Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Orthotics!

I've moved to the next phase in trying to fix my left heel -- orthotics.  Maybe this will finally get my left  foot to track straight, align the heel tendons and fix my stubborn glute, hamstring, hip thing.  Any one of those things would be good.  I was surprised at how big and heavy they were.  I seem to have traveled full circle from old style "Neutral Plus" to barefoot, to minimal, back to neutral, and now neutral plus a great big heavy sheet of leather and rubber that makes me 1/4 to 1/2 inch taller . . . Well, after a morning of walking around in them, they might actually be magical . . .  We'll see.

6 comments:

  1. Fingers crossed!

    Any of the other limpers on this blog tried the Hoka One Ones yet? I have a new pair at home, but have not yet run on them. They have both huge padding and in-built rocker. I'm intrigued.

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  2. I keep trying to comment at work and not realizing that it didn't even post. Darn government networks, restricting everything. Hope the orthotics work for you. I think they solved my PF but then caused my peroneal problems. If it isn't one thing...

    I am slightly intrigued about the Hokas but still scarred from my experiment with minimalism.

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  3. Geez, how heavy are they? On the other hand, who cares for recovery and base runs?

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  4. My concern about the Hokas would be turning an ankle. I do that from time to time, and it hurts!!

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  5. Surprisingly light. 11 oz or so. I agree with regard to the effect of a bad misstep.

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  6. The orthotics seem to help. Now I need to deal with the lack of conditioning . . .

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