Running

I got out and ran a little bit yesterday.   It hurt.   I’ve been struggling with some kind of injury but it seems to be hard to diagnose or solve.   I’ve been to two podiatrists and one physical therapist, but I’m still having trouble.   Part of the problem is that the injury seems to move around my lower leg.  Sometimes it hurts in the achilles tendon, sometimes in the shin, but most of the time it’s right above my ankle bone.  Running definitely aggravates it.    I’ve taken off a lot of time, but it doesn’t seem to want to go away. 

The physical therapist that I saw believed that it was because my hips were not level.   He did some adjustments on me and gave me some exercises to do.   He believed that this would solve it.   That was two weeks ago and I’m still having trouble.   I’m going back to see him again on Friday.   We’ll see if maybe my hips have shifted again. 

My run yesterday was not excruciating but it definitely was not pleasant either.   I did a small experiment about half way through where I took my shoes off and ran about ¼ mile barefoot.   It actually felt a lot better than running in my shoes.    I had done some barefoot running last year with some success.    I’m thinking that I might try it again.   The problem with truly barefoot running though is that it really tears up the bottoms of my feet.   I’m sure I could toughen them up over time, but last year I got some horrendous blisters.   I think I’m going to try running in some moccasins and see how that goes.   I’ll have to go buy a pair today.