Every day I go jogging for about 20 minutes because some day I'd like to be pretty. I've been going for about a week now, and I'm definitely making progress, but my ankles and shins are starting to hurt pretty badly near the end and after doing it. It usually feels mostly better by the next morning, but I'm a bit worried about injury. If I take a break until I can get proper running shoes (my current shoes are TERRIBLE, and I've already confirmed this to be the main reason), then my progress thus far would be unwound. I don't necessarily know that I'm anywhere close to injury, and I may be a bit paranoid here. However, if I DO get injured, it could possibly put me off for longer than I'm able to get proper running shows (or at the very least, cost us moneys). Alsoooo, if I do go on a break, and progress returns to 0, I'll probably not be able to muster up the willpower to start again for a looong time. I've been unable to to find anything about whether or not it IS close to or even revolving around injury. /drama Sooo, what would you guys do in this/a similar situation? Not necessarily asking for advice, because this is a medical question, and I'm too lazy to ask a medical doctor. Besides, no matter what you people say, I'd probably continue jogging anyway.
honestly, I doubt you could get some injury by just jogging. yes, unconformable shoes can be pain in the tail, but while you're serching for new shoes, don't stop working out. do some push ups, sit-ups, and stuff you can do without shoes. also if you need your leg musculature to get stronger, I recommend couple hours of bike riding everyday. yes, getting tierd, and getting muscle fever is normal part of workout when you're starting, but as soon as your muscles get bit stronger it'll get into your everyday routine :3
I heard it's very common to get leg injuries from it, as it's very hard on the lower parts of your legs. The leg-muscly-pain has been there since day 1, but this is new. It feels more like it's in the bones rather than the muscles, which is why I'm so worried about injuries. And where I am right now is very unconventional for most "standard" exercises, and I don't have access to better. Aaaandd, I kiiiinnddaa never really.. er.. learned... to... how... to ride a bike.. ._.
The fact that you has pain after a jog is irrelevant to shoes probably. I'd say that depending on how active you were before you started, it might just be working too hard, and should stop after a bit. Like my first time fencing against people that were any good. Ow.
I don't know about the ankles, but the thing to do with your shins is to take a rolling pin and roll the front and sides of your shins after you jog. I have no clue why, but it works.
um, don't worry. then you just might have to ease up a bit, but I recommend not to stop extricating. personally I workout everyday, specially my legs (since I'm semi-professional/professional snowboarder) and my legs have to withstand very big forces for very long time (one practice on snow is usually 6-8 hours long with one 15-30 min break). From jogging itself, I didn't hear anyone got some major injury. as for bones, you might check if it's some other reason (maybe yo have reuma), but I doubt. maybe try focusing on your running technique.
I've been looking it up, and bad shoes are definitely bad. I could link various articles which clearly state that jogging can lead to injury, but I fail to see a necessity.
You do stretch before and after the jog, don't you? That can be a very big factor. If that's not the case, be sure to not stop working out unless the pain is excruciating, then see a physician on that.
Maybe it's all in the way you jog, pay attention to the way you move your feet and see if you're coming down specifically hard (my dad's a really hard walker, I notice I tend to walk on the sides of my feet) or something of that nature, that could be a factor leading to your pain.
I'll try to be more light-footed, then. And yeah, unless I'm having a particularly derpy day, I spend a good time stretching before jogging. This is what we were taught was important, anyway. My health teacher may not necessarily have been the best, but he WAS pretty ossim, and actually not a hypocrite (HAY U KIDZ GO RUN 20 LAPZ OR U GET FAT *stuffs doughnut in face*), and the things that he taught outside of the curriculum were based around his personal experience.
you'd have to stretch after workout and warm up before: warm up: so your joints and muscles get close to working temperature, so you don't get in too cold into your workout. stretching: by stretching your muscles after your workout, you allow fresh oxygen to get into your muscles so it can cancel out milk acid that gets created in your muscles during workout. Milk Acid causes muscle fever. Also by stretching you stretch out your ligaments so they will be more flexible and harder to break and injure (like when you fall from somewhere).
