Quick question.

Scylermcf
Scylermcf Posts: 25 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So I just started the gym almost 3 weeks ago. I was in a bit of pain for the first week but it was just my muscles being sore and it went away. Now starting the 2nd week I did some stuff at my gf's with bare feet on cement floors in the basement (Jumping jacks push ups squats) and since then the side of my shins are killing me to walk, bend down all that fun stuff. I asked around everyone said it was shin splints and to keep walking and do weights so I did. The weights don't hurt me but the walking does.

Also now at the end of my third week my lower back/lung area is hurting. The lung area could be due to me getting sick and coughing for the past day. Should I stop going to the gym for a while till the pains fully gone or should I ask a doctor if I messed something up.

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  • Scylermcf
    Scylermcf Posts: 25 Member
    Anyone? :c
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    Please see a doctor.
  • wonderbeard101
    wonderbeard101 Posts: 75 Member
    You mean the back of your ribs hurt, or your lungs literally hurt from breathing?

    There are a lot of muscle groups in your back, including a bunch on your ribs and thoracic spine that assist mobilizing your diaphragm/ribs for breathing. It's possible that one or several of these are sore, and you're feeling it as your ribs expand and contract. Muscle soreness should disapate within 3-4 days. Bear in mind, I'm not a medical professional, I'm just very familiar with being sore.

    That said, be mindful. If it's painful and you're worried about it, go see a doctor. If it doesn't start going away in a couple of days, definitely go see a doctor.
  • Scylermcf
    Scylermcf Posts: 25 Member
    You mean the back of your ribs hurt, or your lungs literally hurt from breathing?

    There are a lot of muscle groups in your back, including a bunch on your ribs and thoracic spine that assist mobilizing your diaphragm/ribs for breathing. It's possible that one or several of these are sore, and you're feeling it as your ribs expand and contract. Muscle soreness should disapate within 3-4 days. Bear in mind, I'm not a medical professional, I'm just very familiar with being sore.

    That said, be mindful. If it's painful and you're worried about it, go see a doctor. If it doesn't start going away in a couple of days, definitely go see a doctor.

    Well I have lower back pain which I've mostly always had cause of my weight and the way I sleep. And then theres new pain in around the arch/middle of my back. I was told it was my lungs from all the coughing I've been doing. But I will see a doctor since my shin pains been going on for about a week.
  • wonderbeard101
    wonderbeard101 Posts: 75 Member
    Honestly, the shin splints are the least concerning bit of all that.

    For those, they take a bit longer to un-sore because they don't get a lot of blood flow. Nothing you can do for immediate relief, especially if you're continuing the exercises that are causing it, but here are some things that will help with shin splints (and sore muscles in general) in a more long term manner:

    1)Stretch the muscles. Shins are notoroiously hard to stretch, so this might be limited.
    2) Increasing circulation to the affected muscles via low impact motion or something like Tiger Balm
    3) Rolling the muscle out with a lacrosse ball or foam roller. This will HURT, but it will help. Rolling will increase bloodflow locally and will help break up muscle adhesions that might be limiting mobility. Make sure if you do this you're rolling the soft muscle tissue to the side of the bone, not the bone itself.

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