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re: What do I do about shin splints?
Posted on 6/26/16 at 5:55 pm to boosiebadazz
Posted on 6/26/16 at 5:55 pm to boosiebadazz
Have sex with a man
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Posted on 6/26/16 at 5:57 pm to biglego
Already tried that
Posted on 6/26/16 at 5:59 pm to boosiebadazz
There isn't a simple "fix" out there. It's a combination of several factors that contribute to shin splints. First start with the correct shoes. For this you need to get fitted by someone who knows orthotics. Your stride and or form is probably contributing to this as well.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 6:07 pm to boosiebadazz
I found relief by using a heating pad on my legs right before running and ice right after running. After doing this about a dozen times, my legs felt fresh as a daisy
Posted on 6/26/16 at 6:14 pm to boosiebadazz
Rest, and change shoes. I had a pair of Nike cleats in high school, got shin splints. Switched to some sweet all-black Pony's, shin splints went away.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 6:21 pm to boosiebadazz
Motion control shoes might help in the long term. Brooks Beast is my shoe of choice but there are others. There is not short term quick fix that I know of.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 6:25 pm to boosiebadazz
New shoes and ice, a lot.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 6:30 pm to boosiebadazz
It's not ideal, but I find if I run on a treadmill with at least a 2.0 incline, I don't get them. 
Posted on 6/26/16 at 7:15 pm to boosiebadazz
Not to be a wet blanket, but if you have to jump through all these weird hoops to perform an activity without getting shin splints, then it's likely that the activity isn't for you. Sure, you can spend the next few years trying everything (and resting 2 months every other fricken time it doesn't work) on the off chance you find a solution, or..... realize there is no solution. You're fricked.
Took me too long to realize it for myself. My feet point outward naturally like a fricking penguin - no way I can run regularly without causing a bunch of trouble for my joints.
There are other kinds of exercise though - I recommend that. Most ppl aren't built to be able to jog; that takes a big toll on your body especially if it's done on pavement.
Took me too long to realize it for myself. My feet point outward naturally like a fricking penguin - no way I can run regularly without causing a bunch of trouble for my joints.
There are other kinds of exercise though - I recommend that. Most ppl aren't built to be able to jog; that takes a big toll on your body especially if it's done on pavement.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 7:27 pm to boosiebadazz
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boosiebadazz
double amputation is the only answer.
That being said, you probably have a combination of bad shoes, stiff (c)ankles, and weak calf muscles. I use to get them. Changed to a shoe that fit (I pronate) and started working the front part of my calves into the routine and now I can run 3 miles with no pain.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 7:38 pm to boosiebadazz
Get better shoes...compression leg sleeve
Posted on 6/26/16 at 7:49 pm to Cold Drink
quote:
Not to be a wet blanket, but if you have to jump through all these weird hoops to perform an activity without getting shin splints, then it's likely that the activity isn't for you. Sure, you can spend the next few years trying everything (and resting 2 months every other fricken time it doesn't work) on the off chance you find a solution, or..... realize there is no solution. You're fricked.
That isnt always the case though. I ran track and cross country in high school and never got them. Once I got to college I did. The reasoning was that we were hardly ever running on concrete in my hs days. If your legs are used to a certain surface and you change they might happen. I just had to slowly work up to running on concrete and they havent bothered me since.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 7:52 pm to boosiebadazz
Try picking up a pencil with your toes. It's a good stretch. I also drank a ton of coconut water to help the leg cramps/shin splints when I was pregnant. It's filled with potassium.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 7:53 pm to JOHNN
Stretch your calves. Ibuprofen, and find some shoes that work for you. Try walking around your house on your heels for a few minutes a day as well.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 7:59 pm to boosiebadazz
Go to varsity sports and get them to fit a shoe for you
x arch support tape job if you can find someone that knows how to do it
Stretch pre and ice post
Go to a PT that is ASTYM certified
x arch support tape job if you can find someone that knows how to do it
Stretch pre and ice post
Go to a PT that is ASTYM certified
Posted on 6/26/16 at 8:30 pm to boosiebadazz
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Any voodoo tricks you guys know about?
I know when I was in high school and I would go from playing football to the start of basketball practice I would get shin splits the first couple weeks. I would put tape around my leg just above the calf and below the knee to help with the pain. It would help and the shin splints would go away after a week or so. This was the late 80's, so I'm sure there are newer ways now, but that is how we did it then and it worked.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 8:44 pm to boosiebadazz
Drop some lbs
Posted on 6/26/16 at 8:46 pm to boosiebadazz
I used to get them a lot. I have a buddy who is a Dr and this is what he told me to help me and it worked. Sit with one leg folded under you and have your toes pointing straight behind you. Reach down and grab your knee and pull up on it stretching the muscles on the front of your shin. Then switch legs and do the same thing to the other. A couple days later I never got another one.
Posted on 6/26/16 at 8:48 pm to LSUJay13
Elliptical machine.
It's not the type of injury that you can run through and it will toughen up. It will only lead to actual fractures of your shin bone.
Elliptical is low impact and does the best job of emulating the physical benefits of running.
Usually if you allow them to heal, you can avoid them going forward with a combination of mixing up your workout with low impact exercises and running more on soft surfaces like grass.
NO CONCRETE
It's not the type of injury that you can run through and it will toughen up. It will only lead to actual fractures of your shin bone.
Elliptical is low impact and does the best job of emulating the physical benefits of running.
Usually if you allow them to heal, you can avoid them going forward with a combination of mixing up your workout with low impact exercises and running more on soft surfaces like grass.
NO CONCRETE
This post was edited on 6/26/16 at 8:50 pm
Posted on 6/26/16 at 8:49 pm to boosiebadazz
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