in the midst of when there is a step count competition going on in my company. And my pedometer count has really gone down 😦 …

I was never patient with my foot, never allowed it to heal 100%

I under estimated the extent of how bad the foot can become… 😦

10.16.11

by sikhstride

100 year old ‘DUDE’ .. rockstar .. ‘THE MAN’ .. ‘SINGH’

First of all HANDS down to the warrior.. with utmost respect I salute his marathon completion at the age of 100 years with a timing of 8:25:17. At around 30Km mark, he was in bad pain, and it felt that he may drop off the event, may not complete it.. but he shocked the world, when his utter determination and mental stamina.. brought him to the finish line… If you check the video out, you can see him crossing the finish line.. event organizers were almost packing up, when the awesome dude completed his run…

His half marathon timing may shock you, at age 96, he has a sub 2:30 timing. He had set up a world record for age 90+ at the Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon 2004: 2:29:59. Damn lot of novice runners in 20’s target this time. I am spellbound ….

check his wikipedia.

This post is just too small to talk about the personality, who has stood alongside David Beckham and Muhammed Ali as the Adidas brand ambassador. Adidas signed him up for their advertising campaign ‘Nothing is Impossible’ .. And the dude, just proved it.. @100 yrs, 26.2 miles, under 8:30 is unbelievable.

Fauja had blood tests and a bone density test when the runner was 99. Doctors, kept blind to the identity of their subjects, felt they were dealing with a 40-year-old in the blood tests. On bone density, Singh’s left leg was found to be comparable to that of a 35-year-old; his right leg had that of a 25-year-old.

“His response was, ‘I knew my left leg was weaker,’” said Alan Brookes, race director for Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2011.

even the Adidas billboard warns the Marathon runners from Kenya: “The Kenyans had better watch out for him when he hits 100”. lolz!!!

To read more on the great man, his humbleness, and sarcasm, read it at SikhiWiki

Hats Off to you … DUDE !! 🙂

10.02.11

by sikhstride

Run to kill cancer

It was such an awesome team to work with. The American Cancer Society, I ran the San Jose Rock N Roll this year with them. Awesome support, superb coach, and some great athletes.

Every thought of soreness in the heel kept me pushing – to kill cancer…. Damn Cancer!!

Moments of the day !!

All happy, goofy, running team… few virgin half-marathoners…