Quote Originally Posted by salsabike
KSH---know you have probably said this somewhere else, but...have you yet been to a real, high quality, sports medicine clinic? They must have some in Dallas. A sports med doc, not a coach..? There's a university there, right? They might have someone, also...
Well, I did go to one Sport Orthopedic when I twisted my ankle in February.

I dicussed my issues with the lower leg pain/burning, and they pretty much said we could try some orthopedics and see if that helps. Honestly, the answer was pretty lame.

I probably need to find another one.

My coach swears I don't have shin splints... and maybe I don't. He says that my muscles down there are just getting use to the new form. Well, those muscles around my shin/ankle/etc. are making it hard to walk down stairs today (Tues- ran last on Sun). I just think that we upped my mileage too quickly and I was running to fast.

I also told him that I would be willing to go see anyone else I need to, to get the problem looked at resolved.

We will see what happens Thursday.

Thanks for the kind words. My goal of running a 5K by 9-17-06 is pretty much shot. I just hope I can a mile or two in the tri at this point.