Shin Splints

butterflydream

I have shin splints, does anybody have any suggestions on how to speed up the recovery process, Ive cut down my running in order to give them a chance to heal.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated, thanks.

Woddle

Stretch the calfs (tight calves can be the cause of shin splints), ice and rest till there gone. I bought a foam roller and would use it alot on the calves.

Jarren

butterflydream wrote: »

I have shin splints, does anybody have any suggestions on how to speed up the recovery process, Ive cut down my running in order to give them a chance to heal.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated, thanks.

From personal experience I can only say that plenty of rest is your answer.The Ice packs only worked for very short time to relieve the pain.

Usefull links
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_cure_shin_splints
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_splints
http://www.medicinenet.com/shin_splints/article.htm

Best of luck with your recovery

hooplah

couple of responses here to an earlier thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58424141#post58424141

good luck with getting over them

butterflydream

Thanks for the suggestions, hopefully they'll be gone soon

Racing Flat

Becuase shin-splints is a laymans term and not a specific diagnosis it's impossible to advise - so anyone who advises you what to do if you tell them you have shin splints, just ignore.

Shin splints is a catch all term used to describe pain anywhere in the shin. But shin pain can be due to a number of things, most commonly:


Stress fracture (microfractures or breaks within the bone).

Compartmental syndrome (blood entering a compartment of muscles during exercise, but the compartment gets full and so the blood becomes trapped, so fresh blood cannot get in leading to pain and a drop in performance).

Problem/inflammation where the muscles/tendons attach to the shin bones, typically the tibialis posterior or flexor hallucis longus muscles. These muscles go from the shin to the feet, so are used a lot in running.

Muscle/tendon belly pain (strains/tendonopathies) e.g. peroneal tendonopathy.

There are also many more less common causes of shin pain. The appropriate treatment will depend on which type you have, so the best advice, is find out which type it is, probably by going to see someone qualified to do so, e.g. doctor or Chartered Physiotherapist with interest/specialisation/experience in sports injuries. Your typical GP may not have much experience with this.

Mikel

Racing Flat wrote: »

Becuase shin-splints is a laymans term and not a specific diagnosis it's impossible to advise - so anyone who advises you what to do if you tell them you have shin splints, just ignore.

+1
Shin splints is a catch all term like 'bad back'
It could be tight calves, not so serious
or possible stress fractures, very serious.
Get thee to a physio