I decided to ask about all my injuries in one thread

I'll try to be brief:

1) Dull heel pain when standing/running- New shoes or golf ball massage?

2) Achilles twinge a mile 3 - stretch more, ice after? Will it actually heal to run in flats- or wait for that until it heals?

3) Hip pain - dull minor pain on one side, sort of to the back, towards mah-bouti. What could it be?

Sheik Yerbouti wrote:

I'll try to be brief:

1) Dull heel pain when standing/running- New shoes or golf ball massage?

If it's where your plantar is, roll a frozen dixie cup with ice under the heel.

2) Achilles twinge a mile 3 - stretch more, ice after? Will it actually heal to run in flats- or wait for that until it heals?

Do not stretch a painful Achilles if it really hurts. If it is just tight, stretch it gently. Do some calf raises once everything is better. A twinge is not much to worry about, but do not add a new stress using flats when you already have a problem in your current shoes.

3) Hip pain - dull minor pain on one side, sort of to the back, towards mah-bouti. What could it be?

Piriformis/sciatica. Lie on a tennis ball and roll it around. Painful, but it works.

I can't tell by google images where the heel pain is, but it is on the heel bone, direct bottom.

Also, how do I roll the tennis ball? Lying on my side?

is all the pain on one side of the body?

Get to a Chiropractor who is trained in extremity adjusting and who understands athletes. I have had Planters Fascia problems and they were taken care of by getting my feet adjusted. Also a bad case of sciatic fixed with chiropractic care. I am a faithful patient and now run injury free and stay very healthy.

yes.

To clarify:

hips: only on right

Both heels hurt.

Achilles: usually switches on which side bothers me, but both.

Sheik Yerbouti wrote:

To clarify:

hips: only on right

Both heels hurt.

Achilles: usually switches on which side bothers me, but both.

ok. same side of body.

you easily have an imbalance.

I'm not kidding you about chiropractic. Several years ago, I had pain in my hip and groin. Got talked into seeing this chiropractor who worked with college athletes. Thought he would be concentrating on my back. But instead he said it was my foot that was causing all of the problems. Seems that my heel bones, the calcaneous and talus were stuck in the wrong place. This through my whole leg off. Once he adjusted my heel one time, the pain in the groin and hip went away. However, it changed the whole muscle structure of that leg and my hamstrings and calf were really sore for a few days. It made me such a believer. Now any injury or the beginnings of an injury I am getting my feet adjusted, along with my back. It does work. Just make sure it is with someone trained in extremity adjusting. Only some of the chiropractors have taken classes in this.

I'm not kidding you about chiropractic. Several years ago, I had pain in my hip and groin. Got talked into seeing this chiropractor who worked with college athletes. Thought he would be concentrating on my back. But instead he said it was my foot that was causing all of the problems. Seems that my heel bones, the calcaneous and talus were stuck in the wrong place. This through my whole leg off. Once he adjusted my heel one time, the pain in the groin and hip went away. However, it changed the whole muscle structure of that leg and my hamstrings and calf were really sore for a few days. It made me such a believer. Now any injury or the beginnings of an injury I am getting my feet adjusted, along with my back. It does work. Just make sure it is with someone trained in extremity adjusting. Only some of the chiropractors have taken classes in this.

Sorry, don't know what I did to post that twice.

A lot of that going around.

A loy of that going around

nice try wineturtle

lmao

Pain in hip = tight piriformis, like the man said.

Tight piriformis = shortened piriformis.

Shortened piriformis = externally rotated femur.

Externally rotated femur = externally rotated foot.

Externally rotated foot = excessive pronation.

Excessive pronation = rotational forces on:

Achilles tendon and Plantar fascia.

They are not designed to withstand excessive torsion and will be over stressed and then inflamed and injured.

Answer: Reduce running, static stretching and deep tissue work on the glutes in general, piriformis in particular.

Ice & anti inflammatories on the sore bits on your trotters.

Work on this assiduously for about 3 weeks & you'll probably be sorted.

Then ramp running back up to normal volume.

That'll be £25.

Thanks, except since I'm American, this is where I try to run off without paying...