Hi,
I'm struggling with a mild injury. With my country in lockdown i'd think i'd ask for some advice here first. Healthcare system is under a lot of stress and focussing on people in need of urgent care. As they should. Me having a sore leg doesn't fall under that category, and i allready know that my physician will just advice me to take it easy for a few weeks and send me on my way. Making that appointment will be a waste of both his and my time. Normally I would go to a sports oriented physical therapist for advise but for obvious reasons that is a bit difficult at the moment as well.
So i have been having a sore left leg at the inside of the leg near the calf and shin area. I have been gradually increasing my running distance. I run 3 times a week, on pavement only. I am used to running 3 times, one long run, one short easy one and one high intensity interval session on a track with a soft surface. I haven't been able to use the track since march last year. So i don't do the fast intervals anymore since last summer to prevent injury. I have found in the past that swimming helps me to reduce tension in my calfs. I have swam around 5 times since august. All pools have been closed since december 15th and will be at least into march. Open water swimming is not an option for me.
I have been reading about shin splints and that checks some of the boxes for the discomfort i am experiencing. It's probably still a mild injury, ( i'm not limping yet) but i wonder what i can do to prevent it getting worse and maybe also recover from it.
I tried not running at all for a week. Then i did a short run, was fine. Waited 3 days did a slightly longer run and the pain was back the next day. Did some hiking out in the snow and it's getting more and more sore and irritated.
So what to do now? Stop running for a longer time? Strength training? Taping? Compression tubes? Massages? Does any of that really help?
I was planning on doing some ice skating later this week, but that will probably not help either.
Any advice from people who have had experience with this would be much appreciated.
I'm struggling with a mild injury. With my country in lockdown i'd think i'd ask for some advice here first. Healthcare system is under a lot of stress and focussing on people in need of urgent care. As they should. Me having a sore leg doesn't fall under that category, and i allready know that my physician will just advice me to take it easy for a few weeks and send me on my way. Making that appointment will be a waste of both his and my time. Normally I would go to a sports oriented physical therapist for advise but for obvious reasons that is a bit difficult at the moment as well.
So i have been having a sore left leg at the inside of the leg near the calf and shin area. I have been gradually increasing my running distance. I run 3 times a week, on pavement only. I am used to running 3 times, one long run, one short easy one and one high intensity interval session on a track with a soft surface. I haven't been able to use the track since march last year. So i don't do the fast intervals anymore since last summer to prevent injury. I have found in the past that swimming helps me to reduce tension in my calfs. I have swam around 5 times since august. All pools have been closed since december 15th and will be at least into march. Open water swimming is not an option for me.
I have been reading about shin splints and that checks some of the boxes for the discomfort i am experiencing. It's probably still a mild injury, ( i'm not limping yet) but i wonder what i can do to prevent it getting worse and maybe also recover from it.
I tried not running at all for a week. Then i did a short run, was fine. Waited 3 days did a slightly longer run and the pain was back the next day. Did some hiking out in the snow and it's getting more and more sore and irritated.
So what to do now? Stop running for a longer time? Strength training? Taping? Compression tubes? Massages? Does any of that really help?
I was planning on doing some ice skating later this week, but that will probably not help either.
Any advice from people who have had experience with this would be much appreciated.