Post run aches and pains

[Ceri1969]

Ok, I’ve completed W6R3 today and my legs are really feeling it post run.

I stretch gently before and after, keep well hydrated but my legs are in agony today. I’ve taken ibuprofen but I’m curious what else fellow C25K do for their post run routine

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Are you doing dynamic stretches before and static stretches afterwards?

[Ceri1969 Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Yes. I read an earlier thread of yours before I started the plan

[Losingthecalories in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Can u send me details of the stretches please

[Ceri1969 Graduate in reply to Losingthecalories]

bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspire...

[Ceri1969 Graduate in reply to Losingthecalories]

Loads of info and links to the stretches below

[Ceri1969 Graduate in reply to Losingthecalories]

nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/h...

[davelinks Graduate]

Are shoes ok? Check out the cushioning. Have you change your running style footfall, footstrike? that can have consequences. Remember, slow & steady, and make sure you are stretching properly afterwards..

[Ceri1969 Graduate in reply to davelinks]

Yes might look to get some different shoes

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Ceri1969]

Are you wearing proper running shoes fitted after a gait analysis done at a specialist running shop?

If thinking of replacing shoes this might help healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Slowing down always reduces impact stresses.

[Ceri1969 Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

I think I will go and get my gait analyzed. When I walk I turn my left foot over so I wonder if that has anything to do with it. It’s an ache rather than pain. Plus I think I’m going to start week 7 on Monday and give myself a few days rest.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Good run... you’ve got this now.

I don’t get many aches now, they starting noticeably reducing around week 7 for me. Pains are different, try slowing down.

[cheryl_couch_tatty Graduate]

I do some stretches but I also have a vibration plate at home so stand on there for 10 minutes after a run and that seems to work. I originally bought it to help with back problems but read that it was a good cool down after exercise. You can usually pick up a 2nd hand one for 20 or 30 quid too x

[Ceri1969 Graduate in reply to cheryl_couch_tatty]

What a fab idea