So I was finishing up a set 2 days ago and got this quick shooting pain about 3cm above where the leg joins the ankle on the front of my left leg. It’s a small pain (as opposed to a big throbbing pain) but it is sharp and makes kicking with an force on my left leg near impossible. It only happens when I kick/put pressure on it. I didn’t think much of it as I was just finishing up my set. I went for a couple of runs in between and have been fine until I got back in the pool this afternoon. Immediately I had the same shooting pain and I felt like a limping fish, kicking only with my right leg (which then decided to cramp up on me due to the imbalance I suppose).
Lately, I have been running approx 5-6 miles a day which is not much for me and I just came off of two big bike weeks two weeks ago (300+/week). The only thing that has changed is that my swimming volume has gone up about 50-75% since my bike is currently out of commission for a little. Despite the increase in swimming it’s not like I have trashed my ankles during my swim sessions.
Anyone else have this problem/pain? What have you done about it? Any idea what it is? Could it be from “snapping” my ankles when pushing off the walls hard?
