Plantar Fasciitis / Foot Injury: (PF) Do You Have It?: Thank you for your comments on the article. To answer your quest

» Lynn - Thank you for your comments on the article. To answer your quest

Thank you for your comments on the article. To answer your questions, the IT band, or iliobtibial band syndrome (ITB)
injury will indeed be covered in an article in the not too distant future. Look for my article on it in the second or third week in March.
As to the question of how long it takes to recover from ITB or Plantar fasciitis, it all depends on how severe the injury is and what type of training regime you have.
I am not the type of person who ever wants to hear "no exercise" so I always look for a possible alternative to my training rather than stopping. I find for both of these injuries the overall best way to continue training is to go to water running. You can expect to not lose any conditioning while you continue "running" in the water. I do not like water running very much but it's better than not training at all. Your muscles have time to heal and your heart stays conditioned as well as your endurance level remaining constant.
Another alternative for the P.F. injury is biking. Stationary or outside. This relieves the stress on the heel and if you follow the suggestions in the article you should see improvement fairly quickly. You should test the recovery of the foot by trying short runs and see how you feel.
I hope this helps. Feel free to ask further questions anytime. Thanks, Lynn Seely

-- posted by Lynn