Modern Day Pin-up Girls - WEEK 4

Having a bit of a rough day. Just one of those, where nothing seems to be going right. Blah. My shins are still a bit sore, but I'm going to attempt to do my whole 2mi route tonight. I need a good sweat.

I'm not sure I want to post after Rach's last comment......lol Bad moods suck!

I'm in one of those argumentative moods today. I don't know why, but I have this urge to pick fights, ya know? I think a run tonight will help me blow off some steam. At least I'm aware of it, even though I don't know why I'm feeling like this. I told my bf that I'm feeling a bit off, so if he wants to distance himself a bit and do his own thing today, that won't hurt my feelings.

Pin-Ups there is another Skinny Saturday challenge posted here if anyone is interested. It's worth a try to keep us in check over the weekend or we could start our own here in our thread? Anyone interested? I think I will give it a try, nothing to lose except maybe a few extra calories.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/122445-skinny-saturday-challenge-jump-on-in-everyone

Pixie - enjoy your hike, it sounds like a wonderful way to spend a day off. BTW - I love your ticker pin-up.

Have a great weekend ladies!

Karen

So proud of myself - went to Krispy Kreme today and DIDN'T have a doughnut. That took will power of a mammouth proportion.

Did 1.7mi today...cried a little when it was over cuz my shins hurt so bad, but I'll survive.

Rach - be careful you're not giving yourself shin splints (I hope I can give some helpful advice here as I'm a trained physiotherapist) - if you up your mileage too quickly then the muscles in the front of your shin can't keep up and they will give you HELL for it. If it's not too bad it's just a bit painful but worst case scenario you can actually give yourself stress fractures in your legs.
Make sure you're not doing too much too quickly - allow your legs time to rest. And if it continues you might wanna get your foot position when you run checked out. If your feet aren't properly supported when you run then the problems that causes can travel all the way up your legs.

Hope that's helpful, and not meant to be a rant at all - I'll take my physio hat off now! Congrats on getting in to the running though and it looks like you're making great progress!!

xx

Since you're a pysiotherapist, I have a question--I have those Reebok walking shoes, do you think they are okay for walking? Sometimes my feet go numb. It doesn't stop me from walking, but I feel like that shouldn't happen. Also, is it bad to jog in them? If so, what kind of shoes do you recommend for running in?

And good job Rach! That's a nice run

That's a difficult question because the answer's not very straightforward. Let me give it a try though:

1. Yes, I think the shoes are ok for walking in - you don't put too much pressure through your joints as you walk, and it's all linear movement so I would say that's fine. The shoes work by making you slightly unbalanced, so your muscles have to work harder to control your movement.

2. With regards to the numbness in your feet I can give my personal opinion but that's really all it is - I (obviously!) haven't examined you so don't take any of this as absolute.

Generally speaking, numbness in your foot when you walk (especially the outside of the foot) is due to pressure on the sciatic nerve. This is a nerve which runs from the bottom of your back, down the back of your leg and into your foot. Don't be alarmed - it's not dangerous or worrying. Usually it results from one of two things: either a pelvis that is out of alignment slightly, or a catching of the nerve where it passes from your leg into your foot. This is usually due to poor foot stability as you walk - called overpronation. Basically, when feet roll in slightly as weight is applied onto them. If this is the case, it should be as easily solved as wearing a good supportive pair of shoes to stop you rolling in.
If this is the case with you then I would suggest you don't run in them, but make sure you have a good supportive pair of trainers instead - you might want to try anti-pronation trainers which have extra support. Alternatively, you could always get your running style and foot position checked by a running specialist in a shoe shop/physio etc

I hope that's helpful and that I haven't worried you at all! I have the exact same problem so I make sure that I wear supportive trainers and I have a pair of insoles that I wear to run in.

PS. Don't wear anti-pronation trainers AND insoles - you'll overcompensate and end up with a whole different problem!!

xx