Advice Please, Shin Splints

Static M.e.

Hey all,

I just looking some advice here, I have at the moment what I "think" are shin splints, I wasn't sure what was wrong before so I googled it.

Its like this, I walk to work everyday and I walk a fast pace but since january I have started to get bad pains down around my ankles and up the outside of my leg. If I pull my toes towards me the pain is in the place where my foot and leg kinda scrunch up and along the outside aswell

At the start this didnt bother me that much as I thought it was just all the new walking I was doing and the pain was just my muscle working out but lately i have actually have had to stop walking all together for a moment to stop the pain, and now 2 hours after getting to work I can still feel the strain on my legs

Is this Shin splints ??

Can anyone give my any advice on what I should do, I would like to be able to walk fast to work (burn more caleries etc) but this is really knocking the pep out of my step, and Im a little lost.

Thanks

DonkeyKong

sounds very familiar. i had the same problem. used to play soccer on hard ground and got very bad pains like you describe. all i did was rest. thats all i was told i could do.

avoid running and walking a fast paces. you could try strengthening up your shins. i dont know of any actual exercises you could do but try google. i think that calf raises help the shins. all i know is that i got them at the sgtart of the season and after rest and some training they went away.

Pherekydes

DonkeyKong wrote:

you could try strengthening up your shins. i dont know of any actual exercises you could do but try google. i think that calf raises help the shins.

If they are shin splints, then rest first. The only exercise I know of is toe raises. Put your toes under a table or a couch or some such and try to raise your toes whilst seated.

Calf raises will strengthen your calves and put extra strain on your shins.

Avoid fast walking particularly, as this seems to target the calves, and avoid hard surfaces.

NewFrockTuesday

i used to get them too. i used to quick step a fair distance home every evening. i honestly thought i was getting cracks in my shin bones. the only solution is rest and if you MUST walk, do so on a treadmill as there is less damaginig contact. they dissappeard when i joined the gym. softer contact i suppose.

Chucky the tree

try getting a decent pair of runners aswell, that might help. I take it your wearing runners at the moment when you get it?

i had them about a month ago when i started in the gym, but there gone now.

AlienGav

I had these too when I first started using the gym, and from playing football on astro turf

They're annoying when you want to have a good work out, but they go after a while. Think they only have something to do with you running on hard surfaces, then again everything you run on, is hard! I only seemed to get them after doing a mile or two on the threadmill, lasted for about a month, then went away.

I reccomend Nikey Shox too!

Static M.e.

Thanks for the replys !

Slow coach: Ill try the excercises, because I live and work in the inner city though, all I see is hard surfaces so its hard to avoid them

Chucky the tree: Yes just got a new pair at the weekend, but they are more kinda casual runners than actual running runners. Ripcurl Runners. But I use to still get the pains when wearing training nikey runners.

Im not doing that much walking really I dont go to the gym I just walk to and from work, which is the only way to get to work or cycle, but I thought walking would burn more caleries, and walking fast burn even more !
Im not even walking that far even, maybe a 20-30 walk.

A friend mentioned special insole's ? has anyone heard of them

Transform

The condition of shin splints are normally caused by thight calf muscles and doing too much too soon e.g. someone taking up jogging and doing it too often and at too high a pace early in the training program.

1. Do the toe raises
2. Stretch your calves lots - use a step or press into wall, google for calf stretches
3. Especially stretch them after you have walked
4. Slow the walking pace for a while
5. Don't bother with insoles unless you have done all of above FIRST

Static M.e.

Thanks Transform

Ill start working on that staright away

voxpop

common running injuries of the lower leg - causes and remedies

trotter_inc

Im getting shin splints at the moment too - tried resting for 10 days but they are still coming back - I can only manage 15 mins on the threadmill before they kick in - really annoying as I havent had a proper run in weeks now :mad:

How long should I rest them for? Is 10 days not enough??

Boru.

Hi all,

A fantastic herbal remedy from Traditional Chinese Medicine, is Ginger Tea. Get some Root ginger in your local supermarket and peel the skin. Then take three slices and put them in a mug. Pour boiling water on top and then sip this down over ten minutes. It's brilliant. It enffuses the body with heat and stimulates blood flow and qi around the body, promoting repair. I wouldn't advise drinking it if you sufffer from dry eyes, itchy scalp, rashes, or heat related sores however.

Hope this helps.

Boru.