Don’t Get Injured Like Me

Posted on July 15, 2008

So as it turns out, I have a strained tendon in my left foot/ankle. The doc says no running for 2-4 weeks. This is bad news for me. Luckily I can still swim and bike, but I think I will actually miss running. I never thought I would say that, or even think that -I usually dread my runs up the canyon.

The pain started about 6-7 weeks ago after I went on a long run. It was kind of a dull pain on the top of my foot/ankle and the pain got worse when I would flex my foot. I was a few weeks out from my tri and was still getting ready. I knew it was probably strained from overuse so I stopped running and iced it a few times a day for a week. It got better and I did the tri with no problems.

In the few weeks since the tri, I have been running my normal runs and my foot had been fine until last week. I went running a couple of times, I played soccer one night, and then played tennis on it the next night and that was too much for my not-quite-healed-all-the-way tendon. Now it’s back to the rest and ice for my anterior tibialis tendon.

Bottom Line: When you know you are injured, rest. It’s better for you.

Comments

annabella

Hi Blake,
That is not too good about your tendon. Is that going to affect the other tri you were planning on doing?
We’ll talk to you soon.
Mom