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.
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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