Long Distance Question

Normstorm

Happy New year all!

I've been doing obstacle races for the last number of months and have signed up for the Kerry Marathon in March in order to give long distance running a go.

However, I've found that since getting back into running I'm getting a swelling sensation just above my ankles and it's making it very painful to run. I do stretches before my runs and after but this doesn't seem to alleviate the pain. The pain tends to go along the exterior of my legs and it's a stinging, swelling sensation.

I'm going to a physio to see if he can identify an issue but was just wondeing here if anyone has experienced a similar issue and, if so, what you did to remedy it.

Cheers!

pconn062

Sorry we can't give out medical advice here. From charter:

We do not give out medical advice. Injuries may have common symptoms but are unique to the individual - just because you were able to keep training with X injury or were out for months because of Y doesn't mean that the same will apply to someone else. Bad advice given here and followed through could aggravate an injury and prevent an athlete making a full recovery in as rapid a time as possible. This restriction is Boards-wide and purposely heavy-handed. So don't feel offended if your thread about a sprained ankle (which you may deem "non-medical") gets locked.