R Lower Leg, Shin Splints
2018-11-21 – 2019-01-05
Grade: 1
Something small just between calf and achilles. Sort of on the inside of the leg, like if you get kicked in football. Can feel occasionally when walking. Wonder if last week was also too much or if the hard session yesterday flared it up. Decided not to run today and roll, stretch.
Through several things this injury came about, including, sudden increase in training load, overtraining, inappropriate footwear, weak calf (internal muscles). What triggered the injury was a hard, fast run on gravel trails, lots of up and down. Legs didn;t feel good before the run but ran anyway. The next morning pain was present.
Through resting via no running, pain has subsided. Running too soon brings back the pain on the inside. Additionally a pain in the back of the calf is noticeable when lunging forward on the right which has now gone. Continuous build up of calf raises (low heel), leg strengthening, band exercises, massaging sore areas, raising shoe arches, aqua running, spinning, cycling and walking has removed the pain.
What initially started as a small niggle turned out to be an annoying little pain that kept reappearing. So lets hope it doesnt reappear. I will gradually transition from cross training back into full running/orienteering, inorder to be best prepared for this years main events.