If you have some tenderness in the posterial tibial tendon area is it ok to run short slow distances on it? It isn't full blown pain more of what I would call discomfort or soreness. I've given it three days completely off from running (I haven't taken that long completely off running in like three months) and while its not getting worse it really isn't getting better. I can cross train on it without any discomfort, I've been doing rowing and stairmills to keep me busy since I'm scared to run on it.
I've had compression wraps on it and did the massages on it that was recommended somewhere in one of the other forums along with NSAIDS (during the day and before bed NOT during workouts). I feel like all this is probably overkill since it doesn't hurt that bad, but I'm paranoid about hurting myself and not being able to work out at all for weeks as this would probably make me go completely insane. I've run on knees that felt like this before and was fine, but that was when I was still in normal shoes so I know its not the same thing.
I know the strengthening exercises I need to do on it to keep it from recurring, but in the mean time is running short distances on it ok so long as it doesn't make it worse? I don't want to blow out my ankle, but I'm annoyed that 3 days of no running and total babying hasn't improved it much.
Any suggestions/opinions ect... would be wonderful
I've had compression wraps on it and did the massages on it that was recommended somewhere in one of the other forums along with NSAIDS (during the day and before bed NOT during workouts). I feel like all this is probably overkill since it doesn't hurt that bad, but I'm paranoid about hurting myself and not being able to work out at all for weeks as this would probably make me go completely insane. I've run on knees that felt like this before and was fine, but that was when I was still in normal shoes so I know its not the same thing.
I know the strengthening exercises I need to do on it to keep it from recurring, but in the mean time is running short distances on it ok so long as it doesn't make it worse? I don't want to blow out my ankle, but I'm annoyed that 3 days of no running and total babying hasn't improved it much.
Any suggestions/opinions ect... would be wonderful