b_squared wrote:the somewhat frustrating part of my injury is that it seems only running or hopping on one foot causes pain. no pain when walking or other normal activities, I can stretch no problem, do calf strength/resistance exercises OK. Even before I tried to run last night it passed the one foot hopping test; more time to heal I guess.
It hurts me a little to walk (and do stairs and use the elliptical), but I hear you with the stretching. I did all of the Pfitzinger stretches for runners yesterday (hams, glutes, piriformis, calves, hip flexors) and it was OK (not great, but OK). My problem seems to be when I twist my ankle... I can point and flex my toes fairly OK. There's some tightness with that motion, but it's not bad. But when I rotate my ankle or just "shake" my leg, inc. my calf? OUCH!
Oh, and that's just the one leg. I won't detail the issues with the other one. Lol!
Edit: what's the hopping on one foot thing all about? Is that something your physiotherapist recommended?
Edit 2: no, it actually does hurt when I point and flex... it hurts my soleus (right side) when I point and the top of my ankle (not the inside where it also hurts) when I flex. But when I rotate my ankle, my ankle hurts more on the inside and hurts my calf as well. And it hurts more to rotate my ankle CW than it does CCW. Oh, and I'm pretty sure it's the soleus (99%).