shin splints

I started walking recently and by calves get really crampy. I push through it and it goes away after awhile. It gets real bad when I walk on wobbly tarmac. Try to walk it off, if its still bothering, try other shoes and see if it goes away.

My trainer said 90% of the time caused by footwear.

This.

I had awful shin splints too. Got some new running shoes, nothing fancy just regular running shoes, and the pain started to go away right then. After about a week I was pain-free.

I agree that shoes are really important but for me new shoes wasn't in the budget quite yet. I learned that your shins take longer to warm up than the rest of your legs. So what I would do is before my run either in the car driving to my running spot or at home before I would be on my way to run, I would sit down and tap my feet A LOT and stretch the front of my leg out by keeping my heel down and lifting my toe way up or by stepping one foot back and putting my toes on the floor and kind of pulling my leg forward to stretch. Hard to explain without illustrations. This alone helped my shin splints out so much!

Insoles that support your arches can help as can stretching before and after plenty. I had shin splints and had to experiment (saw a biomechanics dr) the pain moved to my knees for a significant period of time and I still have a few issues with my IT band and tendons, but I'm able to run now even though I'm still hauling a lot of weight.

I hope you find the solution to your problem

Some people get them and some don't. The dreadful shin splints!!! Try walking on a softer surface not concrete. Try icing them too. Ice directly on the skin for about 20 min. Don't fret, the burning goes away in about 7min : ) It works! I suffered from shin splints and I did the whole shoe thing. The shoe store put me on a treadmill and video taped my walk/run and, it didn't work. However, it did help with plantar fascitis.

I would also say footwear is the culprit. I needed a new pair of sneakers badly (I was using my Chucks because my "workout" sneakers got lost, how I don't know, and I still can't find them) and couldn't afford them. The Chucks were giving me shin splints before I could even make it halfway down the block with my dog. But yesterday I was able to get a new pair of "sneakers"--the Vibram FiveFingers Classic. Now, I just need to let you know, I tried these on simply--and only--because I wanted to know what all the fuss was about, I wanted to know how "odd" they felt, I wanted to be able to tell all the people who wore them, "Yeah, I tried them, and I still think you're just going along with a stupid fad, like those 'toning' sneakers." But once I put them on and walked around, it was over. I now belong to a club that I do not *want* to belong to, but I do. It really is amazing how much they changed things for me, and yeah that sounds cliché or whatever, but it's true and I'm being honest. I *love* these "sneakers" the way I *love* my sky-high lacey stilettos. Except these are WAAAAAAYYYY more comfortable than my stilettos lol.


Just for the record, my fiancé hated them. Absolutely HATED them. He couldn't walk right in them, his knees were bowing together. He tried on a different style than mine (not sure what they were, but they had a velcro part that went over the top of the foot). He also has flat feet (actual flat feet, his feet had to be broken when he was little). I have no idea if was specifically the style he tried on and/or the flat feet played a part in his hatred, or maybe it was a combo of both. All I know is that they are not for him. But for me, they are worth their weight in gold (thankfully they're very light!) So, just a suggestion, you may like one of the many brands and styles of these foot gloves/skeleton shoes/whatever the hell you want to call them. I also lucked out and was able to get a pair for $50, and they were black and gray--not as ugly as most I've seen out there.


TL;DR – my money is on bad footwear.