Hello hello some news.
Saw our athletic therapist today and she noticed that where I’ve had my pain on my leg and where the injections have been that there is almost a small dent. Compared to my other leg, there is a small amount of muscle atrophy (loss of muscle) in that area and around my soleus. The muscles, tendons, and all of the other things traveling behind the ankle and into the foot have gotten ‘matted down’ and sticking to the bone. The muscles and tendons are all working like normal though which is really good!
Next steps:
1. Whole foot and lower leg exercises. And a lot of reps. #feeltheburn
2. May have dry needling done to stimulate the muscle.
3. Run with pain as a guide. Sharp pain = stop.
4. Reduce running mileage. One run workout a week for now. Lots of x training.
5. Stay positive!
Running warm up/down 17:00 2.53 km (6:44 / km) +19m6:29 / km ahr:162 max:185 shoes: Saucony Guide ISO
Had to run faster to catch up to the team since I biked over halfway to the workout place.
Dynamic stretching.
Running25:23 4.37 km (5:48 / km) +24m5:39 / km ahr:171 max:190 shoes: Saucony Guide ISO
10min tempo at 4:15mpk pace
Rest 5mins ish
5xhills
Felt sooo good on the tempo!! Hills were good too but this humidity man, holyyyy.
So happy to have been able to do this workout with no pain! Really enjoying these new orthotics.
Running17:00 3.44 km (4:56 / km) +13m4:51 / km ahr:173 max:188 shoes: Saucony Guide ISO
Leg started on the cool down. A sudden sharp pain so I called it in. Still happy to have been able to do the workout!