Hello. I'm sure this has been covered but I'll be darned if I can find the thread!
I usually run 6km 3/week in Xero's and I wear them all day (or aqua shoes if really cold). I usually run every other day and I'm finding that my ankles and sometimes calves, though not so much, are really, really stiff! When I get home I do a bit of stretching whilst waiting for a bath to run and then soak in as hot water as I can bear. Sometimes I have first plunged my ankles into a bucket of water filled with very cold water for about 10 mins (this seems to be marginally better). During the rest of the day, if I don't move for a while, even as little as 20 mins, when I go to walk again, it's like ooh, ouch, arrgh! My ankles are really, really stiff! This then happens throughout the day, and the next morning (or getting up during the night) is horrendous - I have to shuffle for a while! When I ran in shoes I had this all the time in my hams/quads. That's now gone but seems to be back with a vengeance in my ankles! Have I perhaps changed from one set of muscles to another due to the fact that I don't stride out so my hams/quads aren't used as much but my ankles are being flexed more??I decided to change from shoes because bf (well, minimalist) is much kinder to my hips and allows me to run better - and it is a vast improvement whilst running, it's just afterwards. Will I ever get this to stop? Anyone else suffer, or have suggestions to try? I'd like to point out that it isn't an actual pain, just stiffness.
Thank you!
I usually run 6km 3/week in Xero's and I wear them all day (or aqua shoes if really cold). I usually run every other day and I'm finding that my ankles and sometimes calves, though not so much, are really, really stiff! When I get home I do a bit of stretching whilst waiting for a bath to run and then soak in as hot water as I can bear. Sometimes I have first plunged my ankles into a bucket of water filled with very cold water for about 10 mins (this seems to be marginally better). During the rest of the day, if I don't move for a while, even as little as 20 mins, when I go to walk again, it's like ooh, ouch, arrgh! My ankles are really, really stiff! This then happens throughout the day, and the next morning (or getting up during the night) is horrendous - I have to shuffle for a while! When I ran in shoes I had this all the time in my hams/quads. That's now gone but seems to be back with a vengeance in my ankles! Have I perhaps changed from one set of muscles to another due to the fact that I don't stride out so my hams/quads aren't used as much but my ankles are being flexed more??I decided to change from shoes because bf (well, minimalist) is much kinder to my hips and allows me to run better - and it is a vast improvement whilst running, it's just afterwards. Will I ever get this to stop? Anyone else suffer, or have suggestions to try? I'd like to point out that it isn't an actual pain, just stiffness.
Thank you!