Shin splints

[99raptor]

:( Anyone get them?What do you do to eliminate them?

 

[Troyboykx125]

I used to get them when I played a lot of basketball. You cant really do much except stretch your calf a lot and stop playing for a while.....its a very annoying injury. Oh, and it will take a good time for it to go away.

 

[cnielse5]

I would get them in soccer. I got rid of them by standing on a stair with my arch and heel ahnging off the stair them I would try to get my heel as close to the ground as I could and then lift my heels as high as I could. I hurts like crazy but it will get rid of the shin splints fast.

 

[RM_guy]

Shin splints suck :( I get them when I run so now I don't run. Warming up and stretching does help but you have to be diligent about it. I just walk at a fast pace for my cardio now. It takes a good 1.5 miles of walking to get warmed up to the point where I don’t get them as easily but they can still happen. Some people are more susceptible to them than others and the best way to avoid them is to avoid the activity that starts them.

I never get them while riding so that’s all I care about!

 

[dales298]

I seem to remember shin splints being an inflamation of the muscle casing where it rubs against the shin bone. Ice packs and lite workouts on soft ground as the fix.
I must admit to going way back into what little memory I haven't lost yet. I remember that beceause it was extreamly agrivating.

Hope it helps
Dale

 

[mojonito]

a runner let me in on a little secret. if you run backwards for a quarter or half mile your shin splints go away. only takes one or two days for it to happen. after a hard run, walk (whatever) do the last part of it backwards and you won't have the problem again.

 

[oldguy]

I used to get them when I was into competitive skiing from my boots. A sports Med tech taught me to use white athletic tape in an X across the shin to help relive the pain and help prevent further. I used this tape technique for my son when he was running cross country and had them. Not a cure but sure helps

 

[tx246]

i was listening to a talk sports medicine show and one of the callers asked about shin splints. the sports doc said that shin splints are blamed for everything below the knee to the ankle which is not the case. if it is on the lower front side then, it is probably shin splints and the above info is helpful. the doc said a lot of people who diagnose themselves are wrong. many times stress fractures are to blame for the pain. simple xray will confirm.

 

[yo its matt!]

when i was in the marines i was bothered with them and later racing i had the same problem, ice and an anti inflamatory (advil , motrin) help relieve the pain, i did some reading on this problem and the backwards runing thing is very close to the cure, your calf muscles in the back are so much stronger than the ones in front that you actually overwork the ones in front, standing with your heal on a board or a brick and doing toe raises to stenghten these muscles and reduce the tearing seems to be the fix, add this to your stretching and it should be gone, the running backwards works the same way you pull your toes up as you step back making these muscles work more , it doesnt take muck excersize at all to make these small muscles quit hurting, but they have to be included in a small way.

 

[hillsNtrails]

What is actually happening when someone has shin splints is that whatever trauma (impact to the lower leg) you are subjecting your legs to is actually creating tears in the fibers that attatch the front lower leg muscle (anterior tibialis) to your shin (tibia).

Shin splints are most common in adolescents, but can occur in adults as well.

Once one has pain from shin splints...ice is the best for relief of pain and swelling. Ice should not be applied for more than 15 min.

For prevention there is a rubber brace that keeps pressure on the muscle, and prevents tearing. Also stretching and conditioning of the muscle, and supporting ligaments, and tendons ishelpful.

B

 

[goater]

the quick nonmedical definition is its caused by the calf boucing around it can be temperarily dealt with by taping the calf muscle so it moves less. this isnt a cure but you can still ride etc.

 

[Digs]

I thought I had them when I used to run... Went to the Doc and he told me it was stress fractures on my shin bone and not shin splints at all..
It soon went with rest... Also I never run on hard ground anymore.