Sore Inner Ankle

[HLaB]

On the last couple of long rides, the inside of my ankle has went very sore just behind/below the bony bit?, there's no swelling or visible injury but it feels like it has been hit with a hammer/ bruising. I'm putting it down to the fact that I've had no clipless pedals for the last month but was doing relatively long distances and yesterday I had clipless for the first time in a month. I'm hoping it'll settle down but any ideas as to the cause?

 

[festival]

A few ideas.
Anything else different , like new walking shoes or driving a new car or other lifestyle changes that effect your feet?
Check cleat alignment?
Or you may have gotten into bad habits pedaling without being clipped in and now you are clipped in again its magnified your irregular peddling action when you push hard.
Take the pressure off the feet by pedaling easier for a week, use this time to increasing cadence in lower gears to learn to spin rather than push