Ankle pain from running?
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2015-05-29 4:43 AM |
Expert 1022 In limbo | Subject: Ankle pain from running? Hi everyone, Looooong time no see! I haven't visited in a while but I'm hoping ya'll can help me out. When I first started running years ago (starting totally from scratch), I had major issues with shin splints. Eventually I worked through all that and was able to run pain free. I took a pretty long hiatus from running for a variety of reasons but I'm getting back to it now. I'm not having any shin splint issues but I'm getting horrible ankle pain. I usually don't notice it until later on but sometimes I notice it while running...especially if it already hurts when I start. Is this a difference in my form that I'm feeling it in my ankles now instead of my shins? If it is form related, does that mean I can somehow change my form to make it less painful? Or is it just that I'm older now so it's affecting my body differently? Also would it have something to do with the fact that before I was doing mostly long (for me) runs at a steady pace, and now I'm doing more sprint-like stuff (playing soccer, crossfit, playing with kids at work, etc.) that involves a lot more varied movement? Is this something I can run through? I'm used to soreness but I don't want to end up causing injury. I did have one scare when I cut to the side during a soccer game and my ankle rolled. Hurt so bad I couldn't walk for most of the rest of the day...but after icing it that night I was fine the next day besides a little soreness. Actually both ankles were equally sore the next day. My job requires me to run, so doing no running at all is nearly impossible for me...though I do have some extra time off coming up soon so I can take it easy if that's the best course of action. Should I be investing in ankle braces of some sort? Are there stretches/exercises I should be doing to help work through this? It's hard to pinpoint where it hurts...seems to be more of just an "all over" thing. I've tried doing some range of motion type stuff (tracing the alphabet with my foot, but usually it hurts WAY more after that. Stretching seems to help, but I'm not sure if there's specific stretches I should be doing. The weird part is that they generally feel good while I'm doing something active, but after I stop then it hurts. After sitting still for a while when I try to stand up I feel like I can barely walk because they hurt and feel unstable. That makes it even harder to know what I should and shouldn't be doing, because the "stop if it hurts" thing doesn't really work. If I'm going by that I need to stop resting at all! :P Sorry for the long list of questions, but this is totally new to me (ask me anything about knees...i'm experienced there :P ). Any thoughts/advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks! |
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