RUNNER WITH PLANTAR FASCITIS TREATED

Hi all, sorry for the delay in posting! I have had a couple of questions via email, and we will get to them shortly - but first, how did "Jane" feel after her session?
Well firstly, lets look at what Jane has been doing. Jane runs for fun - that said, she runs marathons for fun, it's not just 2 or 3 miles here and there. She also suffers very badly with plantar fascitis in her left foot. Another interesting fact that we discovered before the session started was that Jane had an inguinal hernia repair just over a year ago in her right groin.
So, we started with a gentle traction and warm up on the left side. Range of movement was good, but it felt like I was moving Jane's leg through mud as opposed to a ball and socket joint. Through all of the stretch sequence, even the bent leg movements, Jane could feel everything right down to her heel. For instance, at one stage, I was mobilising Jane's hips and loweb back and I asked her where she was feeling it most and she said her left calf! So this highlights the fact that EVERYTHING is connected inside. We should not be focusing on grouping stretches into single muscles!
Some of the stretches on the left reflected as discomfort in Jane's right groin - simply because the tissue here was soooo tight! Jane's right side was locked so tight compared to the left, even though all her pain was in the left side. IT band area (another HUGE complaint with runners, triathletes and cyclists) on the right side was very tight and there wasn't half as much movement as there had been on the left. So, how did Jane feel after she stood up? Firstly, might I say that I asked Jane to stand up once I had finished her left side so that she could compare it to the right. I asked her to lift one knee and then the other. She commented that one leg felt like it was floating (the treated leg) and the other leg now felt like it was glued - she found it difficult to find the words to describe it. Once treatment was finished, Jane sat down to put her shoes on. She said that for the first time for as long as she could remember, she could sit without any kind of discomfort. She hadn't realised that she had actually been tight in so many areas and so uncomfortable all the time....until she wasn't anymore! We finished up with a calf stretch while standing. Jane is coming back on Friday for another treatment so we will see how she feels then, and ill report back here. Remember, the clinic is up and running in Ballincollig on the 26th of September, so any aching bodies after the Cork mini marathon will definitely benefit from a session. Clinic starts at 10.30 and will go on until Monday evening so book an appointment in advance now to avoid being disappointed. I am treating a lady tomorrow who does a lot of driving and has had to stop running due to an array of very limiting aches and pains. westcorkfit@gmail.com for info ;)