Hmmm, slight swelling.
I had something like that once. If you put a finger right on the pain, and move your foot around, do
you fell anything move underneath your finger? Is the pain about the size of your thumb?
While a lot of people said I had shin splints and taking time off was all I could do for it. I
recovered a bit and then they thought I could run again. My pain ended up getting quit a bit worse
after that.
I went to a Physical Therapist and he said it had to be a stress fracture because there was no
muscle or ligaments where the pain was.
Astronauts have to do exercises to keep their bones from getting too brittle and I the exercise I
was given, might be something they do.
He gave me an exercise to do with rubber tubing that got rid of the pain in a few days. While I
won't mention the exact exercise he had me do, I'll tell you what I use now incase I ever start
getting a pain in the same location.
I sit in a chair with my feet flat on the ground, then I slid my feet together. After that, I try to
press the balls of my feet against each other. I could use the rubber tubing, and do one foot at a
time, but I do not always carry it, and besides, it is a lot faster without anything extra.
-2k
Steve W. wrote in message <[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:I have a dull ache accompanied by slight swelling on the inside of my shin about 2" above the bone
protrusion on the inside of my ankle. This is only on one leg. So far it is barely noticeable while
running but do observe the symptoms after. I don't remember ever having shin splints or really know
what a high ankle sprain is. Should I treat this as serious?
My running background is as follows: 46 years old, HS miler, Triathlete the past 6 years. My year
round average has been bout 2.5 days a week with an annual total of between 800 and 1000 miles. For
the past month I have been focusing on my running, bring my weekly mileage into the 30's and run
days to 5.
I have had this problem on and off since March and must admit my mileage and my number of run days
per week was very inconsistent from week to week early in the year. It was much more consistent on
average from month to month.
Any ideas what this might be? Any recommendations of what to do?
Thanks,
Steve W.
