About 6 months ago and prior to starting-strength I injured myself trying to run hard and do box jumps and a bunch of other nonsense over a short time period.
I finally saw an orthopedic and it looks like I have a combo of Plantar Fasciitis, heel spur (not bad) and some kind of bruising / swelling in my heel bone. He gave me a heel cup and told me to come back in 3 weeks.
I firmly believe that active recovery / strength training could help me here, but I'm not sure about reps / exercises.
While googling I found this article:
High-load strength training improves outcome in patients with plantar fasciitis: A randomized controlled trial with 12-month follow-up. - PubMed - NCBI : "High-load strength training improves outcome in patients with plantar fasciitis: A randomized controlled trial with 12-month follow-up"
Instead of using the programming in the study what about a starting strength style linear progression with calf raises (or other exercises?) Any other suggestions? 3 sets of 5 every other day?