Kelly Olynyk has plantar fasciitis, won't play in Canadian national team

[sed522002]

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/index.ssf/2013/07/kelly_olynyk_injury_boston_cel.html

Olynyk won't play for the Canadian national team this summer because of plantar fasciitis. The condition, common among athletes, causes pain in the sole of a foot and generally requires rest to heal. Without proper rest, some cases of plantar fasciitis can last months.

Many NBA players have been known to play through the pain, including Joakim Noah, who did so this past season. But the Chicago Bulls center didn't pretend he felt great.

“It really sucks. Plantar fasciitis sucks,” Noah told reporters at the end of April. “It feels like you have needles underneath your foot while you’re playing. That’s what it feels like. You can imagine how hard it is when you need to run or you need to jump; all the things you have to do when playing basketball. I mean, you don’t want needles in your feet, right?”

I hope it doesn't become a nagging issue for him. That would suck.

[Prof. Clutch]

This is alarming news.  I hope he stays off it 'til the start of training camp since that's the only way plantar fasciitis heals...rest.

[Fred Roberts]

doesn't sound like a big deal. he can lay off it while he mashes the weight room and shoots jumpers all day.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Not worried about it at the moment, particularly being the off-season. We'll see later on.

[bfrombleacher]

Not worried about it at the moment, particularly being the off-season. We'll see later on.

I hope so.

This is too annoyingly familiar. Please, nagging injuries, end with the KGP era. One of the few annoyances of the KGP era.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

He has time to rest it, and I hope it does, or we're dealing with a Joakim Noah situation here.

And Noah is a warriors for playing through plantar fasciitis, I'm not sure if Olynyk can handle that. Very bad for his development.

Rest it KO.

[Prof. Clutch]

He has time to rest it, and I hope it does, or we're dealing with a Joakim Noah situation here.

And Noah is a warriors for playing through plantar fasciitis, I'm not sure if Olynyk can handle that. Very bad for his development.

Rest it KO.

Noah is a beast, as are many other NBA players who play through something like that.

I developed plantar fasciitis a few years back while I was traveling in Europe.  At the time I had no idea what the hell was wrong with my foot and I like to consider myself someone with a pretty high pain threshold, but it was honestly excruciating with every step. 

I had to just power through it during the couple of weeks I was walking through Europe, but it took 2 solid months of rest after that for me to not feel sharp, overwhelming pain with every step.

My step-father also developed  plantar fasciitis about two years ago and it took him more than a year of rest, daily stretching, and wearing a specialized boot during the night to make it go away.  Even now it will flare up on him after a long day on his feet.

I couldn't imagine trying to play basketball on something like that.  Hopefully KO gets the rest he needs so that come October this isn't an issue for him.

[Eja117]

This not good. At least it's the off season so he can use bikes and the pool and watch video and stuff like that

[sed522002]

He has time to rest it, and I hope it does, or we're dealing with a Joakim Noah situation here.

And Noah is a warriors for playing through plantar fasciitis, I'm not sure if Olynyk can handle that. Very bad for his development.

Rest it KO.

Noah is a beast, as are many other NBA players who play through something like that.

I developed plantar fasciitis a few years back while I was traveling in Europe.  At the time I had no idea what the hell was wrong with my foot and I like to consider myself someone with a pretty high pain threshold, but it was honestly excruciating with every step. 

I had to just power through it during the couple of weeks I was walking through Europe, but it took 2 solid months of rest after that for me to not feel sharp, overwhelming pain with every step.

My step-father also developed  plantar fasciitis about two years ago and it took him more than a year of rest, daily stretching, and wearing a specialized boot during the night to make it go away.  Even now it will flare up on him after a long day on his feet.

I couldn't imagine trying to play basketball on something like that.  Hopefully KO gets the rest he needs so that come October this isn't an issue for him.

Oh wow, that sounds pretty horrible to have.

[danglertx]

I had it for a couple years.  Yeah getting up was a pain and those first few steps but after you get going and get all the healing torn back out it didn't affect me.

I finally got a boot that let it heal in a stretched out position for a couple days and it was gone.  Lived with it for two years and all it took was a couple days off and a $50 boot to fix.

I'm not going to lie, that boot was absolute torture though.

[pearljammer10]

Alright sweet. Off to a good start

[Vermont Green]

I have it as well.  It flared up out of the blue.  One day when I got out of bed, it hurt to walk (the day before I was fine).  I play recreational basketball and hockey.  I did rest it and also got shoe inserts plus did the night support thing.

It settled down, I am back to playing basketball (hockey is done for the year), and I am training for a half marathon.  It still hurts some but is under control.  I don't think it will ever "heal".

For a guy his size and playing NBA basketball, it could be a problem.  Tough to rest it during a season.

[Tr1boy]

Kid is working too hard. From last year off season to now, just being too active on his feet.

Just need to rest a little and bike, swim instead to keep up with conditioning. 

[lantinm]

He has time to rest it, and I hope it does, or we're dealing with a Joakim Noah situation here.

And Noah is a warriors for playing through plantar fasciitis, I'm not sure if Olynyk can handle that. Very bad for his development.

Rest it KO.

Noah is a beast, as are many other NBA players who play through something like that.

I developed plantar fasciitis a few years back while I was traveling in Europe.  At the time I had no idea what the hell was wrong with my foot and I like to consider myself someone with a pretty high pain threshold, but it was honestly excruciating with every step. 

I had to just power through it during the couple of weeks I was walking through Europe, but it took 2 solid months of rest after that for me to not feel sharp, overwhelming pain with every step.

My step-father also developed  plantar fasciitis about two years ago and it took him more than a year of rest, daily stretching, and wearing a specialized boot during the night to make it go away.  Even now it will flare up on him after a long day on his feet.

I couldn't imagine trying to play basketball on something like that.  Hopefully KO gets the rest he needs so that come October this isn't an issue for him.

Plantar Fasciitis is the worst!  I've been living with it for three years now, and it seems like it never will fully heal.  When I was first diagnosed, my podiatrist said that I could get it back to 90-95%, but that it would never be 100% again. I too wore the night boot, stretched, had custom-designed orthotics made, and rested it, but I still wake up on certain days with the pain.  I also received several short-term cortisone injections (which made me see stars, as the needle was super-long), but those didn't do much.  When I feel the pain now, I take a frozen water bottle and run my foot over it for 30 minutes or so.  Anyway, hopefully Kelly gets daily treatment from the Boston doctors for this, because I would hate to see this nag him all year.

[gpap]

Great