[Dan in Pasadena]

Tobra,
Thanks for the write up, its right on the mark. A lot of it I already knew and most of it I HAVE been practicing. The Plantar Fasciitis is much better than it was only a few months ago. This has NOT been a long standing problem with me. I put on 20-25 lbs over the last 5 or 6 years. About 1-1/2 years ago I played in a softball league with my son and his friends. I had no business being there - no one else was in their 30's or 40's, much less their 50's like I was!! Now, I was pretty fast as a kid and (of course) I was out to prove I could still run like I used to. I didn't stretch enough, I kept sprinting to 1st thinking, "I'm missing another gear" and eventually I got that gear back - pretty damned fast for a 50 year old if I do say so. But the cost was the plantar fasciitis. I stretched something out down there in getting that extra step back. Initially it was quite bad. Went to the docotr, I've been on Naproxyn 2x daily for a couple of months, stopped the softball, bought shoes inserts on doctor's recommendation. Now? I'm almost there..which is why I don't think I should go back to running any time soon. But I need to drop the weight and I WILL do much better at slow prolonged stretching. Definitely no surgery necessary, just some friggin common sense like stop trying to hang with my 26 year old son. He's a jock and getting better and unfortunately, I NEED a jock and am getting worse!