Did a 3k run this morning for week 2 run 1. I’ve had a ten day gap in running after my previous post about finding it difficult running on harder surfaces (I learnt to run on a sandy beach) and continuing pain in my left hip. Had a second appointment with a (different) physio a couple of days ago. He looked at me walking and suggested that, as a naturally worried person, I’m holding tension in my hips and need to loosen up my walk. So now I’m overanalysing as I move around and trying to walk like John Wayne.
Today, on my run, I was also trying to run in a more ‘hippy’ way and think it felt better but need to do more reading on form. Found this article which looks interesting runnersworld.com/advanced/a...
I have now just come back from the running shop. I had gait analysis as suggested by the good people of this forum. Apparently my run is okay but it’s just possible my left leg is sweeping round a bit and is a bit longer than the right leg! I also followed the suggestions to get new running shoes. In fact, I got two pairs! (There was a sale on.) Apparently, my current shoes aren’t proper running shoes but just trainers! They might have been okay to start with but the new ones feel a lot better.
So I’m hoping some combination of these measures will sort out my hip and I’ll carry on toward 10k. Cheers!