I've been running seriously for abt 6wks now, & hoping this is just 'adjustment pain'. My typical schedule was running 2-3 nites in a row, then take the nxt nite off, then run 2 nites & off the nxt, but this pain has been wretched enough that I scaled it back to every other nite.
I feel it on the outer sides of both ankles, below the joint -- almost back to the heel, then forward to the front of the joint, stopping at the beginning of the instep. No pain in other areas of either foot. It doesn't feel like tendinitis, I have that in several joints & know what that feels like. I used to get a lot of sprains & had one dislocation, but the dislocation was 15yrs ago & it's been almost 10yrs since the last sprain. I always stretch & warm up thoroughly first, & quit dancing last spring, but generally didn't have ankle problems, the problem joints were my knees + hip. It feels like there's nothing down there but bone -- feels like the bones hitting against each other. Got on the elliptical the other nite thinking the minimal-impact would help, but I don't feel much difference. I've tried to research it, bc I have nvr been a runner & always feel like anything beyond normal muscle soreness means I did smtg wrong. Like I said, I'm hoping it's just part of my body getting accustomed to running, but I'm getting a little concerned bc I ship in 10days & don't think going to a dr would be a good idea even if I could get an appt b4 then.



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Have nvr had problems transitioning between walking in my stripper heels & normal shoes. 
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