I am having a bit of ankle discomfort and wondering what you guys think.
About 8 weeks ago I bought VFFs to incorporate into my workouts. I was having shinsplints and knee pain and thought running more minimal would help. Well, it did. After about two weeks of running 2 or so miles in VFFs about 3 times a week, I felt so good that I figured I would just switch over to the VFFs full time. That, of course, was BEFORE I found this wonderful forum with all the great information. So my first week in VFFs I ran a 4 miler and felt pretty good. Day off, and then I ran a 6 miler at my fastest pace ever... Well the next day my ankle felt really, really sore... It faded quite a bit by my next run two days later of 4 miles, but hurt after that one as well. I figured I was doing something wrong, so decided to rest it, and that is about when I found this website and realized that my mistake was probably TMTS in the VFFs. At the time, I thought running in VFFs was comparable to BFR and I had just read Born to Run and thought my feet would be telling me if I was overdoing it... I now know that there is a BIG difference between the two...
So a couple weeks ago I started BFR. Yay! But I am still a little troubled by my ankle. It is sore to the touch right above the ball of the inner ankle (left leg). There is also some discomfort below the ball of the inside of my ankle, but not superficial pain, and not all the way down to the arch. It's hard to describe it as "painful", but definitely a bit uncomfortable. I noticed today that my ankle was slightly swollen as well. Does that sound like Post Tib Tendonitis? Can I still run with that? I am only up to 2 mile runs BF 3 - 4 times a week at a pretty slow pace. No other issues. My second run I had a very minor blister on the ball of my foot, but other than that it has been great. The ankle has not bothered me otherwise...
Today I iced it and took Ibuprofen. I was thinking about taking a full week off... sound about right?
Thanks a bunch!
About 8 weeks ago I bought VFFs to incorporate into my workouts. I was having shinsplints and knee pain and thought running more minimal would help. Well, it did. After about two weeks of running 2 or so miles in VFFs about 3 times a week, I felt so good that I figured I would just switch over to the VFFs full time. That, of course, was BEFORE I found this wonderful forum with all the great information. So my first week in VFFs I ran a 4 miler and felt pretty good. Day off, and then I ran a 6 miler at my fastest pace ever... Well the next day my ankle felt really, really sore... It faded quite a bit by my next run two days later of 4 miles, but hurt after that one as well. I figured I was doing something wrong, so decided to rest it, and that is about when I found this website and realized that my mistake was probably TMTS in the VFFs. At the time, I thought running in VFFs was comparable to BFR and I had just read Born to Run and thought my feet would be telling me if I was overdoing it... I now know that there is a BIG difference between the two...
So a couple weeks ago I started BFR. Yay! But I am still a little troubled by my ankle. It is sore to the touch right above the ball of the inner ankle (left leg). There is also some discomfort below the ball of the inside of my ankle, but not superficial pain, and not all the way down to the arch. It's hard to describe it as "painful", but definitely a bit uncomfortable. I noticed today that my ankle was slightly swollen as well. Does that sound like Post Tib Tendonitis? Can I still run with that? I am only up to 2 mile runs BF 3 - 4 times a week at a pretty slow pace. No other issues. My second run I had a very minor blister on the ball of my foot, but other than that it has been great. The ankle has not bothered me otherwise...
Today I iced it and took Ibuprofen. I was thinking about taking a full week off... sound about right?
Thanks a bunch!