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Running Leg Pain

  • 14-04-2009 12:53pm
    #1
    Caoimhin.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭


    Hey All,

    Wondering if anybody has had any similar experience to mine below...

    I am a regular runner, and have competed in a few duathlons here and there. Would like to start to take the sport a lot more seriously and get down to some real training, but anytime I do any sort of long run (>15k) I get this pain on the inside of my lower left leg, just below the half way point between my ankle and knee, right on the edge of the bone. I should point out that I have quite flat feet...

    Some background... Till now, I have been running in a pair of Ascics Kayano's. I bought these on the assumption that since I have flat feet, I must be a pronator. I started to do a bit of reading on the leg pain and from what I found on the net, it seems to be "posterior shin splints" possibly caused by my flat feet.

    The ascics were starting to show a bit of wear, so I decided it was time to take the plunge and have my gait analysed and get a new pair of loafers. So I load up my credit card and off I go to Amphibian King in Bray. The girl there was super helpful (and gorgeous :)), and really seemed to know what she was talking about. As it turns out I ain't a pronator at all (but do have very flat feet), so she recommended a pair of Brooks Adrenalines (which I love).

    Basically I have two questions here
    1. Is it likely that the leg pain was caused simply by wearing the wrong shoes.
    2. What extra steps should somebody with flat feet (but not a pronator) be taking to avoid injury.
    I am yet to take the Brooks out for a long run, so will likely have the answer to question 1 by the weekend myself, but I just wanted to see if anybody else on the forum has had similar experiences


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  • #2
    thirtyfoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭thirtyfoot


    Caoimhin. wrote: »
    Basically I have two questions here
    1. Is it likely that the leg pain was caused simply by wearing the wrong shoes.
    2. What extra steps should somebody with flat feet (but not a pronator) be taking to avoid injury.

    Unfortunately nobody here will be able to answer your first question as we have a 'no anecdotal and amateur medical advice' rule on the forum.

    Somebody may be able to direct you to good sites on the other question though.


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