How to prevent peroneal tendonitis?

Karoliina,

Here is a link to a trigger point chart I use for finding where knotted muscles are. I find it super useful, especially since the muscles causing the pain are not necessarily the muscles that have the pain. It will show you exactly where to massage for your specific problem. You may want to also look up "how to" massage the knots, because there are actually specific techniques. I have found that trigger points in my lower leg are some of the most painful I have ever worked out, so brace yourself.

http://www.triggerpointmaps.com/tp_finder.html

That's awesome, jldeleon! Thank you so much, that will sure come in handy! :)

I massaged and stretched both legs earlier today, and just came back from a run. No more pain, other than a little soreness from the massage. I'm so relieved it really doesn't seem to be a tendon overuse injury. Thank you everyone for your advice. :)
 
Thanks for posting that, that looks like a really useful site. I've already picked out what seems to be causing my upper back/lower neck pain.
 
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I started learning how to do trigger point therapy about 3 years ago and it was one of the best things I ever used. I am frankly amazed at how much pain trigger points can cause. And most people have a handful of chronic ones. The good news is, ususally, the more often you release them the longer they stay away. Here are links to the book and "tools" I use. There's plenty more where these came from. You can really use anything to relieve trigger points. One of my favorites is the handles of screwdrivers. :) Also, the better you get at your technique, the less residual pain you will have the next day.

http://www.amazon.com/Trigger-Point...3759/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331234904&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Thera-Cane-JM...MCJU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331235060&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Body-Back-Cla...QJAU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1331235060&sr=8-2