I see a few threads on here for various injuries, most of them are really old so thought I would start a general thread for advice as I am really struggling with my ankle at the moment.
Last Tuesday evening I was running (it was a hill sprints session - x3 1k hill sprints on a part-gravely path and some smaller interval training), came home and felt good - no pain or injuries anywhere. Travelled into London for work the next morning and straight away, I felt a soreness in my foot. It felt like just underneath/side of the foot. It was a dull ache really. Came home on Wednesday night and went to football - complained a bit about my ankle beforehand but whilst playing, didn't feel anything. The next morning I wake up and I can't walk very well, can't put pressure on my ankle Thursday/Friday. It seemed fine over the weekend and Monday, was going to run on Tuesday but it got cancelled because of the heat but Wednesday morning again, I get up and travel into London and as soon as I walk to the station, I feel it again. But more severe. As the day goes on, I am hobbling - pain at the side of my foot, maybe a bit underneath but shooting up to my ankle. Ended up buying a foot support yesterday evening on the way home and that felt really good when I put that on and normal trainers. So I did what I probably shouldn't have done and played football last night - as I was playing I didn't feel it much, just when stopping.
So today I have woken up and it's really, really painful. Can't really put all my weight on it.
Any ideas?
I should say that I text my physio yesterday and she is fully booked until next week but I go on hols on Thursday, she has no availability before then. Messaging her she told me to ice it, rest it, inbruprofen etc... until I can see her. I would go to the doctor but I don't think I should... it's not like I fell and twisted it, I can't pinpoint it to one incident.
I am wondering if it is my trainers. The first time I felt it I was wearing really, really thin slip on shoes. And yesterday I was wearing Vans - really hard and flat. I had achilles tendinitis in the same foot nearly 2 years ago, which my physio says isn't helped by the fact I am deaf in my ear on that side - my foot doesn't hit the floor properly (or maybe awkwardly) when I walk. She advised me against wear flip flops and things like that, which have no supoport/sole. But this feels really sudden. The ankle isn't swollen, but it painful to touch in some areas.
Go on holidays on Thursday for a week, so was planning just to put my feet up anyway and relax. Maybe no exercise for a few weeks will help it?