Ankle Tendonitis when Running

[TheBeast1]

Hello meso friends,

I've been into running as my supplementary cardio and have been having a blast doing it. I keep an 8 minute mile and go for 20 minutes 5x per week.

Or at least I used to. For the last week or two, I have been getting what I have no identified as tendonitis in both of my feet on both sides of the ankle. Pic of a good representation of where it is.



The pain is on both sides of the ankle. Same location on both feet.

I believe this is being caused by the posterior tibial and the anterior tibial as well as the pereoneal tendons.

I'm finishing up a blast on 2 weeks. Running 400mg npp and test with 2IUs of HGH and 4IUs of reta.

I've already replaced my shoes and inserts which helped for 1 day. But it immediately returned the next run.

I can switch to elliptical work to get my cardio in as much as I hate it. In the interim, does anyone have any good weighted exercises for these? I have a tbar and weights that I'll start using again.

Advice appreciated.

 

[bossetti]

Hello meso friends,

I've been into running as my supplementary cardio and have been having a blast doing it. I keep an 8 minute mile and go for 20 minutes 5x per week.

Or at least I used to. For the last week or two, I have been getting what I have no identified as tendonitis in both of my feet on both sides of the ankle. Pic of a good representation of where it is.

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The pain is on both sides of the ankle. Same location on both feet.

I believe this is being caused by the posterior tibial and the anterior tibial as well as the pereoneal tendons.

I'm finishing up a blast on 2 weeks. Running 400mg npp and test with 2IUs of HGH and 4IUs of reta.

I've already replaced my shoes and inserts which helped for 1 day. But it immediately returned the next run.

I can switch to elliptical work to get my cardio in as much as I hate it. In the interim, does anyone have any good weighted exercises for these? I have a tbar and weights that I'll start using again.

Advice appreciated.

how much u weight? what kind of shoes u had/have?
bpc could help for sure but imho u should try to understand the problem in a deeper way to not risk injuries

 

[level3]

My sympathies, I developed several tendon issues while half marathon training last year. I just did regular unweighted rehab exercises and recovered quickly (within a couple weeks) from each one so I don't have any suggestions for weighted exercises. I played it by ear and talked to ChatGPT about it every day, replaced several runs with the elliptical. Ended up fine. I visited a podiatrist after the training block was over and she thinks it may have been my shoes, so I ended up with some new ones, but I haven't been running nearly as much since then so I can't say whether that was the culprit or not.

 

[TheBeast1]

how much u weight? what kind of shoes u had/have?
bpc could help for sure but imho u should try to understand the problem in a deeper way to not risk injuries

Today I hit 190lbs. Truthfully I'm bigger than I want to be but I can still see my 6 pack. Albeit faded. It's time to start maitanance and switching to cutting in a month.

The shoes I have are new balances with inserts from fleet feet. They were the reason I was able to start getting so deep into this.

I don't have any bpc157 which is a shame. Helped the last time I had some tendonitis in my arms from blasting.

My sympathies, I developed several tendon issues while half marathon training last year. I just did regular unweighted rehab exercises and recovered quickly (within a couple weeks) from each one so I don't have any suggestions for weighted exercises. I played it by ear and talked to ChatGPT about it every day, replaced several runs with the elliptical. Ended up fine. I visited a podiatrist after the training block was over and she thinks it may have been my shoes, so I ended up with some new ones, but I haven't been running nearly as much since then so I can't say whether that was the culprit or not.

Truthfully this is probably a mix of being heavier and over use. I ran two 5ks and a 10k in the span of a week which was a huge increase in mileage for me. Damn it felt good.

Probably was I went to 4IUs on my HGH and then the ankle tendonitis started. I have some wraps which seemed to help but it moved the pain to the bottom of my foot. Probably being too tight. I may have to try compression socks to push the water out .

Either way I get the impression this is caused by overused and I need to do some alternative cardio in the meantime whole this heals.

 

[TheBeast1]

An update for you @bossetti . For the past two nights I was taking ibuprofen as I read that helps recovery for tendon issues.

Around 9:30pm, I was exhausted and just fell asleep.

I have no idea what I did or ate differently but upon waking I lost 5 lbs going from 190 to 185. I've been maintaining that 185lbs weight for awhile so to see a sudden increase was odd to me.

I woke up two times to pee and two other times because my sheets were drenched with sweat. No doubt from my NPP use.

Today I decided to run and see how long I could go. Remarkably, I went for 20 minutes with almost zero pain. I could have kept going but decided that was a good amount for today given what I've been dealing with. I figured the minor pain may have been from the ankle wrap I was using because the pain was localized on the bottom of my foot where the straps went.

Regardless, a day of rest and I should be back to running normally next week.

 

[bossetti]

An update for you @bossetti . For the past two nights I was taking ibuprofen as I read that helps recovery for tendon issues.

Around 9:30pm, I was exhausted and just fell asleep.

I have no idea what I did or ate differently but upon waking I lost 5 lbs going from 190 to 185. I've been maintaining that 185lbs weight for awhile so to see a sudden increase was odd to me.

I woke up two times to pee and two other times because my sheets were drenched with sweat. No doubt from my NPP use.

Today I decided to run and see how long I could go. Remarkably, I went for 20 minutes with almost zero pain. I could have kept going but decided that was a good amount for today given what I've been dealing with. I figured the minor pain may have been from the ankle wrap I was using because the pain was localized on the bottom of my foot where the straps went.

Regardless, a day of rest and I should be back to running normally next week.

be conservative with volume/intenssity and ramp up slowly,maybe isnt going to make u the most gains but thats the safest way to do it,sleep is also a big thing,and if ur cutting be careful that theres an higher injury risk

 

[Gdubb184]

Agree with @bossetti. These types of injuries are almost always from increasing volume too quickly, before your tendons and ligaments are strong enough to handle it.

 

[glumfruitcake]

Another take for some thought, this could be a mechanical or technical issue with running form. If you are taking improper strides you can be exerting a lot of force on the lower leg and not properly taking force via the glutes or so. I’m a track and field athlete myself and that’s something I noticed happen to me aswel.