The stride-outs huuuurt! That means they are AWESOME 🙂
For posterity, I am going to detail what’s going on.
Yesterday, my feet, specifically, my left posterior tibial tendon all the way up my calf and my right posterior tibial tendon – not in the foot, but up the calf. Despite this, I insanely agreed to go on a three mile walk through a park. OMG.
We went down to a beach to look at a lighthouse. It was maybe 1/2 mile of downhill and steps. That motion is, I think, part of the eccentric move of my posterior tibial tendon. For those who don’t know, eccentric in this case is the lowering of the foot, toe to heel. When working the muscles that way you can get twice the strength. Conversely, when walking downhill that way, you can get twice the pain.
When we got to the beach, I was in so much pain that I really would have liked a winged monkey to come and carry me back to the parking lot. However, we were half way through the hike, and you can’t quit there – you have to hike out. AAAAAHHHHH!!!!
Needless to say, I was hobbling by the end of the night. When you sit down and rest, those angry muscles just get tight and truly testy.
My wonderful husband gave me a massage that revealed some knarly knots in my calf muscles as well as along the posterior tibial tendon in the left foot. The right foot and leg mostly had the knots in the calf muscle itself. The bottoms of both feet hurt with the left being much higher. I’d say this was a 7.5 out of 10.
Today, I woke up feeling slightly less tight, but still OMG sore. I hobbled around the apartment until time to go, and my absolutely, overwhelmingly awesome husband drove me to work because I don’t think I could have walked there.
I had this delusion that I’d be able to go to the gym and do my workout today, but that was so not in the cards. I am still hobbling.
Due to the run and consequent pain following, I have not done my personal training workout, and I’m supposed to meet Melissa again on Wednesday. I’m thinking I need to rest again tomorrow, but I am really feeling the need to move. Perhaps a swim?
However, this ouch is clearly a sore muscle ouch, not an inflamed ouch. It is getting better much quicker, and I am looking forward to continuing everything by next weekend at the latest.
Perhaps 2 stride-outs next time, rather than 6….
Tags: left foot pain, personal trainer, posterior tibial tendon, stride outs