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  1. Haselsmasher

    Barehead (American) Football

    I haven't been here in ages. I hope things are going well for folks. I saw the movie "Concussion" over the weekend. Great movie - and disturbing for an (American) football fan like myself. I started doing some Googling and web surfing to see what was going on in terms of making football...
  2. Haselsmasher

    Lateral Heel Pain (For Dr. Splichal - kind of.........)

    [This is kind of directed to Dr. Splichal because it leverages off of a comment she made in the "PF Confusion" thread - but I'll obviously take anyone's input........] For quite a while I've had a pain on my lateral heel. It's lower than the Post Tib tendon - right where the transition is from...
  3. Haselsmasher

    "Natural" Podiatry?

    Dr. Splichal and the other docs: The reply Dr. Splichal gave in the recent Post Tib Tendonitis raised the following question in my mind: Is there a term emerging in the podiatry (podiatric?) community around this *style* of care that involves the use of devices temporarily rather than...
  4. Haselsmasher

    Form Modifications & Scuffed Toes

    While I've run true barefoot before, for the last good while (~9-10 months) I've been in minimal shoes. I've been tweaking some things with my form so I've been taking my shoes off to really see how things are going. Both 4th toes are really taking a beating. They're going straight to "skin...
  5. Haselsmasher

    Getting The Calves Stretched Out

    Docs: I was sidelined earlier this year with a calcaneus stress reaction. I seem to have made it through that and, very fortunately, I've been able to build up to running 3 mi every other day. Things generally feel very good. What I'm unhappy about (but I'll accept for now because at...
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    ARGH! The Media And Society Drives Me CRAZY!

    I woke up this morning to the following article in our local paper: http://www.coloradoan.com/viewart/20120528/LIFESTYLE/305280001/Some-barefoot-runners-regret-ditching-sneakers-too-quickly?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE This is an AP article. A little Googling shows most papers seem to be...
  7. Haselsmasher

    Altra Samson Anyone?

    I did a quick search and found a little - but I think I'll resurrect the topic........ Background: I've been working on minimalist for a while - 2 yrs or so. Last summer I did some real barefooting. Really fun - but I would prefer to do the majority of my runs in minimal shoes. In Jan I...
  8. Haselsmasher

    I Almost Caved - My PT Saved Me

    Hello all. I haven't been around in a while - because I haven't had much to offer. Last time I was here (~8 wks ago) I'd gotten a boot for a calcaneal stress reaction. That was taken off 4-5 weeks ago and I've been doing PT for my insanely tight calf. I've been receiving Gua Sha, which is...
  9. Haselsmasher

    Treatment For Calcaneal Stress Reaction

    A couple of times I've written here about a pain in my heel that has been going on for quite a while. I went to the podiatrist who ordered an MRI. (He said it was going on for too long.) The diagnosis came back calcaneal stress reaction. His recommended treatment is 3 wks in the boot. I'm...
  10. Haselsmasher

    WHY DO I DO IT?!?!?!

    "Hello, my name is Jim and I'm a recovering running shoe forum participant." Why do I go there? What compels me to "look in and see what is going on"? The only thing it does is make me mad. Man - what a hard habit to break. I'd like to think I keep going there because I'm such a helpful...
  11. Haselsmasher

    Channeling Lomad

    Recently Lomad had a HILARIOUS post "over there". He did a review of his walking boot. It was a one-sentence review: "It sucks." Well - I can concur: MRI last Saturday. Today follow-up and diagnosis: Calcaneal stress reaction. 3 wks of the boot. Lovely. Actually - it could be a lot...
  12. Haselsmasher

    Road Glove or Bare Access?

    I read all these posts of people struggling with which shoe to buy - and now I'm one of them. I need something different than what I have (aqua socks which are OK-but-weird-looking and Kinvaras - which aren't minimalist). I don't have one iota of fashion sense, but I do have a "I don't want to...
  13. Haselsmasher

    Well I Have To Tell SOMEBODY! :-)

    willie_g in "the other BF forum" posted this video on rolling the calf. The "Aha!" for me upon watching the video was rolling further down toward the ankle/Achilles. I typically don't go as low on the calf as this video shows. I've used the roller enough to figure it wouldn't make that much...
  14. Haselsmasher

    Heel Pain From A Certain Shoe

    There was a thread a while ago about needing to the find the right minimalist shoe - that some shoes don't work for some people. I sense my situation is in this category. I'm trying to figure out why this is happening. When I run either barefoot or in Saucony Kinvaras my feet are fine - my...
  15. Haselsmasher

    Blister On Medial Side Of Ball Of Foot

    I did my longest run yet tonight (10 min - woohoo) and I have a sore spot (Raw - skin is kind of rubbed away. I assume it would become a blister if I went longer) on the very inside (medial side) of the ball of my foot. It's right where the bottom surface of the foot starts to curve up and...
  16. Haselsmasher

    Help With A Pain

    Can any of the experts help me figure this out? Quick background: I've been out of orthotics and trying to run minimalist for a while - but without success. About three weeks ago I went full barefoot - and I've been mostly walking. I've just started doing a tiny bit of running - as in 2...
  17. Haselsmasher

    Non-PF Heel Pain

    I hang out on the runnersworld site. It's so cool to see docs get in and share their knowledge. Thanks so much for sharing your expertise! I have really flat feet and wore rigid orthotics for 10+ years. When getting out of them (a few years ago - my new podiatrist strongly believes that...