Has anyone bruised from shin splints?

[BradleyS]

I run only a couple times a week. A few months ago I would run every day and the pain hit me all at once in my left leg. I had orthodocs made after the doctor checked it out, and he along with the PT noticed bruising but never said why.

I wear the orthodocs, I stopped running for a month, and I started up again as I have to be quick by the time july 29th comes around (I leave for basic).

My right leg has started to bruise, and the left one still hurts but all bruising went away. Are the orthodocs not correct? I still pronate when I run but not as bad. The pain stops when I get a quarter into the first mile.

Thanks guys

[RyanGrob]

My GF gets bruises sometimes from shin splints. She does marathons and runs practically daily. She also wears orthodics. I don't know if the two are related, but with my orthodics I never had bruising. Probably didn't help much, but IMO the bruising and orthodics may be related.

[BradleyS]

Originally Posted by RyanGrob

My GF gets bruises sometimes from shin splints. She does marathons and runs practically daily. She also wears orthodics. I don't know if the two are related, but with my orthodics I never had bruising. Probably didn't help much, but IMO the bruising and orthodics may be related.

Thanks Ryan, repped

If anyone cares, I went and spoke to an athletic trainer -- and he told me bruising can be caused by many activities and it's just from the capillary leaking. Some guys get giant bruises from squatting. The shoes are good as well as the orthodocs, but he thinks it's the glutes and hip flexors that are causing the problems. Lucky me.

edit: I must spread the seed first ryan, don't let me forget to rep you