So just to keep everyone updated... I had a second Physical Therapy appt. yesterday and my horrible shin/leg pain turns out to be caused from...are you ready...drum roll....MY CALVE MUSCLE!! My amazing bestest PT guy ever in the world Troy told me that the pain I am having is because my calf muscle is so tight and knotted up that when I run I can get a full range of motion in the heel to toe sense so my leg was compensating for the lack of motion by rolling the arch of my foot downward and causing me to utilize a different muscle that should be used during running HENCE the PAIN!!! SOO he did some Myofasical massage to work out the muscle and holy crap it was amazing how much range I got back once the muscle was loose...
So he should be some stretches to help keep it loose and some to do before I run and after I am done running to hopefully avoid the pain.. Which is great because my race is only 15 days away!! I do have to keep going to see him so that he can keep the muscle loose to help my leg heal and prevent further injury!!
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