Tibialis anterior strain

Tuesdays 30 min training run was riddled with pain, I walked 90% of it because it hurt to use my left leg. When I run my left leg hurts so bad and when I am done that pain fades and I have a pain in my right leg that is there constantly with any activity. When I was done with my 30 mins and  hubby saw the pain I was in, he wanted me to go to the walk in clinic because it was bad. I told him I would just ice it and it would pass. I was starting worry I had a stress fracture and even have an apt with a sports medicine doctor next week. But after my weekly visit to the Chiropractor this today I may cancel it.  He said I have a Tibialis anterior strain and gave me a list of supplements to take to help it heal and keep it from being injured in the future.

 

This shows exactly where my pain is while running. I told my chiropractor about my pain and asked if he thought it could be my hip and he asked where the pain was and then pressed on it RIGHT where it hurt, didn't know it still did, i jumped! Good news is he didn't tell me I had to stop running for a couple weeks like he did last time, He said a few days of rest, ice & these supplements will help it heal up. The cause is basically training to hard to fast.  This used to be grouped into the shin splints category but since it is all in that area. It's main cause is running on uneven surface and that is funny because even thought we were on a track during our 10K, it was gravely and dirt. Flat but not even, I noticed one side of the track where it was much more uneven is where I hurt worse each time. So I think it is a combination of to many miles with out proper gradual training combined with the uneven surface.  It seems if it's not one thing it's another.