Inflammation and injuries

On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon in late July 2005, I went for a run of 5 miles on a very steep trail at Ahmanson Ranch. This was supposed to be a recovery run from the previous Sunday's 10 miler at Point Mugu that I did with the Trail Runners Club. For the past two weeks, I was wearing flimsy adventure racing shoes that did not have proper cushioning or support (but sure looked cool) for trails. At the tail-end of the run, I took the downhill particularly hard. As soon as I got to the car, I knew something was wrong. My feet hurt like hell. It was a different kind of hurt than normal. I ignored the pain as usual, assuming that it would feel better tomorrow, or at the worst, in a couple of days. Of course, it didn't. I had plantar fasciitis.

Five and a half months later (and after a month of intense stretching and icing therapy), I was finally able to complete a flat one-mile run without too much pain.

The root cause of my plantar fasciitis, as well as most over-use injuries, is inflammation.

This article talks about a supplement to help with inflammation. This "HIMF" thing sounds promising. I may just give it a try. Will it'll help with the knee problems that I'm currently having? Time will tell.