Impact of Plantar Fasciitis on Athletes & Game Performance

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00:00We heard a lot about how the plantar fasciitis is going to be affecting his throat, his plant

00:08foot.

00:09Lingering.

00:10Right.

00:11Where are we now with this injury and the fact that this could be a lingering injury?

00:18What's the outlook on this?

00:20Plantar fasciitis indeed can linger.

00:23But what I said and what we said at Sports Injury Central, SICscore.com from the beginning

00:28is that there's no way he's missing games and he's not missing week one or any games.

00:34He will be able to play through, sometimes with the painkilling injections, medication,

00:39orthotics, tape job.

00:41But the question is, how much does it linger and how much does the lack of practice time?

00:47Now, admittedly, he was there all offseason.

00:50How much does the lack of practice time with young wide receivers and a new coordinator

00:57and a new head coach and a new system, how does that affect him downstream?

01:02Look, back in the day, Phillip Rivers had plantar fasciitis.

01:04It was never really reported and played through, obviously, everything he's had.

01:09But Rivers is not as vulnerable, we'll give Herbert that kind of thing.

01:15I think he's going to play and be fine.

01:17It's just, you know, newness in the system and how much it lingers.