Hi SDJ,
Thank you for your reply. I am 26 years old. It wasn't until after my injury that I worked on my form. Up until my injury, I was heel striking, over-striding and bending at the hips rather than at the ankles*. As such, I am confident that I will not be plagued with this injury once it's healed as I've been able to correct the running form issues you mentioned. I also believe they were contributing factors. I also believe I ramped up too quickly. I plan to very gradually get back into running, increasing my mileage slowly and incorporating "down" weeks. I'll also place an emphasis on the exercises you've mentioned.
I appreciate the help! I'm excited to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel and I'm hoping other new runners with similar issues to myself will be able to gain valuable insight from this thread.
I'll post periodic updates on my progress going forward.
Cheers!
CurrJam
Thank you for your reply. I am 26 years old. It wasn't until after my injury that I worked on my form. Up until my injury, I was heel striking, over-striding and bending at the hips rather than at the ankles*. As such, I am confident that I will not be plagued with this injury once it's healed as I've been able to correct the running form issues you mentioned. I also believe they were contributing factors. I also believe I ramped up too quickly. I plan to very gradually get back into running, increasing my mileage slowly and incorporating "down" weeks. I'll also place an emphasis on the exercises you've mentioned.
I appreciate the help! I'm excited to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel and I'm hoping other new runners with similar issues to myself will be able to gain valuable insight from this thread.
I'll post periodic updates on my progress going forward.
Cheers!
CurrJam