Pain Above the Inside of the Ankle

stress fracture.......if you press your thumb down on the area.....and there is localized pain.....stress fracture.......cancel the appt......only time will heal

I have the same identical pain and have been getting treatment. Also thought it was PTT, but perhaps not, since the "hot-spot" is above the medial malleolus. I got an x-ray and doc has ruled out stress fracture. It is tendinitis of some sort in my opinion, but I've missed out on a month of training. Have run 2 miles/day the past week, pain-free, but I know it's not 100% and fear if I do more the pain will return. Put SuperFeet in my dress shoes to help heal during the day. Going back on Monday, so will let you know, but perhaps may have to get an MRI to see what's really going on, because it's frustrating and not going away with very good treatmetn (ART Doc).

Ouchie, did you feel the pain after a certain run and in what shoes? Mine came after a 22-miler on the roads (hilly) in a pair of Racer STs. I have now switched to neutral shoes (UA Assert a buddy hooked me up with), but keep me posted.

It's tendonitis. You are over pronating because you're in neutral shoes(this true? I'm making an assumption). Take a day or two off--start wearing stability shoes and the pain will go away within a few more days.

Under Ultra wrote:

Ouchie, did you feel the pain after a certain run and in what shoes? Mine came after a 22-miler on the roads (hilly) in a pair of Racer STs. I have now switched to neutral shoes (UA Assert a buddy hooked me up with), but keep me posted.

I already avoid hills because of prior lower legs injuries. There was nothing special about the run, not even long.

I wear Mizuno WaveRiders which are pretty neutral.

Confident it's not a stress fracture. I had a tibial stress fracture(different spot) 5 years ago. Feels different. I can walk and jump on it, with zero pain. The pain isn't sharp when I run, it's more dull.

Could be tendonitis. I had pain in that general area when I tried switching to a shoe with less stability/arch support. After a few days of pain, I took a few days off, a couple more easy, and did exercises found here:

http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/tibialis-tendinitis.html

Iced it as well, numerous times a day. Also, switched back to my old shoe type. Pain went away after a week or two, but I still do some of those strengthening/stretching exercises.

Its not tendinitis.........

get into wave inspires (if you like the wave riders) and watch the pain go away. ive had the same exact problem.

tibial fabuolous,

Thanks for those exercises. I was in some pain/discomfort last night after probably over-doing the exercises (desperate man), but by morning I awoke feeling close to 100% and had a great pain-free run, but more importantly, a pain-free post-run/morning.

Am tempted to cancel my appt tomorrow, but will go just in case for more treatment. Thanks a ton!

By the way, can you do them everyday?

Your first post describes exactly what I have. I can't tell if fracture or not either.

was it a stress fracture wrote:

Your first post describes exactly what I have. I can't tell if fracture or not either.

Well not exactly. My pain is .5 to 1inch above the medial malleolus bump.

stress fracture.......if you press your thumb down on the area.....and there is localized pain.....stress fracture.......cancel the appt......only time will heal

You seem so sure. If tendon passes right by the bone in question, couldn't it be tendon related? OP may have had PTT?

Reviving this dead thread--did you figure out the issue? I'm having the exact same problem. My doctor says tendon/ligament strain.

shesthebeesknees, I'm having the same issue. Felt it after a long run this past weekend after a particularly high mileage week. I'm sure it's from overuse, strained tendon/ligament makes perfect sense. Did the doctor give you any advice to help it heal quickly?

I'm running in a neutral shoe, selected by employees at a respectable running store. I'm thinking I may try some superfeet for some additional arch support while I'm increasing my mileage. Do you run with arch support? Did you doctor say anything about insoles?

hi, I'm sorry I was reading about the pain on the lower inside above the ankle , I have a question really///

I just had that same thing happen to me today for the 1st time ever, but I'm not a runner. I was just sitting and got a sorta tight feeling in my right lower inner leg above my ankle it felt like maybe the circulation was cut off so I put my leg up and took a look and there was nothing cutting it off. and it was aching, hurt to the touch it felt tight like it could swell up but it didn't not no discoloring ???

a bit later I got up and when I stepped down it really hurt and was hard to walk on it, so my question is did you find out what it was and is it possible for it to happen like that for someone like me who doesn't run? or do I need to dig deeper into finding out why it happend to me. because the way you described it and the location is identical to what happened and still is when I get up on it sometimes bad and sometimes mild. it started about 5 hours ago.

thank you for your time , just looking for answers

Posterior tibial tendinitis