For a few weeks I've had a bit of a pain in my ankle when descending bumpy stuff towards the end of a ride. It's right at the front of the ankle and it feels like 2 bones are coming together and it's quite a sharp pain.
I always ride right foot forwards, and as this usually happens when I'm out of the saddle I have tried to ride left foot forward (so my ankle isn't at such an acute angle - but that feels as odd as writing left handed). I also try to angle my foot downwards, which helps, but gawd help me if I unclip.
Last night we did Scruff's Blacky Trail which ends up at the bottom of a hole so it involves a mega climb out (hands and knees job). My ankle kept "yelping", so much so that I even got the sharp pains afterwards when pedalling hard (rare for me, I know...).
So, given that I'm fat (98kg) and old (56) is it likely to be a temporary thing (bit of inflammation) or permanent (arthritis). I don't have any other joint issues.
And would using flat pedals instead of Time Freerides help (because I could use the middle of my foot) or is this just the beginning of the end?
