Plantar Faciitis & Sport
Posted by Steve on 1/28/99
Hi, I have just discovered this message board and would like to tell my story. I started suffering with PF (Left Foot mainly) in August 1997. I play a lot of Field Hockey (I am from England) on hard astroturf pitches. I had to give up playing for the whole of the 1997/8 season. I had physiotheripy which did not make a lot of difference but eventually it seemed to subside. I played a game of hockey in August 1998 to see how my foot coped but I broke my finger. My next game was in October when my finger had healed. Up to Christmas I did O.K. I could feel the PF lurking but it wasn't causing me much pain. Since Christmas however it has got much worse but this time in the right foot. I really don't want to stop playing again as I put on 14 pounds during my year long lay off which just made matters worse.
Can anyone tell me if I will be doing more damage if I continue to play through the pain ?
Is playing field hockey on hard astroturf pitches compounding the problem ?
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