Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong and I am the Get Fit Guy.

I spent the last year or so dealing with a type of foot pain that's referred to as Plantar fasciitis.

During that time, I tried pretty much anything and everything, and today

we're going to go through a few things that you can try if your plantar's fascia becomes inflamed.

Now, the ligament that's called the plantar fascia is actually a band of tissue that runs along

the bottom of your foot, and it connects

your heel bone to your toes. One of its most important duties is to support the arch of your

foot. Now, if you upset your plantar fascia, it can get swollen and irritated and inflamed,

which will make your heel hurt when you stand or you walk on it.

Most often, this pain is stabbing and quite intense during the first few steps that you take in the

morning, and then again after you spend any significant time sitting.

But other than that, it's mostly confined to an annoying ache.

Implanter fasciitis is defined as an overuse syndrome that's characterized

by localized inflammation or degeneration of the plantar fascia at its anatomical insertion

on the calcaneus. Now, okay, simplified, that just means that it's not the whole plantar

fascia that's likely inflamed. It's just a particular point, the anatomical insertion,

where the tissue attaches to the bone, which is the calcaneus, that experiences the inflammation

or degeneration. Planter fasciitis is common in middle-aged people,

and it can occur in one foot or both.

Now, luckily, I only have it in one.

Hashtag blast.

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