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Anonymous
>>272319 Soleas, I have the exact same problem and am still struggling to fix it.
Make sure you stretch, alot, every day, all your leg muscles, 30 seconds a stretch. And make sure you do a warm up before you run (dynamic stretches) along the lines of... http://laurensfitness.com/2008/07/24/best-warm-up-ever/
And of course stretch out afterwards. A physio said my soleas pain was due to poor flexibility giving me bad form, but I'm much more flexible now and I still have the same problem.
You won't do yourself permanent damage, its just light tissue damage I'd expect, but if you over do it you will hit a point where you can't run and then it takes like 2-3 weeks to recover... so keep it easy until you solve it and cycle instead or something inbetween. I'm looking into getting some shoes with less padding at the moment to improve my form, as I actually tried out barefoot running (soft forefoot landing) and it was better on my shins.
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