The Loading Program, Explained: What the Research Actually Prescribes
Most people with heel pain have been told to stretch. Far fewer have been told to load. That’s a meaningful gap, because the most-cited trial in this area compared exactly those two approaches — and the loading group got better considerably faster. This article walks through what that program actually involves: the technique, the dosage, the progression, how to know whether you’re doing too much, and the mistakes that cause it to fail. It’s the level of detail most articles skip.