Shin Splints

[simzy]

has anyone here had problems with shin splints, i am big time! i cant seem to get rid of them, i have done the rest thing many times and they come back straight away, has anyone tried orthotics? do they work? in real need of help here as the footies season is edging closer...

[Fat Boy]

do slow easy calf raises, about 15 on a weight of about 150lbs? then do calf raises on an inclined platform with only body wieght, then do toe walks, ( sit down and place your feet on a towel, then using your toes curl the towel up by walkign your toes , i spose it is liek crunches for toes or something) thats what i was doign than i got slack and my shin started flaring up again

[pounder]

Make sure you don't have a stress fracture. A lot of people think they have shin splints when in reality they have stress fxs.

If you don't, then weight train your calf and tibialis muscles. You can use surgical tube to train the tibialis. PITA I know.

[lift_for_life]

do you ice your shins? icing is one of the best things you can do for an injury or pain. i get shin splints and i play football, so in late spring/early fall i normally get them so our trainer always tells me to ice them. they go away after a few weeks and stay away for several months as long as i dont do as much running as during the season and spring training. o, and reverse calf raises are what you should do to stretch the tibialis muscle. this one trainer we had had really bad shin splints and ended up having to get cortisal (sp?) injections, so when i asked him what i should do, he said ice, and reverse calf raises (keep your heels at the edge or stairs or something with your toes facing out)

[footballplaya90]

Im not sure if what i have is shin splits. It happens on the side of my legs, and if feels like a major pain in the bone. Like when i press on it , it hurts. I get this normally from doing a lot of sprints, and it starts to affect my ability to run.

[lift_for_life]

u said on the side, do u mean on the inside where u can feel the bone? if so, then ya u have shin splints. it feels like all these bruises on ur shins, i know its a bitch to run with them

[footballplaya90]

Yeah i feel it on the inside, and when you touch it hurts like a mofo. I was told that it will go away on its own and ice em

[Player]

The shin splints you are referring to are called Posterior Tibial Tendonitis. It is caused by over pronation of the foot during running in combination with tight calf muscles and ligaments. The pain will occur intiailly in one spot, on the inside of the lower leg, roughly halfway down, on the "edge" of the bone, where you feel the calf muscle join the tibialis. As the condition gets worse the pain will spread up and down to several spots on the bone and will be sore to the touch. The pain is a result of the tendon being over-stretched and worst case, being pulled away from the bone, or splintering the bone itself.

Teatment.

All the usuall, Rest, Ice, Compress and Elevate will help to reduce the inflamation. Get an ibuprofen gel and apply as directed.

Most importantly if you run, get a good specifically designed pair of running trainers, asics, or such like, designed to prevent pronation, or try orthotics. Also, strengthen the tendons doing excercises with a rubber physio strip, moving the foot up and down and twisting side to side with resistance. I found stretching out the muscle thoroughly helped most, doing a standard calf stretch and a stretch with the knee bent to emphasise the lower calf. This worked for me and i now train pain free....

[ralph4u2c]

do a search for shin splints. i had them about 2 weeks ago. 1 week i got shin splints. next week it was on the side like IN my cavles and not front. i couldnt run for ****. just ate and slept alot, rubbed some creme like icy hot on it, and worked out of it. thats all you really can do. the best thing is sleep.

[BenLee]

what kinda shoes are you wearing? I went to the pharmacy and got those foot soles. Worked wonders for me.