Ankle (left ankle) soreness after cardio workouts? What do I do?

[desidoll]

Is it my shoes that didn't give enough support or did I sprain my ankle? I thought the pain should be gone by 3 days. It has been 2 days but the pain is still there though I feel slightly better.

[akadatank44]

Could be your shoes, could be your genes, could be your not used to doing a certain move. What kind of cardio is it? plyo? More jumping?
How's your range of motion with your ankle? Can you move it at all? Is it limited?
Rest. Ice. Compression. Elevation. Thats what's gonna help you heal the fastest.

[desidoll]

Yes more jumping. Never done it before. I just switch to HIT cardio recently.

[akadatank44]

HIIT is very good cardio but you can do anything like that. Can be walking, biking, running, row boating, stairs master.

Insanity is not really HIIT. It should only be like 15 to 20 minutes.

[desidoll]

https://youtu.be/_9Wls5hni0E

[akadatank44]

Thanks for the MHO!

[desidoll]

Welcome 😊

[Anonymous]

Could be you strained it. Don't take this as petty. It could affect your muscles in a long run. Go and see the doctor.

[Levin]

According to a book I have an emotional healing, ankle issues can be linked to 'flexibility related to the future, control issues, stubbornness and conflict with mother'. :)

Reading below it seems explosive/new workouts can be a little more risky, and take some time for your body to adapt. I wouldn't sweat it. I'm just starting to do pullups, and it's taking ages for my body to heal. But it's slowly getting there.

[desidoll]

Shoud I continue to do it or wait for it to heal. It doesn't hurt much but I can feel the pain of course. Generaly how long does it take for our body to adapt?

[Levin]

Also, after toad, I too can give you an ankle rub. I have very healing hands...

[desidoll]

Lol my ankle might get worst due to the over rub 😂

[Levin]

It's hard to say. There's always a psychological aspect. If you're generally over sensitive, sometimes it's good to push through. If you don't listen to your body enough, then you can wait a little more. Generally I find that a lot of pain will linger and will be related to inherent weaknesses in the body. For example, my wrists and knees tend to be rather weak. If one was too sensitive, one wouldn't work out at all. So doing exercise can be strengthening in itself. Another way to look at it is good pain and bad pain. This is all highly subjective. One thing my instructor told me, was he knew someone who ran 8 miles, and described the first 4 miles as the body healing itself, the posture organising itself etc :) the last 4 miles went swimmingly. Maybe see if you can do something with your upper body, or maybe go for a swim, and then come back to it in a day or two?

[Levin]

Maybe a foot massage then? Gosh, you are getting pampered to today :)

[desidoll]

Swimming sounds like a good idea and I really think I cannot be resting for a long time or else I have to start from the begining. Sometimes it is good to get pampered 😊

[Levin]

The other thing is, try and stick to natural body movements that we have evolved to do. Otherwise, it will be easy to injure.

[Hans222]

What sort of effort did you do? Was it something that you'd normally not do?
For example running could give you knee or ankle trouble, but for example spinning or working on a step not since no shocks are involved.
Or did you make a movement that made you suddenly feel the pain?

[desidoll]

Yeah recently I change to HIT workouts like evan burpess, flutter kick squats, curtsy jump lunge etc. Before this I mostly just did some running and sit ups.

[Hans222]

You can compare it to volleyball players who often get knee problems from the jumping and landing :-(
Maybe alternate between workouts where you do more spinning and exercises without shocks and only from time to time those that put more strain on your joints... to see if that helps :D

[That0neGuy]

Look for the stretchs that work the part of your ankle that is sore (I used to be in a weight lifting pe in highschool and I survived army bct)

[desidoll]

Will try to figure out but I guess I need to rest for a day or two before started to do any sorts of workouts.

[That0neGuy]

It's not a work out its a stretch and don't stop working out unless you want an A-B repeat of what's happening now

[desidoll]

What kind of stretchs?

[That0neGuy]

Depends on what part of your ankle is hurt

[That0neGuy]

With out getting specific basically if it hurts do it to some extent till it stops hurting

[desidoll]

Thanks for your advice 😊

[That0neGuy]

Np, hate ab work outs b/c there is no good way to stretch your abs XD

[kenworth]

if the pain is still the same after 3 days it time to go see an orthopedic doc ot could just be a bad sprain but best let the doc decide. you dont want to do futhur damanage. and bring the shoes you had been wearing so the doc can see if there the right ones to wear for the type of workout your doing

[FullOfMyself]

How long have you been working out? If you haven't worked out in over a month, the initial soreness from starting up again can last up to a week.

[desidoll]

I have been working out consistently but recently just change to HIT workouts.

[Shaft50]

It could be a number of things:
1. Are you running on grass or a hard surface? Uneven surface?
2. Your running technique (heel to toe, just on the balls, striking too hard with the heel);
3. Shoes not having the right support and/or sole cushioning.

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

We don't know what workouts you did so how would know? Did you roll it? Soreness generally happens when you workout 👍

[sexcrazy12]

rest it for another day or 2 and if the pain persists go have it checked out.

[ilovecurvychick]

Take a rest or if it continues see a doctor.

[desidoll]

I feel a little better actually.

[Toad-1]

*gives you ankle rub*

[desidoll]

Feel better now 🤗

[ObviouslyOriginalMe]

You could wrap and ice it

[1nittol3arn]

Smash the other ankle. 😂 you'll forget about the first one.

[desidoll]

You should smash your own ass or maybe your mum vagina for delivering you to this world? Are you that creepy that you feel you need to stalk my older question. Lol you are playing the emotional card. Must be mad with some of my opinions.

[veer01]

Do not workout for some time, let it heal itself.

[Kristofer2375]

Maybe pulled a muscle