sore calf muscles
ellawakelam
Posts: 5
in General Chat
when i go running as late, after about 3 miles i start to get pains in my inside calfs left and right legs.The pain is quite sore and takes a while to go .I ve tried to stretch it out but to no avail.Is there any one who has had this or know how to combat this
thanks
gary
thanks
gary
0
Comments
This might be of help. I used to suffer with sore calf muscles after every run. My problem was overstriding, if you're quite tall (like me) then it's easy to fall into the perception that the longest possible strides are the most effeicient.
Next time you run at a steady pace, check to see where your foot strikes the floor, if it's in front of your centre of gravity then you're overstriding. Make sure your footstrike is directly beneath you, if this is the case you'll also speed up!!
By the way 220 ran some features on running technique last year & also featured some good strengthening excercises.
Also worth considering is where you run. HAve you recently added hill training to your sessions which will place addititional stress through your lower leg. DO you experince the same sensation with activities other than running ? Once you have looked at your gait it might be worth going back to basics for a while easy paced runs on grass & focusing on your stance and stride aiming to find what really feels right for you. Without knowing more detail is difficult to be more prescriptive.
However this clearly is an issue for you that isnt going to simply go away. It would I think be prudent after the gait analysis look at a chat with a physio or at least a runnning / tri coach who can assess the situation in realtime.
once sorted also give consideration to making use of other non tri activities to promote strength support / balance and flexibilty through the leg. weights / pilates / spinning are just a few examples
hope that some help
madnurse (phil)
gary