Shin splints?

Bri

Just to ask...

I seem to be getting a good bit of these recently. I'm 22, a fast walker, and do a fair amount of exercise now that my exams are over. It's especially bad at the moment (usually it goes within a short while after having walked somewhere in a hurry) but after standing all day at U2 on Friday and then walking around town yesterday I was almost limping in my right leg.

Advice please? Can a physio help stop this or just relieve some discomfort?

Thanks in advance.

amazingemmet

Massage is probably the best way to deal with them

The_Bullman

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=260490&page=1&highlight=Shin+splints

Bri

Sorry I knew I shoulda searched just got lazy when didn't see it on the first page.

Cheers!

poobum

Bri wrote:

Just to ask...

I seem to be getting a good bit of these recently. I'm 22, a fast walker, and do a fair amount of exercise now that my exams are over. It's especially bad at the moment (usually it goes within a short while after having walked somewhere in a hurry) but after standing all day at U2 on Friday and then walking around town yesterday I was almost limping in my right leg.

Advice please? Can a physio help stop this or just relieve some discomfort?

Thanks in advance.

firstly you should get new runners as if u continue to use them ones that hurt your shins in the first place they will never get a chance to heal and the best way to deal with them is rest!

SparkyLarks

poobum wrote:

firstly you should get new runners as if u continue to use them ones that hurt your shins in the first place they will never get a chance to heal and the best way to deal with them is rest!

I went to a physio for shin splints and it healped massivly.
A physio can help you to know what to ask. My shin splints were caused by a combination of flat feet , and training too hard after a 2 year lay off.

I went to a running shop, and found the staff much more knowlegable thatn in a more general sports shop. I explained my problem and they got me to try the assics. And they worked wonders.

You should go to the Physio to find out
first what is causing your shin splints.
secondly how to rectify it
thirdly to assist the healing process.
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According to my physio the longer you have shin splints the worse they become. Basically you ligaminets are seperating from your shin bone. they then reattach but not as well as before, If you train too hard before there healed they spereate again. If you keep doin this you get , calcificacation, or something like that I think, on the join between the ligament and shin. That causes the join to be very week and keep seperating. So the longer you ignore the problem the worse it gets

Then goto a sports shop and tell them exactly what you are looking for.

Mossy Monk

i have the ****ing things in 2 legs with a few years now. all it takes is for me to walk half a mile and then i am agony. i bought a bicycle and that helped loads. but now my bicycle has a puncture so till i fix it i have to walk. so now that i am walking again i am going to get rid of the shin splints now rather than going back to cycling and ignoring it. i have gone through about 20 different pairs of shoes and runners since it started and it has been the same with all of them. i've been to the doctor about it and he explained it was tendons attaching the shin bone to the calf muscle tearing that causes the pain. he says rest up or if it is really bad he said surgery :eek: is rest really a viable solution to this problem and what period of time are we talking about? 2/4 weeks. also, i dont go running, play sports, go to a gym

MickieG

I play a lot of sport and during the summer the hard ground has my shins in bits. Until this year. I saw two different physio's who both told me to rest and then ice my shins straight after any exercise. It didn't work and they kept coming back. I also tried loads of differnet runners, shock absorbing insoles, arch supports etc. Nothing worked.

Then someone who does sports massage told me that my calf muscles were way too tight and this was causing an imbalance in my lower leg. I followed a program of calf stretches and they loosened up a bit (had been like this from years of sport) and now I have to stretch my lower legs really well before any exercise. The shin splints are gone, except for the slightest twinge every now and again. It's worth a try.

Mossy Monk

what program of calf stretches did you follow?