I saw the podiatrist on Friday. This is what I have wrong with me -
Forefoot equinus
Nigh angle of inclination of calcanus
High angle of declanation of meta tarsals
Limited ankle dorsiflection
Disrupting mid tarsal joint
The wrong trainers - I was sold pronation trainers; I have neutral feet. I do not over pronate.
This means I -
Premature foot load
Early heel raise
Flex my knee, when I shouldn't
My gate is short (short step length)..
Have overly increased cadence
Externally rotate legs
In conclusion -
I have tight claves, tight hamstrings, tight gluteals and a bad shaped foot. This means I have tight ankles which means my running gate is restricted and is damaging my legs / ankle/ feet.
I therefore must stretch my hamstrings, change my trainers, put heel raises in the back of my trainers and take it easy. This week I will do some gentle running on the tread... And go back to the podiatrist in 6 weeks.
T
3 comments:
hey t,
this happened to me also and i got a bad achilles from the wrong shoes
i wear the asics neutral gel nimbus 9 now and have no ankle problems.
well it's good news if it was just the shoes - hopefully you'll be running again soon
Although the pod has said my shoes would not have helped, I also have bad bone structure in my foot (the forefoot equinus and the disruption of the mid tarsal).
It is more likely that this is where my bad bio-mechanics comes from. Basically I have bad flexion in my ankles which leads to my feet not landing or off loading properly.
I got some new neutral trainers on Saturday. I tried the Asics you suggested but they did not feel as wide as I need. I got some New Balence ones. They feel good. Very different to the anti pronation ones I have been wearing.
How long did you rest before you got back running ? Did you wait for your achilles to feel 100% before you headed out again ?
T
yes - the new balance are cushioned neutrals - i was looking at those for my next pair cos the gel nimbus are a bit ugly...lol
i did wait quite a while ( 4 or 6 weeks maybe) but no it wasn't 100% when i started again. i hope the new shoes will help you alot. also - i slowed down alot at first which helped.
i remember you said to me - dont stop thinking of yourself as a runner and i say the same to you now ... (with fingers crossed) .
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