Leg pain

[Vendgirl]

Hi I have just finished week 6 run 2. I have never ran before and feel fitter than I have ever been. My problem is that 5 years ago I broke my ankle and although I get accasional pain in cold weather, when I run my whole leg hurts, it feels like my leg bones are aching, any advice would be great. I am 52.

[Paul46-ipswich Graduate]

Vend girl, best to speak to a professional but I've had similar, popped my knee twice over a couple of years and found that I was favouring my good leg to the detriment of my bad knee, the tendons got tighter and any exercise was so tight and painful, in the end I went to a sports therapist as I wanted to go skiing and she gave me squats with a ball at my back against a wall to do and I started cycling, now both legs are great, although my right knee is still fat.

[Vendgirl in reply to Paul46-ipswich]

I think that I am favouring my good leg. I also jog around a tennis court as we live in a very hilly area and I don't think I am up to running up hills yet, so I alternate running clockwise and anti clockwise.

[davelinks Graduate]

Could be shin splint...nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/...

Are your shoes OK?

[Vendgirl in reply to davelinks]

This could be it but the pain is not just in my shin it is all the ay to my thigh. I think my shoes are ok, they are adidas and are very comfortable.