Wow, after seemingly an age of running with tendon soreness that would seem to move around from one side of the ankle to the other then sit around the Achilles I think I have worked it out.
Ok wait for it..... It was nothing to do with the ankle at all. It was a back problem.
I have suffered, on an off, from sciatica ever since an injury during weight training around 22 years ago.
The last major bout was 4 years ago. I thought I was fine to start with squats again, if I took care and didn't go heavy. Well I soon found out that squats were a bad exercise for my spine and I had pain for around 3 months. I have not done squats since.
So, I am learning. But as with all things you never make the same mistake twice you just make slight variations.
I have since found that if I do, shoulder workouts or heavy rowing type workouts I can also irritate the sciatic nerve.
That is what I did this time. I was attempting the short heavy 'primal' workouts, these were going fine but my running was suffering from the ankle problems, I had not yet linked the two.
Around a month ago I strained a back muscle and had a few days off work to recover it was at this time I noticed that the ankle pain was linked. I was getting a referred pain, there was nothing wrong with the ankle, the burning sensation was the nerves being squeezed as they exit the spine.
I am now doing gentle spine flexing exercised to release the sciatic nerve and hopefully will be able to run freely again.
Sometimes an injury can open your eyes to the real problem.
Neil
Ok wait for it..... It was nothing to do with the ankle at all. It was a back problem.
I have suffered, on an off, from sciatica ever since an injury during weight training around 22 years ago.
The last major bout was 4 years ago. I thought I was fine to start with squats again, if I took care and didn't go heavy. Well I soon found out that squats were a bad exercise for my spine and I had pain for around 3 months. I have not done squats since.
So, I am learning. But as with all things you never make the same mistake twice you just make slight variations.
I have since found that if I do, shoulder workouts or heavy rowing type workouts I can also irritate the sciatic nerve.
That is what I did this time. I was attempting the short heavy 'primal' workouts, these were going fine but my running was suffering from the ankle problems, I had not yet linked the two.
Around a month ago I strained a back muscle and had a few days off work to recover it was at this time I noticed that the ankle pain was linked. I was getting a referred pain, there was nothing wrong with the ankle, the burning sensation was the nerves being squeezed as they exit the spine.
I am now doing gentle spine flexing exercised to release the sciatic nerve and hopefully will be able to run freely again.
Sometimes an injury can open your eyes to the real problem.
Neil