shin splints and walking

celtickarasu
celtickarasu Posts: 76
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I've decided to stop running because my knee can't handle it. But I'd like to keep walking/hiking. The problem is that the last and final time I went running, I gave myself some very painful shin splints. Yesterday I swam, so they didn't bother me then. Today I want to walk. Will walking, medium pace, make my shin splints worse? I don't want to end up with stress fractures.

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  • RyeLite
    RyeLite Posts: 17
    Find a dirt trail if you can. Much softer. Or the grass on the side of the track...
  • sh3lby03
    sh3lby03 Posts: 193 Member
    Walk at a slower pace and then ease into working harder. If your shins start to hurt while walking stop:)
  • jessicamarie81
    jessicamarie81 Posts: 441 Member
    I think I have shin splints too...I ran for the first time ever on the road about 3 days ago. At first I just thought it was muscle soreness but now I think it's shin splints from looking it up online. It's a dull ache on the front lower leg that won't go away...exactly like the websites said. It sucks and I wish the pain would go away!! Anyone have any remedies??
  • ncwingnut71
    ncwingnut71 Posts: 292 Member
    I went to a running store and was fitted for shoes last weekend. I was talking to the guy that was helping me about the fact that my other pair of shoes gave me shin splints. While the shoes I was walking in did attribute to the fact, he said if you really focus on pushing off with your toes wile you are walking, that that helps a lot. It helps to stretch out the front of your lower leg.

    Hope that helps a little!
  • Jenn728
    Jenn728 Posts: 683 Member
    I went to the doctor a while back for shin splints. He said to wrap them in bandages, tight without being too tight, and keep on walking. I wouldn't run! And make sure you ice them at night and take an anti-inflammatory. Those were the instructions he gave me.
  • Jenn728
    Jenn728 Posts: 683 Member
    I went to a running store and was fitted for shoes last weekend. I was talking to the guy that was helping me about the fact that my other pair of shoes gave me shin splints. While the shoes I was walking in did attribute to the fact, he said if you really focus on pushing off with your toes wile you are walking, that that helps a lot. It helps to stretch out the front of your lower leg.

    Hope that helps a little!

    I don't think I "walk properly" either! I think I shuffle, for lack of better words :indifferent:

    I find it easier to walk on trails or other surfaces...everytime I go to the track, it gets worse....so I head to the woods. :happy:
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