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Am I Built Weak or Something? How do I fix it? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I've been running like a mile each day for 3 days out of the week. But I've laid it off since I've been getting a lot of plantar fascitis, knee pain, and pain around my shins.

I'm not even that old. I'm very confused, maybe there are some exercises I can do? Went to a running shoe store and they recommended me some more cushioning shoes like a glycerin gts 22.

Any tips, recommendations, comments, or suggestions would be appreciated.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cushioning will only help you to a certain degree. Try adjusting your form little by little. There’s tons of good videos on this. If you are a heel striker, you absorb shocks with a stiff leg, resulting in a lot of stress. Putting your chest out or leaning slightly forward will shift your centre of gravity somewhat, making you roll through your heelstrike more smoothly, or making you strike midfoot or further. Don’t try to push too hard too fast, though. Make incremental progress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Any resources to improve on these techniques?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

This clip explains pretty well what is possibly happening to you: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1idcSvB-bg&t=54s&pp=2AE2kAIB

I say possibly, because I haven’t seen you run. If you want to correct it, you can take smaller strides, so your heel won’t act as a brake (and cause hard impact). Or you could lean more into your run, so the mass of your body doesn’t push into you stretched leg, knee and heel. Moving your centre of gravity forward, towards your extended foot, will make you roll more fluently over your foot. So less impact.

But this is really all guesswork, as I haven’t seen you run. It could be other things. Maybe have someone film you (from the side) for a while, midrun, or at the end.