Shin Splints

LeGaCyGiAnT124
LeGaCyGiAnT124 Posts: 158 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
What causes them? Anyway to completely get rid of them?

I have been going to the gym 5 days a week since the beginning of January, and occasionally get shin splints to the point when I get of the treadmill, I am limping terribly. They usually go away when I get on the bike and use them because it seems to take the load off of the lower half of my legs.

This doesn't happen every time I run, just a select few times. I warm up around 30 minutes before jogging too.

Replies

  • Tomahawk3Niner
    Tomahawk3Niner Posts: 61
    Here, take a look at this video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqAKNayRetI

    Explains what causes them, and how to prevent/care for them.
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    For me, it was wearing the wrong shoes. Also doing too much too soon can be the problem.
  • conniedj
    conniedj Posts: 470 Member
    For me it was not actually my shins at all, but rather tight soleus, tight achilles, tight plantar fascia (if one was tight--it caused a chain reaction for me). Once I released the soleus (deep tissue massage), and stretched the rest out? Pain is gone....and this has plagued me for most of my life!

    ETA: it felt like my shins were on fire and ached horribly....but the pain would subside after I stopped running. This indicated to me that it wasn't the shins....

Categories