Quick Update!
Thursday 03/05/07:
As I'm sure you've worked out, theres been no further running for me... It feels so strange not to be getting up early and heading out the door, instead I have been lazily lounging in bed until 6.45am every morning! The weather has not been too great in the mornings this week either - wet and windy the last couple of days - so at least I'm not missing out there!
Went and saw Marianne my massage therapist on Tuesday night. She spent over half of the one hour session working on the sore spot in my shin, the rest was divided between glutes, calves and the area around my hip that had been a bit niggly prior to the shin/ankle injury... (I'm calling it shin for lack of a better description...!) She was fairly convinced that it is a muscular thing... I was worried that it might be the bone... When she performed some "friction" work on it, I have to say it was excruciating... but she was able to pinpoint the exact spot where the pain is and its very localised... She warned it would be very sore where she'd worked for the next day or two... she was right! She also told me to get rid of the high heels!! That's easier said than done - if I could wear my runners to work for the rest of the week with some jeans, I would! But that's just not an option... Instead I have promised to go out looking for some "flatter" dressy shoes - but it will be breaking a habit of a lifetime you realise!! Ya get that when you're barely over 5 foot !!
Today, while still tender, it is feeling much better. The "Anti-Flamm" I have been speaking of till now has been the cream, not oral... But I am now also taking a low dose of Voltarin for a few days to see if that helps. Marianne will be calling me tomorrow to see how things are going and we will decide from there when I see her again or what to do next... In the meantime, I've been icing as often as possible and have been trying to keep off my feet whenever I can - but that's virtually impossible at the mo.
With it feeling much better, tonight I am going to head out while Courtney is at gymnastics and do the usual 5km loop... Before you panic, I intend to walk for a few kms first and provided that is pain free I will go into a jog and only continue provided there is no pain... I am being very sensible about this injury - for once in my life! I have taken a different perspective from usual... being very chilled out about the whole thing, not getting too wound up about the fact that I've only run twice in the last 10 days, etc... OK, better stop talking about it now, I can feel my blood pressure going up!!!
Anyway, thanks for all of your support and suggestions... Keep your fingers crossed for me that tonight is pain-free.
As I'm sure you've worked out, theres been no further running for me... It feels so strange not to be getting up early and heading out the door, instead I have been lazily lounging in bed until 6.45am every morning! The weather has not been too great in the mornings this week either - wet and windy the last couple of days - so at least I'm not missing out there!
Went and saw Marianne my massage therapist on Tuesday night. She spent over half of the one hour session working on the sore spot in my shin, the rest was divided between glutes, calves and the area around my hip that had been a bit niggly prior to the shin/ankle injury... (I'm calling it shin for lack of a better description...!) She was fairly convinced that it is a muscular thing... I was worried that it might be the bone... When she performed some "friction" work on it, I have to say it was excruciating... but she was able to pinpoint the exact spot where the pain is and its very localised... She warned it would be very sore where she'd worked for the next day or two... she was right! She also told me to get rid of the high heels!! That's easier said than done - if I could wear my runners to work for the rest of the week with some jeans, I would! But that's just not an option... Instead I have promised to go out looking for some "flatter" dressy shoes - but it will be breaking a habit of a lifetime you realise!! Ya get that when you're barely over 5 foot !!
Today, while still tender, it is feeling much better. The "Anti-Flamm" I have been speaking of till now has been the cream, not oral... But I am now also taking a low dose of Voltarin for a few days to see if that helps. Marianne will be calling me tomorrow to see how things are going and we will decide from there when I see her again or what to do next... In the meantime, I've been icing as often as possible and have been trying to keep off my feet whenever I can - but that's virtually impossible at the mo.
With it feeling much better, tonight I am going to head out while Courtney is at gymnastics and do the usual 5km loop... Before you panic, I intend to walk for a few kms first and provided that is pain free I will go into a jog and only continue provided there is no pain... I am being very sensible about this injury - for once in my life! I have taken a different perspective from usual... being very chilled out about the whole thing, not getting too wound up about the fact that I've only run twice in the last 10 days, etc... OK, better stop talking about it now, I can feel my blood pressure going up!!!
Anyway, thanks for all of your support and suggestions... Keep your fingers crossed for me that tonight is pain-free.
posted by Vicky @ 5/03/2007 04:36:00 pm
8 Comments:
At Thu May 03, 08:32:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
I was wincing with pain just reading that! I know that high heels are a killer for runners, but I still love to wear them - does it count if you sit down most of the time?
At Thu May 03, 10:16:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Owie, I am wincing like Beki, I am remembering the massage I had last week, also with alot of work on medial calves and shin, brought tears to my eyes.
As for the shoes, I was ordered to find a shoe with a low heel and enough room for an off the shelf arch support. Hmmm, easier said than done I thought, until I was rescued by a "little" NZ company called Kumfs. A bit more expensive than normal shoes but they have some cute styles and are very comfy :-)
At Thu May 03, 11:50:00 pm,
Stu Mac said…
The massage would have HELPED heaps and someicing, anti inflams (oral) and rest and then another massage may see you start to be back on the GRASS and the roads sooner than you think.
Take it easy, try to get some time on the cardio machines, bikes, steppers, skiing thing etc, work hard without the impact, also some deep water running (boring BUT beneficial).
At Fri May 04, 10:35:00 am,
Andrew(ajh) said…
Take it easy, let it heal before doing to much.
At Fri May 04, 02:39:00 pm,
2P said…
Good luck with the 5k Vicky - look forward to hearing about your successful expedition.
At Fri May 04, 11:41:00 pm,
Ewen said…
I hope the run went well Vicky.
I agree about losing the heels. You wear them every day? How can you do that?!
I hope your massage lady is right. Good advice from Stu - take it easy for a while.
At Sun May 06, 12:27:00 am,
Anonymous said…
Hope that your 5km was pain free. Good luck with the shoe change thing.
At Sun May 06, 01:30:00 am,
Celeste said…
I know what it is to have a painful massage!!! When they dig right in on a really tender spot, it hurts like crazy! My physio said he needed to massage hard or it would just aggravate the injury instead of promoting healing. I'm afraid I shamed myself and was very vocal in my pain - and even cried!! But, I have to admit he seems to have been right. Isn't it amazing what we let people do to us??
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