R Foot, Other
2013-08-06 – 2013-08-07
Grade: 2
Had planned to do intervals, but after just a few minutes of jogging I started getting pain in the lower right hand part of the right heel, sort of under the Achilles'. It was enough that I decided not to do intervals and was nearly enough to stop me from jogging.
Once home, I identified the problem-area as the flexor hallucis longus, which goes from the posterior aspect of middle 1/3 of the fibula, around over the inner side at the back of the calcaneus (big heel bone) and all the way to the underside of the big toe.
Lots of big-toe stretching ensued.
This is not the first time I've had trouble here. Usually it goes away pretty quickly, though the pain this time around was maybe a bit more than usual. I guess it was brought on by a combination of ORingen, jogging the last few days in new shoes and, possibly, twingeing it during the skipping earlier in the day.