Injury advice

ecoli

Hey Guys
Okay here the story basically have been injured since the start of the year. Went to a well respected physio who diagnosed me with shin splints so i spent nearly a grand on othotics and his bills in order to get it fixed and prevent it re occuring.got the all clear and started back two weeks ago nothing too hectic building back and yesterday it came back. woke up this morning and as bad as every. Should i risk goin back thou i cant afford to spend that amount of money for without being certain it will fix it.
Anyone with any advice?

mloc123

ecoli wrote: »

Hey Guys
Okay here the story basically have been injured since the start of the year. Went to a well respected physio who diagnosed me with shin splints so i spent nearly a grand on othotics and his bills in order to get it fixed and prevent it re occuring.got the all clear and started back two weeks ago nothing too hectic building back and yesterday it came back. woke up this morning and as bad as every. Should i risk goin back thou i cant afford to spend that amount of money for without being certain it will fix it.
Anyone with any advice?

:eek:

[edit] Just read some of your other posts and see you are obviously not new to running..so ignore me [/edit]

RoyMcC

Hmm, this sort of story reinforces my cynicism of the supposed benefits promised by physios and their expensive solutions.

Shin splints ought not to be re-occuring, especially if you are a regular runner. All the (free) advice I can give is the standard stuff - (there is I am sure more to come from the guys here) - ease slowly back into your running, run on grass or other soft surfaces, back off if it becomes painful and rest and ice.

Best of luck, I really do sympathise.

mbren

Hey Op,

I empathise with you on the shin splints, I had them last year for more than a month and they are very frustrating.

The only advice I got to prevent shin splints is to land on the back of my feet rather than the front when I am running. It sounds simple, but it has worked wonders for me and I haven't had splints in more than a year.

Hope you get back to the running soon

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ecoli wrote: »

Hey Guys
Okay here the story basically have been injured since the start of the year. Went to a well respected physio who diagnosed me with shin splints so i spent nearly a grand on othotics and his bills in order to get it fixed and prevent it re occuring.got the all clear and started back two weeks ago nothing too hectic building back and yesterday it came back. woke up this morning and as bad as every. Should i risk goin back thou i cant afford to spend that amount of money for without being certain it will fix it.
Anyone with any advice?

Hey Ecoli,
I think that the physio didn't get to the underlying cause of the problem. Sometimes I think orthotics are over prescribed in my opinion.
Did the physio actually do any soft tissue work?

I would recommend you get a second opinion from a health professional that does Graston or Active Release Techniques,two brilliant soft tissue techniques (Just do a google search to find the nearest to you). I know that you have spent a pile of money but it wont hurt to at least get a consultation.

In the meantime get plenty ice on the shins. (10 minutes 4 times a day)

Regards
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RoyMcC

mbren wrote: »

Hey Op,

I empathise with you on the shin splints, I had them last year for more than a month and they are very frustrating.

The only advice I got to prevent shin splints is to land on the back of my feet rather than the front when I am running. It sounds simple, but it has worked wonders for me and I haven't had splints in more than a year.

Hope you get back to the running soon

With respect that will almost certainly create other, possibly major, problems.

--amadeus--

mbren wrote: »

Hey Op,

I empathise with you on the shin splints, I had them last year for more than a month and they are very frustrating.

The only advice I got to prevent shin splints is to land on the back of my feet rather than the front when I am running. It sounds simple, but it has worked wonders for me and I haven't had splints in more than a year.

Hope you get back to the running soon

RoyMcC wrote: »

With respect that will almost certainly create other, possibly major, problems.

And that - in a nutshell - is why we don't like injury threads!!

OP if a respected physio didn't get the issue sorted when they had you in front of them then a bunch of random punters on a BB certainly won't be able to! My advice is to get yourself to either another physio or a sports injury specialist.

Please no more specific "do this and get better" advice

63587614

Santry sports injury clinic, they sorted me out. Ended up that I had compartment syndrome and Kevin Moran's brother completed the simple surgery, a fasiococtmy.

Also, I use acupunture. I find it helps.

hunnymonster

Hope you get to the bottom of the problem OP.

In the meantime, to ease the cost (very slightly but better than nothing) make sure you claim back all eligible expenses on your MED 1 form. They reduced it from the higher rate of tax to the standard rate but it is still something.

www.revenue.ie/forms/med1.pdf

tunney

mbren wrote: »

Hey Op,

I empathise with you on the shin splints, I had them last year for more than a month and they are very frustrating.

The only advice I got to prevent shin splints is to land on the back of my feet rather than the front when I am running. It sounds simple, but it has worked wonders for me and I haven't had splints in more than a year.

Hope you get back to the running soon

Promoting heel striking? Emmmm not the best idea.

tunney

--amadeus-- wrote: »

And that - in a nutshell - is why we don't like injury threads!!

OP if a respected physio didn't get the issue sorted when they had you in front of them then a bunch of random punters on a BB certainly won't be able to! My advice is to get yourself to either another physio or a sports injury specialist.

Please no more specific "do this and get better" advice

I don't agree with amadeus often but on this one - definitely agree. Go to someone else. Orthotics in my mind are the first resort of a poor physio rather than the last resort that they should be.

Where are you based?

Rusty Cogs 08

Aidan Woods & Co now have Boards AC registered as a legit club so that knocks €10 off the usual €50- half hour charge.

Currently going to resolve my own shin splints issues.

BJohnson

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I would recommend you get a second opinion from a health professional that does Graston or Active Release Techniques,two brilliant soft tissue techniques (Just do a google search to find the nearest to you).

In the meantime get plenty ice on the shins. (10 minutes 4 times a day)

Regards
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I agree - Graston and Active Release are great ways to deal with shin splints - they're fairly aggressive forms of soft tissue therapy. I use both techniques in my surgery and find great success with running injuries like this. I know a few people around the country that use the same methods. PM me if you want a referral somewhere close to you.

Brian