Sorry for the long note, but i thought this easiest to lay out with a timeline...
5pm today - neck and shoulders have been hurting since the summer...still hurting.
Past seven days - I'm an avid cyclist...though I've taken a break from cycling. Been to the physiotherapist and for massage. Took a break from yoga and swimming. Did some walking. No relief in past week.
Past month - trying to figure out why my neck and shoulders are still sore. Had vacation and didn't ride. Wasn't at my desk at work. Wasn't on my own bed. What could it be?
Past 2.5 yrs - took up BF running. Was new to running, had shin splints, tried BF. Bought minimal shoes for work, casual, etc. No issues at all, but did have reoccurring pain (minor) on inside of right ankle when running, so I've taken many breaks from running. Always felt fine walking with minimal shoes. Around the house I'm BF or 3mm xero shoes.
Mid Summer (just made this connection in the last two hours) - I decided I wanted to try and run again, and this time I would use traditional shoes. This has been going well...up to 30 min on trails. At the same time, I started converting my footwear back to traditional shoes. I bought new shoes for work....in mid July. Hmm. On vacation in late August I brought only my heavy La Sportiva hikers, 14mm drop and lots of stack height. I always thought this neck and shoulder pained stemmed from cycling, but I didn't do anything different with cycling though. In the past month I bought new winter runners. Added those to the shod quiver.
You can tell where I'm going with this...can it be the bulky, big drop shoes that are causing the neck and shoulder issues? Still have to sort this out. But I would love to hear if anyone has had a similar experience in their footwear journey.
Thanks for reading!
5pm today - neck and shoulders have been hurting since the summer...still hurting.
Past seven days - I'm an avid cyclist...though I've taken a break from cycling. Been to the physiotherapist and for massage. Took a break from yoga and swimming. Did some walking. No relief in past week.
Past month - trying to figure out why my neck and shoulders are still sore. Had vacation and didn't ride. Wasn't at my desk at work. Wasn't on my own bed. What could it be?
Past 2.5 yrs - took up BF running. Was new to running, had shin splints, tried BF. Bought minimal shoes for work, casual, etc. No issues at all, but did have reoccurring pain (minor) on inside of right ankle when running, so I've taken many breaks from running. Always felt fine walking with minimal shoes. Around the house I'm BF or 3mm xero shoes.
Mid Summer (just made this connection in the last two hours) - I decided I wanted to try and run again, and this time I would use traditional shoes. This has been going well...up to 30 min on trails. At the same time, I started converting my footwear back to traditional shoes. I bought new shoes for work....in mid July. Hmm. On vacation in late August I brought only my heavy La Sportiva hikers, 14mm drop and lots of stack height. I always thought this neck and shoulder pained stemmed from cycling, but I didn't do anything different with cycling though. In the past month I bought new winter runners. Added those to the shod quiver.
You can tell where I'm going with this...can it be the bulky, big drop shoes that are causing the neck and shoulder issues? Still have to sort this out. But I would love to hear if anyone has had a similar experience in their footwear journey.
Thanks for reading!
