Quick question about legs...

[chrisindfw]

I dont know if this is the right forum or not but here goes.

Recently I've noticed that while running or walking long distances, the front slightly to the side of my shin, and then in the calves. There is a burning pain. It feels like I cannot raise my foot up. Sorry for the bad example.

Any ideas?

 

[Fatty4You]

My guess is that when you step, you are keeping your Anterior Tibialis very tense. That's the muscle that runs down the frount of the shin and works primarily for dorsaol flexion of the ankle. The problem with that is that every time you step, your heel hits, then your toe drops, and as your toe drops, you are are putting a large essentric force on the AT muscle. This is probably making it very sore.

As for calves getting sore later, this is probably just compensation for soreness in the front... maybe.

As for how to stop this? I would say just tyring and losen up a little when you walk. Dont try to keep your AT muscle tight. But, i am not a runner so i dont know if there are specific things you can do to aide in a chronic problem.

-Fatty

 

[redleg]

what kind of insole are in your shoes? have you tried any? arch supports? dr sholls dynasteps? do you pronate or over pronate?

 

[Fyre]

It could be your shoes. Are you running in older shoes?
Make sure you are stretching before you run as well. Warm-up walking for a few minutes, then stretch before you run. I know it's common sense but you wouldn't believe how many people just jump on the treadmill and away they go without stretching. That only leads to injury.

 

[Metro Girl]

I ran track and cross country in high school and everybody on the team would get that whenever they trained hard. You are basically just working the muscles on your shins and they become sore just like any other muscle, especially if you are new to running. Just give them a couple days to heal. As the muscles get stronger, you will feel sore less and less.

 

[Jae]

You have shin splits.

 

[Lord_Suston]

I would recommend strtching your calves and anterior tibialis and doing toe raises this will help balance out the calves and shins.