An observation about plantar fasciitis (Read 1734 times)

Trent,

I got rid of my case of PF by switching (slowly) to the Nike Free, walking around barefoot in the house all the time, doing feet strengthening, switched to Converse All-stars for walking (i was always wearing trainers). I also worked on inflammation in the body with extra fish oil and turmeric. Gone. All that modern, splinting plastic crap they put on the soles of trainers and running shoes just make the feet weak. What you are doing is a step in the right direction. May your PF become a distant memory.

--Jimmy

Stankyness is a known issue. I heard an interview with the Vibram guy, he said either Febreze or wash with vinegar(?) They are machine washable BTW.

Some people do wear them with injinji socks, I haven't tried that, I don't think there's enough room in the toes, I'd need a bigger size VFF for that. But it can be done.

The extra toe length isn't an issue for me, just like the extra room in a shoe.

Do I get bonus points?

More trivia: It's pronounced "Vee-brum". They're Italian. They will be introducing new models this Fall, including a "trail" version with more aggressive tread and kangaroo hide uppers.

I have a really strange question about VFFs.

 

 

I have some ininji toe socks.  I've tried to like them because friends-I-trust really dig them.  But my Fred Flintstone stubby toes don't seem to fill up the sock toes enough, and there's flappy flappy material left over at the ends.

 

I'm guessing flappy flap excess material in a VFF is no big deal, but I don't know.  What say you?

 

 

Bonus question.  I assume you don't wear socks with VFFs.  How do you keep them from going stanky?

While I like Injinji socks and paced for 100K in them with no foot problems in shoes that were too small (!), I'm quickly becoming a DryMax convert. Believe the hype!! Plodding around in muddy, ankle deep trails for 7 miles and my feet came out happy as clams. My shoes didn't fare so well ....

I have a couple of toes that are too short for the VFFs and are fine. Some people wear Injinjis with the VFFs, but I find that there's not enough room, and you lose that nice barefoot feeling. Machine wash the VFFs or have rose-smelling feet like mine.

Can you run far in VFFs?  A marathon?

I ran the Sunmart 50 miler with a lady who wore VFFs.  She stopped four times to change clothes though.

Every time I run a mile barefoot, my PF goes away for a day or two.

 

Completely.

 

Yeah it appears to be the apple that keeps the doctor away.  I do yoga twice a week and a month or so started doing a short barefoot jog beforehand.  I started with just going to the end of the block and back and now it's about a half mile.  I think it's helping me.  The key for me was slowly easing into it.