A little background:
I've been attempting to adapt to BFR since buying a pair of VFFs in late September; I started of slow and with short distances, and didn't have much pain, just the usual calf soreness and slight tightness in the achilles' tendon. Fast forward a few months and resets in training, I now find that when I run on road/track I have a distinct ankle pain on the front of the leg/anterior portion of where leg meets the foot that occurs with impact.
As far as I can tell I'm landing on fore-foot with a slight impact of heal; I'm not sure if I'm doing some sort of strike and roll or have my foot pointed at too great of an angle. The problem occurs slightly more in the left ankle than the right, but I feel it in both.
I've never had weak ankles or ankle problems before. I tried to run a bit in standard trainers and didn't feel any pain, but hated having to run in clunky heavy shoes and be heal striking again. I also tried running on grass and didn't feel the pain (perhaps from the added cushion of wet ground).
This wouldn't be a problem if all I did was run trails, but I'm a triathlete and have to spend time on the road for training and races.
Has anyone experienced such a problem or have any ideas for a fix it or alter my technique?
Thanks in advance.
I've been attempting to adapt to BFR since buying a pair of VFFs in late September; I started of slow and with short distances, and didn't have much pain, just the usual calf soreness and slight tightness in the achilles' tendon. Fast forward a few months and resets in training, I now find that when I run on road/track I have a distinct ankle pain on the front of the leg/anterior portion of where leg meets the foot that occurs with impact.
As far as I can tell I'm landing on fore-foot with a slight impact of heal; I'm not sure if I'm doing some sort of strike and roll or have my foot pointed at too great of an angle. The problem occurs slightly more in the left ankle than the right, but I feel it in both.
I've never had weak ankles or ankle problems before. I tried to run a bit in standard trainers and didn't feel any pain, but hated having to run in clunky heavy shoes and be heal striking again. I also tried running on grass and didn't feel the pain (perhaps from the added cushion of wet ground).
This wouldn't be a problem if all I did was run trails, but I'm a triathlete and have to spend time on the road for training and races.
Has anyone experienced such a problem or have any ideas for a fix it or alter my technique?
Thanks in advance.