This wasn't what I expected.
First thing when I got there he told me to take off my shoes and socks. Immediatly he said 'you have pretty high arches combined with flat feet, which generally causes strain on the muscles here [and he pointed to exactly where I've been having pains]. He that the above ment I only got around 40% traction on the ground, while normal people get around 70%. Weird.
He recommended I delay my volume a little bit, and stick with shorter 7-9k runs for a while. I should also start strengthening the muscles around the knee/quadriceps. He mentioned that when you run, a big cause for injuries is that your cardiovascular system doesn't get tired, but the muscles do, and then they start transfering the load to the ligements, which in exchange causes injuries.
Finally he recommended I use motion-control shoes, and he pointed out the Brooks Adrenaline (although I'm not sure that's a MC shoe). I've used this shoe in the past, and I switched because I thought it gave me knee pains (hopefully it won't this time around).
Anyway smartasscoach was right, gotta give him that.
Meh I guess I'll be doing more swimming than I expected (atleast until the end of January/mid February).
First thing when I got there he told me to take off my shoes and socks. Immediatly he said 'you have pretty high arches combined with flat feet, which generally causes strain on the muscles here [and he pointed to exactly where I've been having pains]. He that the above ment I only got around 40% traction on the ground, while normal people get around 70%. Weird.
He recommended I delay my volume a little bit, and stick with shorter 7-9k runs for a while. I should also start strengthening the muscles around the knee/quadriceps. He mentioned that when you run, a big cause for injuries is that your cardiovascular system doesn't get tired, but the muscles do, and then they start transfering the load to the ligements, which in exchange causes injuries.
Finally he recommended I use motion-control shoes, and he pointed out the Brooks Adrenaline (although I'm not sure that's a MC shoe). I've used this shoe in the past, and I switched because I thought it gave me knee pains (hopefully it won't this time around).
Anyway smartasscoach was right, gotta give him that.
Meh I guess I'll be doing more swimming than I expected (atleast until the end of January/mid February).