Ankle Pain?
This one is a weird one and I'm pretty bummed about it. I'm in Week 7 of the OS plan and things are going well. However, after my last run workout that included 2 .5 mile and 2 mile intervals, I started feeling pain in my left ankle as if I sprained it, even though I don't recall ever twisting it during the workout.
I've done another run workout since and it pretty much hurts to walk on it now. Not sure what to do since next week is when I retest but leaning towards giving it a few days of rest and lots of ice.
Wanted to see if anybody had any insight that could help me out.
Thanks!
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Is the pain on the inside or the outside of your leg? Is the pain actually on the bone itself (ankle) above or below, meaning any pain moving up either of the bones on your legs? Pain when you turn the foot inwards, outwards, up or down.
Also the pain is now present when you are just walking therefore I would play it safe and see a medical affiliate to be sure you don't have a stress fracture
Full rest has a tendency to let things stiffen up, especially if you sit at work all day. Since it's not actually an "I rolled my ankle" kind of injury, safe to say, sounds like you either strained the long tendons (they come down the leg and wrap around behind the ankle and under the foot) or the ankle tightened up and you ground it up a bit. Either way, you've got some work to do to loosen things up as rest will only calm down the inflammation, not what caused it.
splurge for a sports massage and give them a solid 30-60 minutes to dig your calf, lower leg and foot out. Follow it up with daily stretching 2-3x/day (click on the link in my sig for the ATA website. then click on the stretching box and you'll see the five favorite stretches. you specifically want the calf and soleus ones but all 5 will likely show some pretty tight muscles thanks to the OS). Ice after 10-15 minutes.