I am still healing from a crash a few weeks ago, so I am turboing turboing turboing. Roughly 5 days a week, mainly tough shrp short sessions (zone 3/4/5).
Anyway, in the past few days the inside of my left ankle below the lowest bony part: the one below that is central with multiple ligaments sticking out of it
It’s mainly the ligament below that pointy bone that hurts - the Dorsal tarosmet. one.
So does anyone have any idea what may be causing this? My saddle is at the correct height. I don’t think I prontonate when I cycle! I certainly haven’t had this problem before.
And no, I have a broken arm, so I can cycle outside, or swim at all, or run much …
It looks like you have actually posted a picture of the outside of the ankle. Can you clarify?
Also, did you hurt your leg in the crash? How are you managing intense bike workouts with only one arm? Because I’m imagining that you might list slightly to one side, which would cause you to apply pressure to the pedals in a slightly different way than you normally might, which might in turn make your feet hurt. If that’s the case, I’d start by trying to sit as straight as possible so that you’re pedaling normally. If that doesn’t help, maybe some of the specialized or superfeet insoles would help.
Oops, I couldn’t tell which side it was, I don’t know my anatomy very well. I searched for ages for decent pics, but only the ones on wikipedia would suffice, and they both cut of the toes so I wasn’t sure … anyway, it is the inside of my left ankle, just below it. It feels like connective tissue - ligaments or tendons. It’s tender but I can train on it. I just started back running and had no problems at a gentle pace (apart from my calves dammit!). Occassionally when turboing it feels sore, and it’s sore to touch/rub.
That’s a good point about the arm - but my fracture is nearly healed (I hope) and I have been training with 2 arms mainly: the aero position places most of the stress on the skeletal system luckily. I am using my left arm more, and levering with that more, so perhaps that is the issue, that this is causing stress on my foot. I did increase my cycling training intensities since the crash - (3x/wk to 5x/wk) but not the net volume, so that would magnify any imbalances. That said, I only turboed one handed during the 1st week, after that I was okay. Maybe when I back off the cycling it will go away?
Thanks for your suggestion MuffingTop, I managed to miss the most obvious thing!
The problem is you are only posting a picture of bones and ligaments. There is a LOT more there that is usually “inflamed” cycling. Right over the calcaneofibular ligament near the peroneal tubercle is where a lot of people get the peroneal tendons (either brevis or longus or both in the conjoined tendon sheath here) inflamed.
The CF ligament is intracapsular (inside the ankle joint) and is generally only injured in a severe lateral ankle sprain. Since it looks like you had fun finding this, search around for tendon photos (next layer up) then muscle (another layer up).
I think it is quite possible that the trainer is contributing to your problem. When we ride outside, our bikes sway from side-to-side a fair bit, but that’s not possible when they’re mounted in a trainer, so you may be moving differently (or less). Certainly, I can say that I’ve experienced mild ankle irritation when going from little-to-no indoor training to heaps and heaps of it quite rapidly.
Andrew, good to here I’m not alone. I guess the main cause is the jump in training frequency: I went from 1-2 sessions a week on the turbo to 5.
Rroof - I don’t know what it is! All I know is that the area about 1 inch below the inside of my left ankle hurts a little and is sore. If it gets any worse I’ll actualyl see a physio. I’ll be back swimming/running next week, so the turbo will be getting more of a rest, which might allow it to heal.
I think it is quite possible that the trainer is contributing to your problem. When we ride outside, our bikes sway from side-to-side a fair bit, but that’s not possible when they’re mounted in a trainer, so you may be moving differently (or less). Certainly, I can say that I’ve experienced mild ankle irritation when going from little-to-no indoor training to heaps and heaps of it quite rapidly.
Interesting point. Do you think that the problem could be solved with the Rock & Roll trainer by Kurt Kinetic?
I had pain in the exact same location this week near the end of a computrainer workout, and had done a high cadence workout on the CT the previous day. Lasted only a day.
